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The Facts About Sugar
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Source: Sugar Science Now
Learn the facts about sugar at http://www.sugarscience.org
Related article: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/10/07/sugar-substitutes.aspx
One of the best things about making your own baked goods is having control over the amount of sugar they contain. Excess sugar is a primary factor in countless chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and Alzheimer’s disease. In one study,4 mice were fed a diet containing 25 percent sugar—the equivalent of three cans of soda daily—were twice as likely to die as mice fed a similar diet without sugar. Added sugars hide in 74 percent of processed foods under more than 60 different names, even in so-called “health foods.”
A recent Time article5 suggests replacing up to 50 percent of the sugar in your recipe with pureed fruit, such as bananas, mangoes, papayas, or dried dates pureed with water. In addition to being bundled with fiber, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, the naturally occurring sugar in fruit is much less concentrated….
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