Sugar Alternatives, Anyone?

[bruceflinch]

Hello, I'm Bruce and I'm an addict. Love love love mah sugar. And my GF is pretty sweet too.

Love my morning coffee w/ 2 teaspoon of sugar and cream. Usually 2 cups of caffeinated & 2 cups of decaf in the afternoon.

A few months ago, I switched to turbinato (raw) sugar and I like that.

Just tried Stevia and blech, yucky after taste.

A few of the other alternatives have aftertaste or artificial, which I don't think is better for you than regular sugar.

Any other sweet tooths here with a good alternative?

 

[Johndicezx9]

I would rather suffer through having less sugar than any amount of the non-sugar sweeteners, I think they are all that bad.

 

[auntiebling]

Stevia is nasty

Coconut sugar is available, though I am not clear why it is "better" than regular sugar. Lower glycemic index perhaps. The coconut flavor is there but likely not as prominent as you.might fear

 

[MrIncredible]

Three weeks without any will kill the craving for it.

G'wan and do it.

 

[CocoLoco]

Learn to enjoy your coffee black.
Try different beans and roasts and find one that suits your tastes. And be snobby about it. Its your mouth and you have a right to be snobby about what you put in there.

I've been drinking 8 cups (actually 2.5 "cups") of Ethiopian Arabica medium [roast](Pete's Ethiopian Fancy) nearly every day for a few years now. I like it because it tastes like a mixture of coffee and blueberries (I shit you not). I can drink just about any coffee black now. Adding the sweeteners and fat just ruin the benefits derived from straight coffee.

 

[Reli]

Try substituting some of the sugar with cinnamon, it tastes fairly sweet itself (if you get quality stuff).

Cinnamon has also been shown to lower blood sugar levels.

 

[planegray]

I would rather suffer through having less sugar than any amount of the non-sugar sweeteners, I think they are all that bad.

Three weeks without any will kill the craving for it.

G'wan and do it.

This is how I roll... can't quit forever, but can quit for extended periods.... the holidays usually result in using again

 

[Daredevil]

Try substituting some of the sugar with cinnamon, it tastes fairly sweet itself (if you get quality stuff).

Cinnamon has also been shown to lower blood sugar levels.

this.

and fat loss.

 

[bergmen]

I put honey in my coffee every morning along with a bit of brown sugar + whole milk. If I had to drink coffee black I would give it up (blech).

Dan

 

[MrIncredible]

Put a pinch of salt in your coffee grounds when you brew it. You won't need the sugar as much.

 

[Blankpage]

4 teaspoons of sugar a day may not be ideal but if thats all your having then you doing much better than a lot of people.
Is it even possible to buy cereal that has no sugar in it? All I can find is shredded wheat & puffed wheat

 

[Reli]

4 teaspoons of sugar a day may not be ideal but if thats all your having then you doing much better than a lot of people.
Is it even possible to buy cereal that has no sugar in it? All I can find is shredded wheat & puffed wheat

Grape Nuts? Or just buy oatmeal instead?

 

[rsrider]

Coffee, black.

There are no decent sugar substitutes. Just stop using it.

 

[stangmx13]

4 teaspoons of sugar a day may not be ideal but if thats all your having then you doing much better than a lot of people.
Is it even possible to buy cereal that has no sugar in it? All I can find is shredded wheat & puffed wheat

4 cups of coffee, so 8 teaspoons.

quick googling shows that 8-9 teaspoons is the standard daily recommendation. too bad the OP def gets those 9 (and prob more) from food. so adding more in coffee aint helping.

8 teaspoons is less than one can of coke. there really should be no wonder about public health issues related to sugar.

 

[Blankpage]

4 cups of coffee, so 8 teaspoons.

quick googling shows that 8-9 teaspoons is the standard daily recommendation. too bad the OP def gets those 9 (and prob more) from food. so adding more in coffee aint helping.

8 teaspoons is less than one can of coke. there really should be no wonder about public health issues related to sugar.

I'm sticking by what I wrote that only 4 teaspoons per day is a lot better than most are consuming, that was my main point.

Up until this month I would have a coke every weekend when eating out. I replaced that with water and now hardly miss it.

I still will have a cookie every evening after supper. Thats a harder one to break.
But besides that I won't eat anything if it has sugar listed on the ingredients label, or any of the other names sugar goes by.
But I will eat a lot of rice and pasta which is up there on the glycemic Index.

 

[Zerox]

Three weeks without any will kill the craving for it.

G'wan and do it.

That works actually, I used to put sugar in coffee til one day I didn't.

 

[Reli]

But I will eat a lot of rice and pasta which is up there on the glycemic Index.

Brown rice, and plain pasta with nothing added, are actually low glycemic index.

I like cooking up a bunch of rotini or fusilli, and adding tuna or chicken, peas, broccoli, a little olive oil, and black pepper.

 

[Bowling4Bikes]

+3 to MrIncredible. I switched to a low-carb lifestyle, but mostly it's about eliminating added sugar. I can get plenty of sugar from fruits.

it helped me to watch Fed Up documentary, fwiw

be warned: actually tasting black coffee will most likely make you a coffee snob. If it isn't good coffee, then I usually just skip it now.

 

[MrIncredible]

+3 to MrIncredible. I switched to a low-carb lifestyle, but mostly it's about eliminating added sugar. I can get plenty of sugar from fruits.

it helped me to watch Fed Up documentary, fwiw

be warned: actually tasting black coffee will most likely make you a coffee snob. If it isn't good coffee, then I usually just skip it now.

That's where the pinch of salt comes in.

 

[Cycle61]

For coffee, as mentioned above, quit sugar altogether. We used cinnamon for a few months to wean off, and now it's straight black or just with cream.

Also, we're mostly low carb (rarely have rice, pasta, bread, cereal, etc at home) and it's made a world of difference.

Now, if just alcohol didn't metabolize into glucose so efficiently