Many people ask if sweetening with honey or sugar is better.- Both are around 16 calories per teaspoon
(yes, the small spoon).
- Both are "natural."
(Remember, this term can be misleading. For example, uranium is natural but not healthy.)
Here's the Center for Science in the Public Interest's recommendations on sweeteners:
- Safe: Sucralose
- Cut back: Sugar (end in -ose), Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sugar Alcohols (end in -itol)
- Caution: Stevia (aka Rebiana)
- Avoid: Acesulfame K, Aspartame, Saccharin
Check out http://www.cspinet.org/reports/chemcuisine.htm for more info. To look for specific products, scroll down to the alphabetized section.
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