Sharita natural sugar substitute ideas please help

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Hi Sharita....

I have had Type II diabetes for about 2 1/2 years now and found the Agava nectar

about a year ago. I like to use it in making bread instead of honey, or I will

use

half honey and half agava nectar, and I also make

whole wheat pancakes that are made in your blender from whole wheat berries. I

have one bottle of the Agava nectar that I added Maple Extract too so I can have

some

on these totally whole grain pancakes. I also use Whey Low products that also

cause a

slower blood glucose rise. You can find them at: www.wheylow.com I

bought a

Sampler Pack and like them very much.

Nancy C.

East Texas

 

 

 

Hi Gary, thanks for the info. I will have to check it out! Sharita

 

, Gary Mattingly

<gsmattingly wrote:

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> I use stevia for sweetening drinks (along with a little raw sugar)

> but haven't tried it for cooking yet.

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> Gary

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> sharibacheh sharibacheh

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> Wednesday, July 16, 2008 5:19:47 PM

> natural sugar substitute ideas please help

>

> I am very interested in learning about sugar substitutes that people

> like. I have been prediabetic or close to being prediabetic for years

> now and I try very hard to not use a lot of sugar. I would rather use

> real sugar than Equal, or Splenda or the pink one who's name escapes

me

> at the moment; I'm just not comfortable putting those things in my

body.

>

> I know that there is something called Agave, I believe, that I've

heard

> is much sweeter than sugar so you use less. Have any of you used this,

> is it easy to use, how does it taste, and is there anything else I

> should know about it?

>

> Does anyone have any other suggestions that are also good substitutes

> for sugar? I appreciate the wealth of information that comes from this

> group and the very respectful approach of everyone in it.

>

> I'm pretty okay depriving myself of sweetness with my tea, I guess

I've

> gotten used to it, but I would like to find something that would work

> well in recipes since I really do have a sweet tooth!

>

> Sharita

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