suger? good an bad?
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Dev_Crimson
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suger? good an bad?
ok ik artif. suger is bad for you thats the basics...but what constatutes as "natural good suger"? is cane suger the same kind of suger or have the same properties as that which is in fruits? an an should i be subtracting it from "carbs" like i do with the fiber in carbs?
I would think Cane would be.
Natural Sugars are things like Fructose in Fruit, Lactose in Milk etc etc.
There are Sugar substitutes called Polyols, which occur in such forms as Xylitol, (in some Gums), Mannitol, Sorbitol, Maltitol etc etc, which have less calories and impact.
No don't subtract it from your Carbs, as Sugar is not a Hidden Carb, except when undisclosed in calorie amounts, it's often stipulated on food and drinks labels these days, so include it.
By Hidden Carb, I mean if for example you ate 33g Carbs in a meal, which is 132 calories, and the label said 130 calories Carbs, you'd be getting 2 calories of Hidden Carbs.
Natural Sugars are things like Fructose in Fruit, Lactose in Milk etc etc.
There are Sugar substitutes called Polyols, which occur in such forms as Xylitol, (in some Gums), Mannitol, Sorbitol, Maltitol etc etc, which have less calories and impact.
No don't subtract it from your Carbs, as Sugar is not a Hidden Carb, except when undisclosed in calorie amounts, it's often stipulated on food and drinks labels these days, so include it.
By Hidden Carb, I mean if for example you ate 33g Carbs in a meal, which is 132 calories, and the label said 130 calories Carbs, you'd be getting 2 calories of Hidden Carbs.
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Dev_Crimson
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ok so
ok cool so ik it dosent mean eat it all the time but it would be better/ok to use cane suger in like baking (with whole wheat flour ect. ect) then sweetner an stuff or to use it to make like a fruit reduction an so on? in other words ahaha i guess im asking if its an ok healthyer cheat food item
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cassiegose
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Another option is stevia, which is a natural low calorie sweetener. I started using stevia a while back in baking and have had good results so far. An additional option when baking healthier "cheat" foods is to substitute half of the sugar for something like stevia, and then use something like cane sugar for the other half. In this case you could also cut back on the amount of sugar as I've found that many recipes seem to call for more sweetener than is really needed. For example, if the recipe calls for 1 cup sugar I would use 1/2 cup stevia and 1/4 cup sugar. Another idea is to replace butter with unsweetened applesauce which will also add a bit of sweetness while cutting the fat that butter brings. Sometimes it takes a couple of tries to get the recipe right but i've found that experimenting can definitely be worth it. :)