sweetness w/o artificial sweetner?
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sweetness w/o artificial sweetner?
| Fri, 06-09-2006 - 4:29pm |
Since I'm nursing a baby who eats nothing else yet (she's only 8 weeks old), I'm trying to avoid artificial sweetners. But, every dinner on Phase 2 has a dessert, and there's a list of sweet treats, and it seems like ALL of them rely on fake sugars. Even the non-fat yogurts do too. I don't tend to gorge myself on sweets (I can eat just a couple of squares of a really good bar of chocolate and feel satisfied generally), but I don't think I can give them up completely in order to be on this diet. Can anyone suggest the most diet-friendly real sugar products to have, so that I don't have to give my little one aspartame and splenda and such? It is honey? Raw brown sugar? Fruit juice? If I used 1/2 tsp. of either of those first two or a few tablespoons of fruit juice, instead of a sweetner packet, to make the ricotta dessert, would that be okay, or would it just make my insulin haywire? Should I stick to dark chocolate in small amounts? Can I eat the lowfat (rather than fat-free) fruit flavored yogurt, since I can buy organics that are sweetened only with fruit rather than with aspartame? Any help would be sooo appreciated!
Andrea
Andrea

When I was breastfeeding I felt the same way. Personally I avoided chocolate cause I didn't want baby to react. In your situation I'd probably make a batch of cookies and just eat 1 at a time, or you could try something like applesauce cake. See if you can find something on the Cooking Light website?
Mags
You may also want to try stevia - it is an herb that when ground up is very sweet. Your local health food store will probably have some in different forms. I bought some and haven't tried it yet, but plan to wean myself from Splenda when I start TTC. I feel a little strange about consuming anything artificial when pregnant...
Nicole
Jen
Hi Andrea,
Fructose and WheyLow-D are all-natural and better choices for the SBD (low-glycemic)
Andrea
Andrea, glad to be of help!