All-Natural Sweeteners
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Natural-healthcare practitioner Majid Ali points out healthy sugar substitutes.
- Raw sugar (figure A) has not been refined and is marginally more nutritious than granulated sugar.
- Sucanat (figure B), or organic sugar-cane juice, is molasses residue and sugar crystals left over from the sugar-making process. It has trace elements of B vitamins and calcium, has the flavor of brown sugar and is about a quarter less sweet than refined sugar. You can use it to replace sugar in recipes at a one-to-one ratio (if a recipe calls for one cup of sugar, use one cup of sucanat instead).
Maple syrup can sweeten more than just pancakes (figure C) and contains calcium, phosphorus, iron and zinc. It's great on oatmeal, and Ali recommends adding 1 to 1-1/2 teaspoons of maple syrup, along with a bit of vanilla, to green tea. It can also replace sugar in equal amounts in recipes, but you'll need to cut back on liquids by about one-third.
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Figure E
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Figure F
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Molasses, particularly blackstrap, contains calcium, iron and some minerals. It works great as a substitute in ginger cookies (figure D).
Malt syrup (figure E), which is extracted from barley, and rice syrup (figure F), which is extracted from brown rice, can be used to replace granulated sugar in recipes at about a one-to-one ratio. Since they are each about one-third to one-fourth less sweet than sugar, you may want to increase the syrup amount to suit your taste.
Guests Majid Ali
Natural Healthcare Practitioner
1544 6th St., Suite 104
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Phone: 310-260-2757
E-mail:
drvudulac@yahoo.com
Website:
www.myherbguy.com
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