Like all whole foods, including vegetables and grains, corn is a high-fiber food. Fiber is important because it helps regulate blood sugar levels and keep your digestive tract healthy by preventing constipation or diarrhea. It also keeps you feeling full and satisfied for a long time, which pr...
Sugar isn’t always listed in the ingredients in such simple terms. Certain foods really want to avoid being labeled with added sugar, and so will use different names. Here’s some things to look out for: Corn syrup, high-fructose corn syrup, or corn sweetener Invert or malt sugar Fru...
(simple and refined carbohydrates, such as sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, and white flour); high in “good fats” (ω-3 fatty acids found in fish oil, flax oil, and plankton-based oils); low in “bad fats” (trans fats, saturated fats, and hydrogenated fats); more quality, less ...
Nutritionally, honey can serve as a tasty, slightly healthier alternative to sugar. Honey contains small amounts of antioxidants, minerals, and enzymes that may be beneficial to your health. It can also be used as a cough remedy or to soothe a sore throat, and some types of honey have bee...
Refined sugar includes sugar that's been processed from sugar cane or sugar beet (think white and brown sugar) as well as high-fructose corn syrup and even agave syrup. It's often referred to as processed sugar because the original sources are stripped of fiber and other good-for-you compo...
Strictly reducing refined carbohydrates (think grain-based baked goods and cereals) and sugar is a must. Keep an eye out for the many forms sugar can appear in packaged food—fructose, high fructose corn syrup, cane sugar, rice syrup, maple syrup, corn sugar, juice concentrates, etc. ...
In my opinion, blondies should be chewy, slightly gooey, and they should smack of brown sugar without being overly sweet. We like our gluten-free blondies with chocolate (we prefer just about everything with chocolate!) and some crunch, so I added chocolate chips and chopped walnuts. ...
I often get asked about the health of various sweeteners and sugar alternatives, and the latest one to gain popularity in recent years as a “natural” sweetener is agave. Many people use it as an alternative to high fructose corn syrup or sugar, but agave syrup is derived from the Agave...
With artificial sweeteners in almost everything, one is left to wonder whether natural sugar, like honey, would be much healthier. However, scientists have shown that a granola bar made with natural honey isn't actually any healthier than with high-fructose corn syrup. The researchers explained,...
Is cane syrup better than sugar? Evaporated cane juiceis a more nutritious sweetener than white sugar because it is not as highly processed and retains more of the nutrients found in sugar cane. Is cane syrup better than corn syrup?