Refined Sugars and Better Alternatives
June 22nd, 2009
Dr. David Reuben, author of Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Nutrition writes, “…white refined sugar-is not a food. It is a pure chemical extracted from plant sources, purer in fact than cocaine, which it resembles in many ways. Its true name is sucrose and its chemical formula is C12H22O11. It has 12 carbon atoms, 22 hydrogen atoms, 11 oxygen atoms, and absolutely nothing else to offer.”
Make sure you are checking your food labels and staying AWAY from:
- High fructose corn syrup
- Dextrose
- Glucose
- Molasses
- Sorbitol
Better choices are:
- Fruit juice or fruit
- Pure maple syrup
- Brown rice syrup
- Barley malt
- Stevia (an herb)
- Agave nectar
- Date sugar
- Honey
- Evaporated can juice
Filed under: Healthy Foods & Facts
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