[Magdalen] Eliminating sugar?

[Charles Wohlers]

That's only if you're measuring water, and sugar has a different density - 
namely ~1.6. However, that's for a solid crystal of sugar, and you're 
measuring out a whole lot of crystals with air pockets in between, which 
lowers the density. So - all in all, maybe your should figure around 6g of 
sugar per teaspoon, not the 5g water per teaspoon the conversion gives you.

Ain't chemistry fun?


Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com


----Original Message----- 
From: Lynn Ronkainen
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 12:01 AM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Eliminating sugar?

http://www.convertunits.com/from/grams/to/teaspoons

this links to an online plug in the values for the info...  also says gems =
1 teaspoon

Lynn

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From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 9:56 PM
To: "Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Eliminating sugar?

> 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.
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>