I use Stevia regularly and it really doesn't taste sweeter than cane sugar. It's also marketed as "Purevia." It has come a long way from years ago when Stevia had a wierd taste.
Aspartame is was the ingredient that sparked a CDC investigation back in the 1980's, and again in following years, attempting to verify suggested links between the substance and conditions from chronic fatigue syndrome to brain cancer.
Splenda is a sugar substitute based on cane sugar and that I find a more concentrated sweet flavor than granulated sugar.
I rarely ever use white granulated sugar, opting for turbinado or brown sugar instead, if I need to use granulated in baking.
As Susan suggested, you can satisfy a sweet tooth with foods like raisins, apples and even carrots. Honey, pure maple sugar or molasses are good for sweetening fruit and beverages, except coffee (IMHO). Stevia is just fine in coffee and on grapefruit. I even drop a Hershey's dark chocolate kiss in my coffee, yum!
Because it ranks so high on the Glycemic Index, if you're concerned about your sugar intake, finding a good substitute for cane sugar is a good thing. Refined anything isn't really that healthy and can cause spikes in your insulin level.
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I use Stevia regularly and it really doesn't taste sweeter than cane sugar. It's also marketed as "Purevia." It has come a long way from years ago when Stevia had a wierd taste.
Aspartame is was the ingredient that sparked a CDC investigation back in the 1980's, and again in following years, attempting to verify suggested links between the substance and conditions from chronic fatigue syndrome to brain cancer.
Splenda is a sugar substitute based on cane sugar and that I find a more concentrated sweet flavor than granulated sugar.
I rarely ever use white granulated sugar, opting for turbinado or brown sugar instead, if I need to use granulated in baking.
As Susan suggested, you can satisfy a sweet tooth with foods like raisins, apples and even carrots. Honey, pure maple sugar or molasses are good for sweetening fruit and beverages, except coffee (IMHO). Stevia is just fine in coffee and on grapefruit. I even drop a Hershey's dark chocolate kiss in my coffee, yum!
Because it ranks so high on the Glycemic Index, if you're concerned about your sugar intake, finding a good substitute for cane sugar is a good thing. Refined anything isn't really that healthy and can cause spikes in your insulin level.
Here's the Consumer Report on artificial sweeteners.
January 23, 2009 - 6:06pmThis Comment
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