| The History of Sugar1 and Information about a | | | | Wow! That's a lot of money to bake a cake! |
| Special "Sugar Free" Substitute | | | | |
| | | | The Downside of Sugar and the Sugar Free |
| Sugar has been around for quite a long while | | | | Revolution |
| and yet it didn't used to be a common as it | | | | |
| is today. It continually amazes me how the | | | | Over the centuries sugar became more and more |
| dimension of time seems to shift the value | | | | available and people loved it. However, |
| that we assign to our inanimate possessions. | | | | people also began to notice that sugar didn't |
| However, it isn't that amazing in an economic | | | | always have sweetly positive effects on their |
| sense. The "supply and demand" mantra seems | | | | health and well being. Sugar began to be |
| to logically imply that it is the amount of | | | | associated with less-than-desirable |
| demand that changes our perceived value of an | | | | conditions or effects. For instance, |
| item. | | | | according to another online source4 sugar can |
| | | | lead to the following negative outcomes: |
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| | | | - Can negatively impact the immune system |
| The Origin of Sugar2 | | | | |
| | | | - Can be a contributing cause of |
| If you were to guess the origin of sugar, | | | | hyperactivity |
| where would you pinpoint it? I probably would | | | | |
| have said India or some exotic country like | | | | - Can be a contributing cause of anxiety |
| that, but it turns out that according to my | | | | |
| online source, sugar is thought to have | | | | - Can make the body less able to defend |
| originated in Polynesia. From Polynesia sugar | | | | itself against infection |
| is thought to have spread to India (I was | | | | |
| almost right), and then--according to my | | | | - Can debase lipoproteins |
| online source3--it was "discovered" by a King | | | | |
| Darius (or rather more possibly his minions) | | | | - Can lead to a debased amount of chromium, |
| from Persia. By the way and just as a side | | | | etc. |
| note, I think that this would be the same | | | | |
| King Darius who is mentioned various times in | | | | - A sinus problem like sinusitis has been |
| the King James version of the Bible. | | | | thought to be aggravated by sugar5 |
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| The sugar story continues with additional | | | | Because of these and many other reasons, |
| "sugar invasions" as I like to call them. | | | | people have begun the search for sugar |
| Persia which had once been the invader was | | | | substitutes and sugar free foods. In fact, |
| now the invaded. It was invaded by the Arabs | | | | there are a great variety of sugar free |
| who didn't fail to take notice of this | | | | products available which include sugar free |
| substance called sugar. I think it is | | | | chocolate, sugar free gum, sugar free peanut |
| interesting that my online source also | | | | butter cups, sugar free fudge, sugar free |
| mentions that Spain and North Africa were | | | | brittle, sugar free gummy bears, sugar free |
| also invaded by the Arabs. My source hints | | | | syrups, sugar free cookies, sugar free |
| that it could have been this invasion which | | | | wafers, etc. I'm not sure what all of these |
| could have been likely to introduce the | | | | sugar free products are made of, but one |
| invaded to sugar whether by accident or not. | | | | sugar free substance that this article can |
| I would assume that methods of growing and | | | | possibly introduce to you to is Xylitol. |
| preparing sugar also came to these countries | | | | |
| via the Arabs/Persians/Indians/Polynesians. | | | | Xylitol Information |
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| Then of course there was the dawning of the | | | | If you have considered switching to a product |
| European age (do I sense a western | | | | that is natural and yet not sugar, Xylitol |
| movement?). My online source says that the | | | | has some interesting characteristics that you |
| Crusades (which according to another source3 | | | | might want to consider. |
| was a war fought over the city of Jerusalem) | | | | |
| which I believe took place in the Middle East | | | | Xylitol is not artificial. Xylitol actually |
| and some parts of Spain and Africa) was what | | | | occurs naturally in your body. According to |
| brought the Europeans to a knowledge of this | | | | another online source our body is able to |
| sweet substance. | | | | produce 15 grams (give or take). Xytlitol |
| | | | also occurs naturally in nature. You can find |
| When the returning crusaders brought the | | | | it in a variety of vegetables or fruits some |
| sweet stuff home to Europe, it was not | | | | of which include corn and raspberries. |
| immediately diffused across the nations. No, | | | | Xylitol has also been found to actually |
| instead the process was again a slow one and | | | | provide dental benefits. Xylitol does NOT |
| also an expensive one. According to sugar in | | | | promote tooth decay and even better it seems |
| 1319 AD sugar cost "two shillings a pound," | | | | to help prevent tooth decay, although I must |
| which is about the same as charging a U.S. | | | | admit my online source does not show |
| citizen $100, just to buy a kilo of sugar. | | | | conclusive statistics. |