4 Natural Sugar Alternatives You Can Use

If you like sweet things it can be tough to reduce your sugar consumption and for some people taking small steps towards a better diet works well. Other people do much better with a cold turkey approach.

As uncomfortable as it might seem you are the one who is going to have to figure out the best approach for your situation. You can get guidance and ideas from articles like this one and from good dietitians but it is up to you to make the changes.

If you want to eat a higher quality diet or struggle with some level of sugar addiction one step in the right direction is to use on natural sugar alternatives. Now the truth is that this is a somewhat amorphous phrase and will probably mean different things to different folks.

For our post today we’ll assume that “natural sugar alternatives” refers to simpler, less refined versions of sugar from sources in nature. These are still sugars and contain some combination of fructose and glucose but the exact composition varies. Let’s get started!

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Is There a Bitter Truth About Sugar?

One of the foremost sources of information on the negative effects of sugar on our lives is Robert Lustig who is a specialist on pediatric hormone disorders and in the area of childhood obesity at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine.

Here you can see an Authors @ Google talk where he discusses the problems with sugar consumption.

Some folks have taken issue with how far Lustig has taken the negative message on sugar since it seems unlikely that the amounts of sugar found in fruits are harmful to humans apart from other excess sugar intake. This is actually a fairly small point given the high amounts of sugar that most Americans consume.

Another influential author in the area of nutrition and the role of fats and carbohydrates in our diets is Gary Taubes. You can read a piece in the NY Times by Taubes on sugar right here.

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More sugar withdrawal related posts coming soon…

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