Many who have done keto (and similar) diets assume my sugar-free year means eliminating anything sweet, including fruit. But that's not my goal nor my experience as being necessary.
Having worked with natural healers and enjoying amazing results, I want to share what this latest journey entails when it comes to sweeteners.
I love love love fruit. Fruit is a wonderful way to consume natural sugars. And when desired, I have honey (in my tea), agave (in my coffee), or unrefined coconut sugar (in homemade granola, gluten-free baked goods from scratch).
(Date sugar is also ok, but I don't use it).
𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗴𝗮𝗿 (𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗴𝗮𝗿, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿-𝘀𝘂𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝘀𝘆𝗿𝘂𝗽 (minus one special day a month, which I'll share later).
The noticeable difference when using naturally sweet foods stands miles apart from the jitters, high, addiction, and weight that comes with the sugars found in processed foods. 𝑀𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠. 𝐴𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡.
As a footnote: When the goal is health/healing, and not calories, frankenfood artificial sweeteners aren't even a part of this conversation.
What "sweet" habits do you have that you can improve by replacing your typical sweetener?
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