Natural Sweeteners are a category of sweeteners that substitute sugar in a healthy way. They typically do not go through the elaborate processing that other sugars such as regular and brown sugar go through when they are manufactured and packaged. Regular sugar and artificial sweeteners go through the process of refining. This process removes any protein, nitrogen elements, organic acids, enzymes and vitamins that occurs naturally in the sugar cane juice and they are almost entirely destroyed.
To sweeten foods use a sweetener that is plant-based or honey. Since they are not processed or filtered and are plant-based they are natural sweeteners. For example, unfiltered honey has not been processed so it keeps its natural beneficial healing properties such as vitamins, and other elements that come directly from nature. Manufacturers tend to avoid most using the same refining processes as the ones used when refining regular sugar. This is in order to retain as much of the natural properties as possible. Additionally, minimally processed sugar cane juice has micro nutrients that aid in the proper digestion of sweeteners. Sugars that are refined, such as regular white sugar, and brown sugar, are stripped of micro nutrients, which in turn gives us empty calories in non-nutritive and potentially hazardous foods.
When choosing a sugar substitute for tea or coffee and other recipes, there are many healthy choices that can make a big difference for your health. Since natural sweeteners have equal amounts of glucose and fructose, as nature intended, then the body can easily metabolize and use the energy in a controlled manner. For example, honey gets its sweetness from the mono-saccharides fructose and glucose. It also has the same sweetness as granulated sugar (by volume). They sweeten like sugar because of the same amounts of glucose and fructose contents in them. Artificial sweeteners contain mainly fructose, like high fructose corn syrup, which do not allow for a healthy control of the blood sugar, so it is typical to get sugar blues shortly after their consumption and get digestive problems.
There are many health benefits when you replace regular granulated white or brown sugar with natural sweeteners. You get unrefined foods as they have not been highly processed or filtered in a harmful way. Also, you will be more awake and not suffer from sleepiness during the day, will enjoy better digestion and your will more in touch with nature's foods. Granulated white or brown sugar, has been through a process that strips all the nutritional value and when consumed in large amounts can be very harmful to your body and lead to diabetes.
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Mama Healthy ingredients, such as Honey Crystals
substitute sugar with healthier
natural sweeteners. Honey Crystals is an organic sweetener that adds a taste of honey to your tea, coffee and favorite recipes.
