sugar help truly needed - PLEASE

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Hello all,

Am finding sugar my biggest hurdle to healthier living.

Desperately need advice/suggestions/support.

 

We tossed the microwave and we don't even miss it.

We're eating our heavy meal mid-day and even that isn't too hard

to get used to.

We're going to buy a water cooler and spring water.

We have salad everyday - even the picky/stubborn child is

cooperating, BUT...

 

I CAN'T get the Stevia to work. I feel so disappointed about

that.

 

I've made 3 different recipes [i love to bake] so far. 1 of

them looked and smelled delicious. The stevia aftertaste was so

awful that even the dog wouldn't eat it! and she usually loves

apple cake. The cupcakes I made with stevia and carob they

liked. The cookie recipe was a disaster!

 

I have just gotten the Stevia Cookbook from the library so I

will try a few more things. But still, my enthusiasm wanes.

 

I have spoken with one health store. The general consensus is

that the stevia aftertaste is what it is. It's an aquired taste

and if you want to use stevia you have to get used to it.

 

one women told me how people cut stevia with chicory [about 10

times more chicory] and how that helps. But again, she said

" stevia is stevia " and our North American taste buds want sugar.

 

I have not been able to find Xylitol, in any form.

 

I can easily buy

Fructose

Date Sugar

Turbinado sugar

chicory

stevia

honey

 

Any suggestions? The fructose looks like white sugar only

slightly 'better' b/c of less processing. I don't know if this

is even worth my time or money. I am especially interested in

type 2 Diabetes prevention and with having good digestion.

 

recipes would be helpful. how you transistioned from sugar to a

healthy alternative would be helpful. some sweetner that I

haven't listed would be great. recipes that work well for you

using honey, stevia or a stevia-chicory blend would be

appreciated. Is stevia really stevia or are some brands better?

REally any light you can shed on this subject would be great.

 

The one bright spot in this whole situation is the packet of

stevia/chicory I bought for 9cents. I used it to make a cup of

tea and it was different but pleasant. I could train myself to

drink tea this way. It is sweet to swallow and then a bit of

aftertaste but it isn't bitter.

 

Many thanks,

Dawne

 

 

 

 

 

 

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