Plan on baking cookies and other sweet treats for the special day? Try using the less-refined natural sugar alternatives that have the same sweet taste with fewer calories. Such alternatives include agave, erythritol, stevia, and xylitol. Lose the sweeteners that come in the blue, pink, and yellow packets; their ingredients (aspartame and sucralose) may lead to headaches. Xylitol has 40% fewer calories than sugar, and Stevia's calorie-free. Agave syrup has about the same number of calories per gram as sugar, but it's sweeter, so you can use 25% less of it.
Remember to purchase in bulk to save trees and the less refined a sugar is, the less energy it takes to produce it.
Hint: agave syrups are my favorite if I am need of a little sugar in my morning cup of coffee =)
Making chocolate chip cookies? Opt for fair-trade and organic brands and don't shy away from the healthier dark chocolate (filled with delicious flavonoids. Yum!) Might as well make the extra pounds worth it right?
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