What is a good natural sugar and salt alternative?

Question

I want to start a diet, I am switching white flour to wheat but unsure about sugar and salt. Should they just be avoided?

Answer 1

I too have for the most part eliminated whtie sugar/white flour. Just once every couple of months and I am considering just avoiding it 100% instead of the 99%.

For sugar, which I don't really crave anymore, I eat fruits and also use "Sucanat" which is raw unprocessed sugar which does have some nutritional value. I also use honey once in a while, usually in recipes or on toast. You don't need a lot. Another plus of honey is that it never spoils.

For Salt, I use "Sea Salt" which does contain some trace elements that are good for your body.

I also use other spices and seasonings like Garlic powder, chili powder, habanero pepper (very hot) and whatever else I am in the mood for. I also use something called nutritional yeast which has a somewhat cheesy flavor and tastes really good on eggs.

Good luck, you'll feel so much better not having the white flour/white sugar.

Answer 2

Refined sugars should be limitted to no more than 10% of total calories a day, (however, complex carbs should still constitute about 50% of the total). This means VERY VERY little sweet things in your diet. If you can't live without sweet things, substitute sugar for sucralose which is a good-tasting substitute.

Salt should be cut down from your diet if you have high blood pressure. Check with your doctor about that. If you don't have any health problems though, salt can be left intact.

Answer 3

Stevia is an herb that is a natural sweetener. It comes in liquid and in powder. You can get information from here: http://www.stevia.com/

Splenda or sucralose starts off natural but is changed.

Quote from mercola.com:
There is no question that sucralose starts off as a sugar molecule, it is what goes on in the factory that is concerning. Sucralose is a synthetic chemical that was originally cooked up in a laboratory. In the five step patented process of making sucralose, three chlorine molecules are added to a sucrose or sugar molecule. A sucrose molecule is a disaccharide that contains two single sugars bound together; glucose and fructose.

The chemical process to make sucralose alters the chemical composition of the sugar so much that it is somehow converted to a fructo-galactose molecule. This type of sugar molecule does not occur in nature and therefore your body does not possess the ability to properly metabolize it. As a result of this "unique" biochemical make-up, McNeil Nutritionals makes it's claim that Splenda is not digested or metabolized by the body, making it have zero calories.

It is not that Splenda is naturally zero calories. If your body had the capacity to metabolize it then it would no longer has zero calories.

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Answer 4

I love Splenda for the sugar sub., but there is this stuff called Nosalt, salt sub., but I wasn't all that impressed with that. And not they're saying that taking out too much salt is bad for you, so if used in moderation, it is benificial. Now BUTTER is what I have a prob with! Can't find a good sub. for that!!

Answer 5

Splenda is a great sugar alternative, you really don't notice any sort of different taste like other sweeteners with aspartame(which is really bad for you btw) and as for seasoning, Ms. Dash really does the trick.

Answer 6

assess the serviing dimension repeatedly they are attempting to trick you with smalling serving sizes. however peanuts have plenty of energy nonetheless two hundred energy of peanuts remains to be plenty larger for then you definitely one hundred energy of sugar. the calorie depend doesnt' imply extra healthful or much less healthful it simply method it offers you extra vigor and if you're residing a healthful culture the two hundred energy in typical peanut butter is way more healthful then one hundred sixty energy in peanut butter with sugar.

Answer 7

avoid salt as much as possible, and don't eat or drink anything with aspartame in it...if it says sugar free, beware, its not good for you, so check the label!!

Answer 8

honey, splenda, lemon, you can get used to nothing but if you must, try these. A friend once told me to sweeten my tea with dried dates. that was actually very good.

Answer 9

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