Natural Sweeteners for Weight Loss

All About Sugar…
The more refined a product is, the more it sucks valuable nutrients from us, and the more it's damaging to our bodies. Sugar is a highly refined product.

Brown rice syrup, maple syrup, agave nectar, and barley malt are much less refined than sugar. They are complex carbohydrates and are not immediately stored as fat in our tissues; the body has time to absorb them. Additionally, those cravings we get from consuming sugar are less likely to occur with natural sweeteners.

Sugar contains no nutritional value. But the detriment in sugar lies in the fact that it leeches vitamins and minerals from our bodies and causes cravings:Sugar comes from the sugarcane plant. This plant is processed in a factory to make the sugar we buy in the supermarket. During the processing chemicals are added (sulphur dioxide, lime, phosphoric acid, and bleaching agents) and vitamins and minerals are lost, including: iron, calcium, B complex vitamins (most notably riboflavin (B2) and niacin (B3)), folic acid, magnesium, manganese, potassium, pantothenic acid, copper, phosphorus, and zinc. These vitamins and minerals are inherent in the sugarcane plant, but not in the sugar we buy in the store.In order for us to digest sugar, the body is forced into grabbing from its own nutritional storage, to give back to the sugar molecule what was lost during refinement. Basically, we compensate the sugar molecule by taking from our own storage of vitamins and minerals, from our blood, bones, and organs! If it’s tiring thinking about this, imagine how exhausting it is for your body when you actually eat sugar.

So we crave sugar, looking for those nutrients. Then, we eat sugar to satisfy the craving, but now we're even more depleted and the cravings arise again. The cycle continues, then perpetuates.

As nutrients are being depleted, our blood becomes more acidic. Acidity leads to degenerative diseases, like cancer and heart disease. We become weak as calcium is sucked from our bones; this eventually leads to osteoporosis.So we are consuming a highly refined product that is leaching valuable nutrients from us, putting chemicals into our bodies, and making us sick.

Learn to replace sugar with more natural products and you'll find yourself craving sweets less and less. Replacements include: brown rice syrup, fruit juice, dried and fresh fruit too!

Carol Anne Wasserman www.GetHealthyWithCarol.com