Whether added to tea or sprinkled on cereal, could your daily sugar choices be better? It is recommended that no more than 5% of your daily energy intake should come from added sugars, which is the equivalent of six teaspoons or 25 g for women. These different types of sugar and sweetener could add vitamins and minerals to your diet, or slow that blood sugar spike.
COCONUT SUGAR
While it's made using coconut tree flower sap, it tastes nothing like coconut and more like brown sugar - it's also granulated so it's ideal for baking.
BENEFITS Less heavily processed than refined white sugar, 'it contains iron, calcium, potassium, zinc and antioxidants,' says trainer and nutrition specialist David Wiener*. Coconut sugar's glycemic index (GI) - a measure of how fast it raises blood sugar levels - is reported as low as 35 and as high as 54 (table sugar sits around 65), but calorie and carb stats are similar.
This story is from the July 2023 edition of woman & home South Africa.
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