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Ranking the Sweeteners
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sbrown
For those who want a list from best to worst in one place — here it is: 1. Stevia. Zero calories. Glycemic Index: 0 2. Coconut sugar. 16 calories per teaspoon. Glycemic Index: 35 3. Trehalose. 11 calories per teaspoon. Glycemic index: low/moderate in most people. 4. Honey. 22 calories per teaspoon. Glycemic index: 55.…
The Worst Sweeteners — Summing it Up
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sbrown
There are a lot of sugars out there! This series has brought lots of questions, comments, and not a little discussion and disagreement. Several people asked me to do a summing up of what I found. Let me stress that the judgements here are mine. I found lots of contradictory info on every single product. …
Meals on Cruise Control
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sbrown
Variety may be the spice of life — but too much of that spice may have contributed to our epidemic of obesity. A study in this month’s The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition tested the idea of putting a meal on cruise control to see if study participants ate less if they ate the same…
Getting Started: Meet Your Autopilot
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sbrown
Think of your body as an airplane. You are the pilot of your personal “craft.” The part of you that lives in your brain and makes the decisions, has the memories and feelings, is your conscious pilot. You pilot your body in conscious decisions. But there is someone else in the cockpit. I call it your…
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