5 healthy substitutes for sugar

Sugar is currently one of the main causes of death annually, it is a more common ingredient than we believe in many foods we consume. What healthier alternatives can there be? At least they don’t harm your health so much.

• Honey.  This is the most obvious, one of the options we are most familiar with. Rich in vitamins, anti-microbials, it has been traditionally used as medicine. Always try to get the most natural version to ensure it retains the most nutrients.
• Licorice Root. Probably the most used medicinal herb in China today. It has been used for thousands of years and is part of many traditional herbal medicine formulas. It has a sweet and quite powerful flavor, so a little is more than enough. Helps with asthma, athlete’s foot, mouth ulcers among many other things.
• Coconut sugar. It has high levels of minerals and vitamin C. The process to obtain it is ecologically good and requires very little water, unlike sugar cane. It is considered one of the most sustainable sugars in the world and tastes very, very good.
• Agave Syrup. Native to Mexico. It has a glycemic index much lower than half the index of refined sugar. It is sweeter than regular sugar and as an extra fact, the less refined syrup has a darker color.
• This is our preferred alternative sweetener. I’m sure you already know it. What you don’t know is that it is 150 times sweeter than sugar, it does not affect glucose levels and until now, it does not cause health problems. Now, with all this information, it is important that I tell you that, for all of these alternatives, there are poor quality versions. These are usually mixed with…sugar, precisely what you’re looking to avoid, or some other substitute, like cheap sugary syrups, etc. So be careful and check carefully what you are about to buy. Remember that eating sugar is not bad, it is just the excessive amounts that we allow ourselves that harm us. We ended up between a rock and a hard place. Either we eat little of something very delicious or we leave it for health reasons. But with these options you can recover some of your favorite dishes taking better care of your diet 🙂