Tag: whiterabbit

A little sugar never hurt anyone. The problem is that it’s in EVERYTHING!  Don’t believe me – read your labels.  If it’s not listed as “sugar,” it’s listed as:

1. Beet sugar
2. Blackstrap molasses
3. Brown sugar
4. Buttered syrup
5. Cane juice crystals
6. Cane sugar
7. Caramel
8. Carob syrup
9. Castor sugar
10. Coconut sugar
11. Confectioner’s sugar (powdered sugar)
12. Date sugar
13. Demerara sugar
14. Evaporated cane juice
15. Florida crystals
16. Fruit juice
17. Fruit juice concentrate
18. Golden sugar
19. Golden syrup
20. Grape sugar
21. Honey
22. Icing sugar
23. Invert sugar
24. Maple syrup
25. Molasses
26. Muscovado sugar
27. Panela sugar
28. Raw sugar
29. Refiner’s syrup
30. Sorghum syrup
31. Sucanat
32. Treacle sugar
33. Turbinado sugar
34. Yellow sugar

Or other lovely pseudonyms.

If it were so harmless, why would it need aliases?

Some of the products you find sugar hiding in, besides the obvious, are canned goods, like corn and beans, whole grains, like bread and oatmeal, and especially “low fat” goods.

Too much sugar is bad for us. It’s been linked to memory and learning problems (in animals); some studies seem to relate Alzheimers to high sugar intake.

The truth is, no matter how much we like it, we can make healthier choices in the foods we eat.

Secret Squirrel Food is one of my favorite sites for desserts. Not all of them are completely sugar free; some recipes use dates or other substitutes, but they are whole food choices which are healthier, in my opinion, than plain white sugar.

Well and Good Eats is guilty of some serious foodporn on Instagram. Check it out.

And PeanutButterPlusChocolate  are the winners for limiting the sugar to my sweet tooth.

Never say never.  Just say not so much!