Soooooooooo, if you are sitting in a restaurant and want to sweeten your drink, etc., which colored packet do you choose?
I hope we ALL know the answer to this one. Oh, and you will notice one color packet is missing white, or refined white sugar!
Well, the answer is simple, pick the best choice, which for me would be the brown one, which is raw (not just caramel colored white, highly refined sugar) but more in it's natural state, not chemically made, raw sugar.
So why not the "sugar free" ones like the Yellow Splenda packet, or Pink Equal or Blue Nutrasweet???
Well, in my opinion, there are TWO reasons to avoid them, not just in these packets, but in ALL food! READ LABELS!
Theoretically, you may think, I'm trying to keep my weight in control, I don't want to promote diabetes or other disease, and I still enjoy the sweetness that these products give without the calories of white sugar! But studies are beginning to show, that folks who eat foods/drink pops etc. with these artificial sweeteners are actually GAINING weight overall. Look at the number of people who drink diet pop only to be mildly to overly obese. And this may be the reason why.
Use of artificial sweeteners may actually be a TRIGGER and have you craving sweets! You get used to liking SWEET foods/SWEET drinks, and so you give into desserts, candy, etc. in addition to your food choices made with the artificial sweeteners. You want to learn to enjoy your times you allow yourself to have sweets, just have them be LESS sweet, and with less REFINED sugars, and you will begin to program to enjoying less sugar overall, and sugar that is LESS refined! Make sense?? Since artificial sweeteners are nutritionally empty, but carry toxins due to it's synthetic, chemical makeup, the body has nothing to process, and can only store the chemicals ingested, and does this in your fat cells!! YIKES!! Since the body didn't receive REAL food, the brain says, more, more, more food that I can really break down and use! And you overeat sweets in the end!
Also, there are continued studies that these artificial sweeteners can be involved in making unhealthy changes in the brain, as well as the verdict is not in on their relationship to the growth of some cancers, etc. Remember saccharin, and how the FDA said it was SAFE for decades, until so many cases of cancer were found related to it's usage, and it was banned! Why would you want to wait until the Pink/Blue/Yellow packeted artificial sugars may end up with the same evidence, which seems to be widely mounting?? And WHY does it say on products with these artificial sweeteners in them, do not eat when PREGNANT? Hmmmmmmm!!!
So think about whether you could just use less sugar, less refined, super concentrated sugar (like white sugar or high fructose corn syrup, etc.) BUT if it were a choice to me, I'd rather see you use any type regular/real food than these synthetic chemicals! Try things like agave, evaporated cane juice, stevia, maple sugar granules, etc. AND as a sidenote, ending to tonight's blog. GO FOR THE DARK CHOCOLATE in your treats for the holidays! Dark chocolate is a wonderfully high antioxidant, actually helps get rid of free radicals, and usually has less refined sugar than milk chocolate. Sorry, milk chocolate has no redeeming value, and I know the transition is an adjustment for you milk chocolate lovers, but try mixing it up, or just going totally dark chocolate! Find one 60% cacao or above that still is to 2die4~~~~~
Everything is about moderation, and better food choices when we do have our treats. The reason is not just about keeping a certain weight, enjoying how our clothes fit, but even more about keeping ourselves in OPTIMAL HEALTH! Cheers! And thanks to all who read tonight's blog! ;-)
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