sugarless candy...an incredible product, page-17

Incredible in what way?



From Eat Fat, Lose Weight by Enig and Fallon - pg. 98


Even worse than refined sweeterners (which actually use up the nutrients we take in from other foods) are the artificial sweeteners such as aspartame (sold as Equal and Nutrasweet) used in so many "diet" foods. Like MSG, aspartame is toxic to the nervous system and can cause weight gain. Sucralose (Splenda), xylitol and other new fangled sweeteners have caused digestive problems and immune system dysfunction in labratory animals. Avoid them all by preparing your own desserts as occasional treats.



Traditional foods included some sweets foods. Honey, maple syrup and maple sugar, dehydrated cane sugar juice (rapadura), coconut sugar (coconut flower buds turned into sugar). There were expensive or rare, so people did not consume in large amounts as we do today. Unrefined and concentrated, loaded with nutrients, especially, minerals. White sugar, fructose and other refined sweeteners are completely devoid of nutrients.