Quiz time: which of the below are acceptable sugars for you to eat on a low carb diet?
- Barley Malt
- Grape Sugar
- Barbados Sugar
- Galactose
- Evaporated Cane Juice
- Honey
- Brown Sugar
- Icing Sugar
- Buttered Syrup
- Invert Sugar
- Cane Juice
- Malt or Malt Syrup
- Cane Sugar
- Maltodextrin
- Caramel
- Fruit Juice Concentrate
- Corn Syrup
- Mannitol
- Corn Syrup Solids
- Maple Syrup
- Confectioners Sugar
- Molasses
- Carob Syrup
- Muscovado
- Beet Sugar
- Caster Sugar
- Powdered Sugar
- Date Sugar
- Dehydrated Cane Juice
- Refiners Syrup
- Demerara Sugar
- Table Sugar
- Dextran
- Rice Syrup
- Dextrose
- Sorbitol
- Diastatic Malt
- Sucrose
- Ethyl Maltol
- Granulated Sugar
- Sorghum Syrup
- Treacle
- Fructose
- Turbinado Sugar
- Fruit Juice
- Yellow Sugar
- Syrup
- Agave Nectar
- Lactose
- Cane Crystals
- Maltose
- Corn Sweetener
- High Fructose Corn Syrup
- Glucose & Glucose Solids
- Golden Sugar or Syrup
- Coconut Palm Sugar
- Powdered Sugar
- Coconut Sugar
- Mascobado Cane Sugar
- Sucanat
- Yacon Syrup
- Coconut Nectar
- Coconut Crystals
- Date Sugar
- Beet Sugar
- Rice Syrup
- Any of the above, from Whole Foods
- Any of the above, preceded by “natural”, “raw”, “local”, “fair trade”, or “organic”
Answer:
None of the above! Unless the sugar is a natural part of the food you’re eating like berries or even a banana, it’s best to avoid it especially when it’s listed as an ingredient in a processed food.
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