Sugar the sweet destroyer
Sugar disrupts hormone balance and contributes to obesity, diabetes, weight gain, heart disease, liver damage, depression, and inflammation. The reason high-fat, low-carb diets work so well is because they support your hormones and brain by providing hours of sustained energy while reducing inflammation.
Read about it here the high-fat diet
Cutting out all sweets is the best option, with the exception of cheat days. If you're not fully committed to a sugar-free diet, there are a few sweeteners you can use occasionally.
From bad sweeteners to good ones
We've listed the sweeteners and sugars you should definitely avoid because they're bad for your gut flora and/or your brain. We've also included the least unhealthy options. In this overview, we've taken into account the number of calories consumed, the sweetness, and the impact on your body and mind.
Definitely avoid intake:
- Apartaam
- Sucralose
- Acelsulfame-K
- Saccharin
Preventing intake
- Fructose
- Fructose-glucose syrup
- High-fructose corn syrup
- Fruit juice from concentrate
Better not to take
- Table sugar
- White sugar (sucrose)
- Brown sugar
- Agave
- Processed honey
Sweeteners that are not recommended
- Coconut blossom sugar
- Maple syrup
- Xylitol
- Sorbitol
- Malitol
Neutral (contains many calories)
- Dextrose
- Glucose
- Real flower honey
- Ribose
Best choice
- Mogroside from monkfruit (once it becomes legal in the EU)
- Erythritol
- Stevia
