Natural Sweeteners

Facts

Refined sugar, by some, is called a drug, because in the refining process everything of food value has been removed except the carbohydrates-pure calories, without vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats, enzymes or any of the other elements that make up food.

During the refining process, 64 food elements are destroyed. All the potassium, magnesium, calcium, iron, manganese, phosphate, and sulfate are removed. The A, D, and B, vitamins are destroyed.

Honey is the supportive food of the whole colony of bees. It is rich in predigested sugars that contain pollen, propolis, dust vitamins and enzymes that provide restorative and protective properties to the human consumer, provided it is not filtered and heated in processing.

The natural herbal sweetener, Stevia, was finally approved for human consumption in accordance with EU regulations as of 11th November 2011. Despite many other nations freely using stevia for years the EU held out. The weight of scientific evidence proving its safety was acknowledged at last!

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Avoid

White sugar, refined syrups and heated honey, high fructose products, concentrated fruit juices and all artificial sweeteners.

Average

Standard maple syrup, unrefined sugar, organic filtered honey, jams and molasses.

Good

Organic pure maple syrup, organic unrefined sugar, organic unfiltered honey, organic jams and molasses, and erythritol.

Best

Natural stevia, Organic rapadura, raw unfiltered honey, organic pure maple syrup or organic coconut sugar.