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Category: Sweeteners
The traditional purpose of a 30-day Sugar-free Challenge is to cut out all added sugar for 30 days. This is good advice for the general population. Another good advice: Make sure you know all the names for sugar in ingredient lists. Secret Sugars: The 56 Different Names for Sugar https://www.virtahealth.com/blog/names-for-sugar However, as a person with … Continue reading 30-Day Sugar-Free and Starch-Free Challenge
To become completely sugar-free, you must also eliminate starches. These are the foods that many people think of as "complex carbohydrates." However, ALL carbohydrates convert to sugar in the digestive system--starting with the saliva in your mouth! Start with eliminating refined carbohydrates, such as foods made from white sugar, white flour, pasta, noodles, etc. For … Continue reading Starches ARE Sugars!
Keep using your glucose meter every day, focus on drinking more water, and be especially aware of any drinks that contain sugar, including fruit and vegetable juices. Hint: Check the label for carbohydrate content per serving. We are convinced that sugar—especially refined sugar, but “natural” sugars as well—must be totally eliminated from the dietary protocol … Continue reading Establish Essential Habits: Eliminate All Sugar
Here are the results of a recent poll we took in the Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics Facebook group: I can't say whether this is typical of all Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics, but it's representative of those group members who participated in the poll last month. (There were no participants who reported using saccharin (Sweet 'n' Low), molasses, … Continue reading Sweeteners
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