| It's not always a good idea to give in to temptation. | | | | unsweetened version. |
| Digging into your favorite dessert can do some serious | | | | Grant yourself a daily sugar "quota," and use it on |
| damage to your system, especially if you're diabetic. | | | | foods where it matters most. For most of us, that |
| Americans tend to have a sweet tooth, and that is | | | | means desserts. Don't waste it on dressings, spreads, |
| perhaps the reason why most of us, succumb to | | | | breakfast cereals, and soda. Not only will this reduce |
| Diabetes. In fact, the amount of sugar we eat and | | | | your sugar intake in a day, but it will help you lose your |
| drink every year has soared nearly 30 percent since | | | | sweet tooth. Sugar is incredibly addictive. Train your |
| 1983 and is most likely a major contributor to the | | | | taste buds to become accustomed to less and you'll |
| soaring rates of obesity in this country. | | | | be satisfied with less. |
| Although the USDA recommends we get no more | | | | Establish rules about dessert. For instance, only have |
| than 10 teaspoons of sugar a day, the average | | | | dessert after dinner, never lunch. Only eat dessert on |
| American downs about 34 teaspoons--more than | | | | odd days of the month, or only on weekends, or only |
| three times as much. Uncovering all the sugar in your | | | | at restaurants. If you have a long tradition of daily |
| diet isn't easy. Sugar often hides under several | | | | desserts, then make it your rule to have raw fruit at |
| pseudonyms and turns up in even the most innocuous | | | | least half the time. Keep trying new Sugar free |
| foods (like bread, crackers, salad dressing, ketchup, | | | | Dessert Recipes and enjoy a hearty sweet dish |
| and mustard). However, by observing a little caution, | | | | without feeling guilty about it. |
| you can have the cake, and eat it too- literally! | | | | Instead of downing sugary-sweet drinks like lemonade, |
| Switch to Sugar free Recipes. Incorporating less or no | | | | make your own "sun tea." This is an interesting Sugar |
| sugar in your everyday meals will help you maintain a | | | | free Recipe where you steep have to decaffeinated |
| healthy diet and keep fit. Different assortments of food | | | | tea bags in water and set the pitcher in the sun for a |
| are available for everything you need for breakfast, | | | | couple of hours. Add lemon, lots of ice and sugar |
| lunch and dinner. Some select online stores carry | | | | substitute for a carb-free summer quaff. |
| candy, chocolates, drink mixes, protein bars, desserts | | | | Today most condiments and other packaged foods |
| and many other delectable snacks. With such a vast | | | | for people with diabetes are made without sugar or |
| amount of scrumptious Sugar free Foods, you will | | | | with sugar substitutes. Here are the common ones: |
| certainly find everything you need to keep your taste | | | | brown sugar, corn syrup, dextrin, dextrose, fructose, |
| buds satisfied. | | | | fruit juice concentrate, high-fructose corn syrup, |
| Go half and half. A quick No Sugar Recipe is that you | | | | galactose, glucose, honey, hydrogenated starch, invert |
| mix half a regular soda with half a diet soda. Half a | | | | sugar maltose, lactose, mannitol, maple syrup, |
| carton of sweetened yogurt with half a carton of plain | | | | molasses, polyols, raw sugar, sorghum, sucrose, |
| yogurt. Half a cup of regular juice with half a cup of | | | | sorbitol, turbinado sugar, and xylitol. All No Sugar |
| seltzer. Do this for two weeks, then cut back to | | | | Recipes and Sugar free Dessert Recipes use these |
| one-quarter sweetened to three-quarters | | | | ingredients to get that same taste. |
| unsweetened. Continue until you're only drinking the | | | | |