Health Happening
The "No-Brainers" for Physical and Mental Health:
Sweeteners
Read labels. Many products contain "hidden"sugar
• Sugars can be identified as: sugar, white sugar, brown sugar, cane sugar, confectioner's sugar, corn syrup, crystallized fructose, dextrin, honey, invert sugar, maple syrup, raw sugar, beet sugar, cane sugar, corn sweeteners, evaporated cane juice, glucose-fructose, granulated fructose, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), fructose, malt, molasses, and turbinado sugar
• Avoid products having sugar as any of the first 3 ingredients
In coffee / hot chocolate, substitute sugar with cinnamon or a cinnamon stick, or vanilla essence or bean
In baking recipes
• Reducing sugar by one-third won't usually make much difference to taste
• Substitute 1/3 sugar with unsweetened apple sauce
• Use vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves toadd sweetness to a recipe
Use fruit purees instead of syrup
Minimize / Eliminate sweetened soda, tea and other soft drinks. instead prefer water with a splash of lemon or lime juice
Buy plain, unsweetened yogurt and add your own sweeteners. E.g. banana or other fruit, vanilla, cinnamon, a little honey
Avoid processed fruit juice of all types. if you make your own, limit yourself to 4oz/day
Don't overdo the high-sugar content fruits:
