[Magdalen] Eliminating sugar?

[Jay Weigel]

Swerve bills itself as "the ultimate sugar replacement". Its main
ingredient is erythritol, it is zero-calorie, and it measures like sugar.
It's good for use in baking and doesn't have a bitter aftertaste, but it is
pricey, so I don't use it for everything, just for special treats.

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> LOL! Never heard of Swerve...what a funny name!
>
> > On Jan 26, 2015, at 4:35 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Oh, and since S/O was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, he doesn't do any
> > kind of sugar and if I'm baking something for a special occasion (about
> > twice a year) I use Swerve.
> >
> >> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Amazingly, we have almost stopped eating bread! I never thought I would,
> >> but S/O did and it doesn't make sense to buy it if just one person eats
> it.
> >> I do buy the "sandwich thins" for the rare occasions we have burgers but
> >> otherwise we use whole grain wraps for "sandwiches".
> >>
> >> My suggestion would be to try "clean eating".....shop the perimeter of
> the
> >> store, avoid anything refined, and don't eat white stuff (white flour,
> >> sugar, white potatoes, white rice) or processed food...stuff in boxes or
> >> things with a lot of ingredients. That's what is working for us.
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 4:19 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I know that over the years some of you have mentioned eliminating sugar
> >>> from your diet, and I'm wondering if there were some resources that you
> >>> found particularly helpful.  One of my doctors recommended this a
> couple
> >>> of
> >>> weeks ago, mainly because I've been gaining weight due to some
> >>> medications, and gave me a paper to read as well as a book
> recommendation.
> >>> But I know, just from looking at food labels, that it's hard to find
> >>> anything without added sugar--even bread!  I'm all for using fresh
> fruits
> >>> and vegetables and grains, but there are limits, after all.
> >>>
> >>> And even before my conversation with my doctor, I'd hear something on
> NPR
> >>> about the amount of added sugar Americans eat, and it's something like
> 23
> >>> teaspoons a day!  Yikes!! And I don't even add table sugar to anything
> I
> >>> eat or drink.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks in advance...
> >>>
> >>> Grace
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Grace Cangialosi
> >>> Ruckersville, VA
> >>>
> >>> It's a good thing Mary didn't have to wait for a Doctrine of the
> >>> Incarnation
> >>> before she said "Yes" to God.
> >>
> >>
>