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Is It OK To Consume Fake Sweeteners Like Erythritol?

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Channel: CanXida · 2018 · Education

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Should you consume only natural sweeteners like honey or maple syrup, or is it OK to include plenty of artificial sugars in your diet as well?

Greetings, Eric Bakker, thanks for tuning in. I've got question here from a subscriber, I'm just going to read it out from a person called Zach Masters. Hello Dr. Baker, I have an important question for you that I cannot find any answer to anywhere. Health information is a battlefield and it just makes you want to quit, especially when you have been sick as long as I have been. What Zach is saying, he wants to know about a product called Swerve, it claims not to affect blood sugar levels. I had a look at Swerve on the internet and basically it's your manmade sugar and it's made from non-GMO corn, it's the main ingredient.

What they do with this non-GMO corn is they basically modify this corn starch or corn sugar and create this simple, more simple sugar called Erythritol from that. Then, of course, there are other kinds of sugars added to it, from all other kind of, some starchy vegetables. I recommend people to keep away from these kinds of things, absolutely. If you really must have sugar at all costs, I recommend you do a very tiny bit of honey instead of using manmade sugars and there's a very good reason for that too.

Honey is a far more natural product and it's so sweet, you just need the smallest amount, and if you go Mānuka honey, for example, with a higher hydrogen peroxide value, you've actually got an antimicrobial product there at your disposal. Honey's an amazing substance, you can leave a jar of honey open for 100 years without any bad effects. If you leave a jar of jam in it, even with these artificial sugar sitting there with the off it, after three or four days, it's got bugs crawling on it, yeast growing in it. I don't recommend these kinds of sugars whatsoever.

Have you a look at Mānuka honey and just get a small amount and you should be fine to go. There's always this need for sugars in people's diets. When you eat plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits and lean proteins, you won't want these kinds of sweet foods in your diet anymore. You find there's no need for them, there's no desire for them. Increase the intake of bitter food will suppress the desire for sweet foods as well. Many different bitter food that you can consume, check some of my videos out regarding this topic. 

You can't go wrong if you go and eat more bitter, as it will automatically make you want to eat less sweet and your digestion will improve tenfold as a result.

Hope that answers your question, Zach, keep away from this stuff, it's not really natural, it looks like junk to me. Thank for the question.

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