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| Refined sugar: the enemy! |
While all of us know that being vegan involves avoiding
meat, dairy & eggs, you may not have considered the everyday ingredients
that are derived from or processed using animal sources, namely honey and refined
white sugar, that are lurking in your grocery store or pantry. Honey is avoided
by vegans who are concerned about the slavery of the honeybee and the fact that
the substance has been regurgitated from the mouth of another living creature;
and refined sugar is avoided by vegans because its processing usually involves
animal bone char filter, yuck! An activated carbon filter made of bone char
decolorizes sugar to make it white through an absorption process. While the bone
char filter is used by most major sugar companies, it is not used to produce all
refined sugar. Thankfully, there are many delicious sweetener alternatives to
honey and refined sugar that are vegan and gluten free.
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TERMS TO AVOID:
meat, dairy & eggs, you may not have considered the everyday ingredients
that are derived from or processed using animal sources, namely honey and refined
white sugar, that are lurking in your grocery store or pantry. Honey is avoided
by vegans who are concerned about the slavery of the honeybee and the fact that
the substance has been regurgitated from the mouth of another living creature;
and refined sugar is avoided by vegans because its processing usually involves
animal bone char filter, yuck! An activated carbon filter made of bone char
decolorizes sugar to make it white through an absorption process. While the bone
char filter is used by most major sugar companies, it is not used to produce all
refined sugar. Thankfully, there are many delicious sweetener alternatives to
honey and refined sugar that are vegan and gluten free.
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| Thank you bees, for pollinating our precious fruits and vegetables. It doesn't seem right to steal your honey as thanks! |
TERMS TO AVOID:
- Sugar listed on the label as sugar,
dextrose, fructose, or any number of chemical names ending in "_ose".
the FDA allows companies to list sugar by as many pseudonyms as they wish as
long as the total content is accounted for. They do this to keep "Sugar" from
being the first ingredient, thinking people won't notice all the other
sugars. - Maltodextrin: twice the glycemic index
of refined sugar, the worst offender for causing blood sugar spikes even in non
diabetics. - Aspartame aka:NutraSweet (renamed as AminoSweet and Neotame)
Known to be a neurotoxin, detrimental to the nervous system, and has been
alleged to cause convulsions, vision problems, headache vomiting, nausea, joint
aches and pain. - Saccharin (Sweet N Low) strong links
to cancer. - Splenda. An artificial sweetener which
contains chlorine, heavy metals, arsenic and methanol. - Corn syrup or High Fructose Corn
Syrup with it's high glycemic index and has very little nutrition. Many
health advocates believe that high fructose corn syrup and refined sugar are the
two biggest contributors to health ailments in our society. High fructose corn
syrup is a combination of sucrose and fructose. - Barley Malt Syrup though a good sweet
alternative, it is not gluten free.
Ingredient lists: Buy vegan sugar, and look for it
in packaging when you buy processed items (although avoiding processed foods is
the healthiest alternative). 3 products or phrases that indicate a guaranteed
vegan sugar in your product nutritional info, are:
"organic evaporated cane juice"
"organic dehydrated
cane juice"
"organic cane sugar"
Or choose from the following list I have compiled
for you.
"organic dehydrated
cane juice"
"organic cane sugar"
Or choose from the following list I have compiled
for you.
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| Some good sweetener options I'm currently using the one on the far Left(Sugar in the Raw) you can find it at most/all grocery stores. |
