I’m often asked what are the best sweeteners to use on an occasional basis.  It is becoming common knowledge that refined sugar is indeed bad for us.  It overloads the liver, delivers no nutrition, gets stored as fat, binds with proteins to create cellular damage, is linked to heart disease, diabetes, and degrades the digestive system, just to name a few.  Still artificial sweeteners can be just as damaging toying with our pleasure centers and stressing out our bodies and creating just as much havoc as refined sugar.  

Dr. Mercola recently reviewed the best and the worst sweeteners.  Here’s his summary:

The Best:

• Stevia
• Sugar alcohols
• Honey (I recommend Manuka honey, or raw local honey in very small quantities)
• Pure glucose

The Worst:

• Aspartame
• Agave (which I would expand to include all sources of fructose)
• Sucralose (Splenda)

Find the full article here

Be well,

Lynn