For diabetics, it can be a problem preparing meals - especially wholesome healthy and yet delicious ones. One key point to bear in mind is the sugar content in your cooking and the sugar you add to your food. But all thanks to the many safe sugar substitutes in the marketing today, it isn't really that of a problem anymore.
If you're thinking of avoiding white sugar you can easily replace it with brown sugar which, according to many sources is many healthier owing to its minerals and vitamins being removed when polished into white sugar. You should consider the sweeteners below if you're thinking of avoiding sugar altogether:
Aspartame
This is an artificial sweetener and it is really really sweet. It has been mentioned that it is a hundred times sweeter than sugar itself! This kind of sweetener is not really good for backing stuff because it will lose it's 'sweetness' when heated. It is popular with beverages though so you can use if for drinks.
Honey
Honey is one of the unique sugar substitute in the sense that it is a natural and not an artificial one. It can be used for a lots of ways for cooking! Honey does contain more carbohydrates and calories then sugar but it also does have much more benefits too like the natural health benefits that it carries.
Now you see! with just a little imagination you can create recipes using so many different kind of alternatives (not just limited to these two!)
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