Article: Q and A with Dr. Hull January 2003
Q and A with Dr. Hull January 2003
by: Dr. Janet Starr Hull, Ph.D., CN
http://www.sweetpoison.com/newsletter/
To: jshull@sweetpoison.com
Subject: safe sweeteners?
Q) Hello, I do not eat sugar and sweets, and I just recently
gave up aspartame. It is really hard to not eat anything sweet,
and I was wondering if there is any kind of sugar that is actually
unharmful to my health. Is
there any sugar I can use because nutrasweet and splenda are harmful
too?
A) Thanks for writing. And thanks for giving up the aspartame
and diet drinks. Any natural unprocessed sugar is OK for you to
use, even healthier for diabetics. The body eats natural sugars
as it would any raw food. It processes the sugar as fuel, burns
calories to digest it, and then eliminates the residuals instead
of storing them as fat. Natural sugars can be bought at the natural
market in bulk as Succanat or Turbinado. Fructose is another choice,
even though it is not my favorite as it can get too involved in
your insulin levels if extracted and used too much. Stevia is
an herb from South America used to treat diabetes and gum disease.
It's very sweet and found in packets, granules, and liquid form
at the health stores. Honey and molasses are also great natural
sugars that will burn as fuel in the body without fatty wastes,
and remember that you can savor the natural tastes of foods as
sweet all on their own, too. Grains, fruits and veggies have a
natural sweetness that goes overlooked.
The best thing to do is stay away from the artificial and chemical sweetener substitutes. They have NO food value, trick the body into thinking it is eating something sweet, and have by-products of harmful toxic side effects. And remember that aspartame was discovered as an ulcer drug, not a sweetener. Every diet drink you used to drink was a dose of medication !! UGH.
Good luck and stay healthy. The tip for 2003 .... drink plenty of bottled water and exercise!! Go to this link on my web site for more info on other artifical sweeteners: http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-sweeteners.html
