5 natural and healthier substitutes for sugar other than honey. Just know about them !

Added sugar is one of the most controversial ingredients and today’s date. It is a prominent source of various diseases like obesity, heart diseases, diabetes and cancer. People around the globe heavily use sugar in their daily diets that too unknowingly. Evidence revealed that diets which contain high amount of sugar leads to obesity. Excess sugar intake by the body harm the metabolism which can lead increase insulin and fat storage. Meanwhile, high sugar intake can affect the oral health too. So we are coming up with some of the natural and healthier substitutes for sugar that will satisfy your sweet tooth.

• Stevia

Stevia rebaundiana is the herb that is commonly found in South American regions. Stevia is a natural sweetener that extract from the leaves of this plant. According to research and studies, this plant based sweetener can be about 350 times more sweeter than sugar. Leaves or Stevia plant are just packed with nutrition and phytochemicals, so with taste and sweetness it also provides health benefits.

• Erythritol 

Erythritol is basically a sugar alcohol but have very less calories on an estimation about 0.24 calories per gram. This is just 6% of calories of regular sugar. Because of its taste, just like sugar, it is an easy substitute. Human body do not have such in enzymes that can digest it all, so most of it directly gets absorbed in your bloodstreams. The excess amount of erythritol get extracted through urine. Human trials and studies reveal that arrived all plays a major role in metabolism. Some people genetically produce more erythritol than other ones.

• Monk fruit sweetener 

Monk fruit basically is a small round fruit found in Southeast Asian regions. This sweetener extracted from this fruit contains 0 calories almost and about 100 times sweeter than sugar. This is because Monk Fruit contains natural sugars like fructose and glucose. Meanwhile, have a good amount of antioxidants called mogrosides too. This results in making monk fruit a good antioxidant and anti inflammatory product. Though more studies and researches are required on monk fruit to know about its benefits.

• Coconut sugar 

A sweet product is extracted from sap of coconut palm, this can be converted into a sweet substance that us called coconut sugar. It contains some essential nutrients such as iron, zinc, calcium and potassium. It is a better alternative of sugar because of its low glycemic index. Coconut sugar contains insulin partially too. This is a soluble fibre that slow digestion, increase the feeling of fullness and feed the healthy bacteria in gut. But coconut sugar is also very high in calories but somewhat low than regular sugar. At the end, coconut sugar is very similar to table sugar but if you don’t have any other alternative you can use it.

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