Erythritol – Your New Favorite (Antioxidant-Rich, Diabetic-Friendly) Sugar Substitute!
The verdict is in: Sugar is BAD for our health! But, does this mean we’ll never again be able to enjoy a decadent piece of chocolate cake, a plate of warm, chewy cookies, or a heavenly handful of candy ever again?
Absolutely not!
Thankfully, there is a sweetener out there that tastes like sugar, bakes like sugar, and can even improve your health (unlike sugar).
It’s called erythritol (pronounced Air Rith Ri Tall).
How Sugar Slowly Destroys Your Health
Sugar: It’s delicious. It’s addictive. It’s deadly.
One of the main problems with sugar is that it contains absolutely no nutrients. No proteins, essential fats, vitamins, or minerals…just pure energy. …show more content…
For example, a paper published in Medical Hypotheses, explored insulin as one of the possible connecting factors between sugar consumption and breast cancer. The body needs insulin for the proliferation of normal mammary tissue. A disruption in healthy insulin response might account for the increased risk of breast cancer in diabetics.
Seely, S. Diet and breast cancer: The possible connection with sugar consumption. Medical Hypotheses. 1983;11(3):319-327.
A study published in the British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Edition), revealed that a diet high in sugar and depleted of fiber and fat can predispose individuals to the development of large bowel cancer.
Bristol, JB, Emmett, PM, Heaton, KW, Williamson, RC. Sugar, fat, and the risk of colorectal cancer. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1985;291(6507):1467.
Another study, published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, theorized that a diet high in simple carbohydrates may increase the risk of colon cancer, possibly through its impact on plasma glucose levels.
Slattery, ML, Benson, J, Berry, TD, et al. Dietary sugar and colon cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers. 1997;6(9): …show more content…
In other words, it is a natural product produced by natural means. However, the greatest benefit of this natural sweetener is that it tastes and performs very much like sugar… except it has a glycemic index of zero and zero calories.
Better yet, new research shows that it has “strong antioxidant activity.” In fact, a recent study published in the journal Nutrition found that erythritol guarded against free radical damage in cells and also helped to protect against the vascular damage that occurs in diabetes. (Cannot find a link to this study.)
The researchers said:
“The protective effects of erythritol need not be restricted to diabetes. Its unique free radical scavenging properties could be beneficial in other chronic disorders in which oxygen radicals are responsible for tissue damage.”
Unlike sugar, which causes oxidative damage, erythritol actually protects cells from the ravages of free radicals!
Furthermore, erythritol is considered a ‘low-digestible carbohydrate’, a category that also includes fiber and resistant starch.
According to a study published by BioMed Research International, low-digestible carbohydrates such as erythritol may balance the immune system by modulating the gut’s microbiota and ecological
The verdict is in: Sugar is BAD for our health! But, does this mean we’ll never again be able to enjoy a decadent piece of chocolate cake, a plate of warm, chewy cookies, or a heavenly handful of candy ever again?
Absolutely not!
Thankfully, there is a sweetener out there that tastes like sugar, bakes like sugar, and can even improve your health (unlike sugar).
It’s called erythritol (pronounced Air Rith Ri Tall).
How Sugar Slowly Destroys Your Health
Sugar: It’s delicious. It’s addictive. It’s deadly.
One of the main problems with sugar is that it contains absolutely no nutrients. No proteins, essential fats, vitamins, or minerals…just pure energy. …show more content…
For example, a paper published in Medical Hypotheses, explored insulin as one of the possible connecting factors between sugar consumption and breast cancer. The body needs insulin for the proliferation of normal mammary tissue. A disruption in healthy insulin response might account for the increased risk of breast cancer in diabetics.
Seely, S. Diet and breast cancer: The possible connection with sugar consumption. Medical Hypotheses. 1983;11(3):319-327.
A study published in the British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Edition), revealed that a diet high in sugar and depleted of fiber and fat can predispose individuals to the development of large bowel cancer.
Bristol, JB, Emmett, PM, Heaton, KW, Williamson, RC. Sugar, fat, and the risk of colorectal cancer. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1985;291(6507):1467.
Another study, published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, theorized that a diet high in simple carbohydrates may increase the risk of colon cancer, possibly through its impact on plasma glucose levels.
Slattery, ML, Benson, J, Berry, TD, et al. Dietary sugar and colon cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers. 1997;6(9): …show more content…
In other words, it is a natural product produced by natural means. However, the greatest benefit of this natural sweetener is that it tastes and performs very much like sugar… except it has a glycemic index of zero and zero calories.
Better yet, new research shows that it has “strong antioxidant activity.” In fact, a recent study published in the journal Nutrition found that erythritol guarded against free radical damage in cells and also helped to protect against the vascular damage that occurs in diabetes. (Cannot find a link to this study.)
The researchers said:
“The protective effects of erythritol need not be restricted to diabetes. Its unique free radical scavenging properties could be beneficial in other chronic disorders in which oxygen radicals are responsible for tissue damage.”
Unlike sugar, which causes oxidative damage, erythritol actually protects cells from the ravages of free radicals!
Furthermore, erythritol is considered a ‘low-digestible carbohydrate’, a category that also includes fiber and resistant starch.
According to a study published by BioMed Research International, low-digestible carbohydrates such as erythritol may balance the immune system by modulating the gut’s microbiota and ecological