[Magdalen] Eliminating sugar?

[Jay Weigel]

Yes, totally. Splenda is sucralose, Swerve is erythritol. S/O is a chemist
and could explain it to you in technical terms. I can't. What I do know is
that it works better than anything else in baking. I use it in my holiday
cranberry-apple cake which I make at Thanksgiving and Christmas, and in the
carrot cake I make him for an occasional (rare) special treat.

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 10:56 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Is it different from Splenda? I've used that some.
>
> On January 26, 2015, at 5:37 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
> > >>
> > >>
> >
>