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If your body is accustomed to healthy, organic food, then most regular sports drinks will likely be a shock to your system. It’s much better to make your own by combining organic coconut water with organic lemons and oranges for a sports drink with no added chemicals.


One danger typically hiding in normal sports drinks is a large amount of sugar that overwhelms the pancreas and inhibits the production of the insulin needed to transport blood sugar into the body where it is used to give you energy. When the pancreas is overworked from too much sugar, type-2 diabetes may occur.


Alternatively, when unhealthy sweeteners such as aspartame and sucralose are used in the place of sugar, this can lead to damaging your intestines and a variety of serious illnesses.


The solution is a healthy, homemade sports drink with naturally sweet coconut water, lemon juice, orange juice and optional stevia to sweeten even more.

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Consuming too much processed sugar is a common cause of obesity, mood swings, and sicknesses such as diabetes. That means that it’s important to use a healthy replacement for the processed sugar in your food and beverage recipes. Stevia and a variety of stevia-based sweeteners are typically on the list of alternatives, but is Stevia the best choice? It’s good to know if and when Stevia should be used as a replacement for processed sugar in your recipes and with your meals. (Read on …)

Sugar substitutes and alternatives have shown themselves everywhere from the notorious Aspartame to Saccharin and Sucralose. But most of them are artificial and some are so dangerous they’ve been scientifically documented to induce cancerous tumors and other diseases.

So what is Stevia?


Stevia is essentially a cheap sugar alternative that comes directly from the soil and has been used as a sweetener for centuries by Latin American natives.

But is stevia good for you as they claim and you can safely put it in your homemade meal replacement shakes? Or is stevia bad for you like other popular alternative sweeteners and you should avoid it at all cost?

Continue reading on the next page to learn more …

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Honey

Replace 3/4 cup for every one cup of sugar
773 calories, 209 grams sugar

• How it’s made: Bees gather nectar from flowers, and spread it throughout the honeycombs in the hive where it evaporates and turns into a thick syrup, which is used to feed the colony.




• Additional info: It offers 132 mg of potassium and may help reduce sore throats. Raw honey is rich in B vitamins and also vitamin C.




• Baking tips: Decrease the liquid in your recipe by one-fifth, and lower the baking temp by 25 degrees to prevent browning.

Maple Syrup

Replace 3/4 cup for every one cup of sugar
600 calories, 159 grams sugar

• How it’s made: Sap is collected from maple trees, boiled to evaporate the water, and the syrup is then filtered and bottled. It takes between 35 and 50 gallons of sap to make just one gallon of real maple syrup.




• Additional info: A one-cup serving offers 180 mg of calcium, and also contains manganese, iron, and zinc, important minerals for a strong immune system; it also contains 322 mg of omega-6 fatty acids.




• Baking tips: Always use real maple syrup — not maple flavored. Reduce the amount of liquid in recipes by three tablespoons for each cup of maple syrup used. Baked goods will have a brownish tint and also brown much faster so bake for less time or lower the temp of the oven by 25 degrees.

Here are the facts about another popular sugar substitute:

Stevia (Pyure Bakeable Blend)

Replace 1/2 cup for every one cup of sugar
0 calories, 0 grams sugar

• How it’s made: Glycosides are the components of stevia leaves responsible for the plant’s sweetness. The leaves are placed in hot water, which is passed through a resin material to trap and collect the glycosides. The resin is then washed with alcohol to free the glycosides, and is then crystallized into the form you buy.




• Additional info: Some research shows it can lower blood pressure and blood sugar levels. Since it’s calorie-free it’s helpful for weight management.




• Baking tips: Reduce pan size and baking temp by 25 percent, add an additional egg white or slightly increase baking powder/soda, and add fruit puree or yogurt for moistness.

Visit Jenny’s website to learn about some more sugar substitutes!


Source: Jenny Sugar
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Honey

Replace 3/4 cup for every one cup of sugar
773 calories, 209 grams sugar

• How it’s made: Bees gather nectar from flowers, and spread it throughout the honeycombs in the hive where it evaporates and turns into a thick syrup, which is used to feed the colony.




• Additional info: It offers 132 mg of potassium and may help reduce sore throats. Raw honey is rich in B vitamins and also vitamin C.




• Baking tips: Decrease the liquid in your recipe by one-fifth, and lower the baking temp by 25 degrees to prevent browning.

Maple Syrup

Replace 3/4 cup for every one cup of sugar
600 calories, 159 grams sugar

• How it’s made: Sap is collected from maple trees, boiled to evaporate the water, and the syrup is then filtered and bottled. It takes between 35 and 50 gallons of sap to make just one gallon of real maple syrup.




• Additional info: A one-cup serving offers 180 mg of calcium, and also contains manganese, iron, and zinc, important minerals for a strong immune system; it also contains 322 mg of omega-6 fatty acids.




• Baking tips: Always use real maple syrup — not maple flavored. Reduce the amount of liquid in recipes by three tablespoons for each cup of maple syrup used. Baked goods will have a brownish tint and also brown much faster so bake for less time or lower the temp of the oven by 25 degrees.

Continue on to the next page for details about another sugar substitute …

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ASPARTAME

Found in: Canderel, Silver Spoon Sweetness & Light, Tesco granulated sweetener, Diet Coke Muller Light.
 
Two hundred times sweeter than sugar, aspartame is made from two amino acids (protein building blocks) joined together.
 
It’s widely used in zero-calorie diet drinks – often alongside another sweetener, acesulfame K, as the two taste better together.
 
Aspartame also comes as a powder or as tablets and you can drop 3,600 calories in a month or a pound in weight by using the tablets in place of two teaspoons of sugar in three cuppas a day.
 
Methanol is a breakdown product of aspartame that is toxic at high levels but the amount formed from a diet drink is less than a tenth of that formed from a fruit juice of the same size, according to the American Cancer Society.

 
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Lemons (the juice of 3 small lemons):  Lemons are not only detoxifying to the liver but also provide a great hit of potassium – an essential electrolyte- and has lots of other benefits.


Sea Salt (1/2 tsp, or a bit more):  Salt is essential for electrolyte balance.  I tend to be a super salty sweater and crave salt after a difficult workout so I made sure to include enough salt in my drink.


Ginger Water (made from boiling a medium-sized ginger root, sliced, in 1 liter of water; simmer for 15 minutes and let cool): Ginger is delicious, helps ease stomach problems, and may even help with muscle soreness and recovery.


Add liquid stevia to taste and store in airtight container, pitcher, or jar in the fridge.

Source: Gabby

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