Can I Still Have Sugar on a Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet?

By Mama Sezz

October 25, 2019

…here’s the skinny on the difference between the two. Why No Refined Sugar? Refined sugar typically comes from sugar cane or sugar beets. Wait a minute…that sounds pretty darn plant-based…

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Conservative Management of Diabetes

By Alan Goldhamer, D.C.

October 15, 2013 Updated January 2nd, 2019

…with sugar in the normal way due to a lack of insulin. Insulin is a hormone, produced by the pancreas, which allow cells to absorb sugar. If there is not…

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Naturally Sweet – Cooking and Baking Without Added Sugar

By Evelisse Capó, PharmD, DipACLM

August 10, 2018

…cup butter ¾ cup pumpkin purée 1 cup sugar 1 cup applesauce or banana purée 1 cup sugar ¾ cup puréed dates Other WFPB Sweeteners Apricot purée Fig purée Balsamic…

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Nurse Loses Over 100 Pounds and Overcomes Food & Sugar Addiction

By Amanda Grimes, MS, RN, CCRN

November 29, 2016 Updated August 17th, 2023

…went a total of three weeks without sugar, and managed for a couple of months afterward to eat sugar only a few times per month. I found that after deprivation,…

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Aspartame—Friend or Foe? Here’s What the Research Says

By Rachel Bordoli

November 18, 2023

…calories, the same as sugar. However, aspartame is 200 times sweeter than sugar, so a tiny amount of aspartame delivers the same sweetness factor while essentially cutting the calories to…

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Salt, Sugar, and Fat

By T. Colin Campbell, PhD

July 6, 2020 Updated by CNS on August 20th, 2024

…sodium and can even suffer serious health consequences from sodium deficiency. Similarly, nuts can enhance taste, and sugar-rich maple syrup, dried fruits, and even small amounts of refined sugar can…

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What Causes Insulin Resistance? Is Fat the Cause of Type 2 Diabetes?

By Michael Greger, MD, FACLM

September 17, 2020

…sugar. As the amount of fat in the diet goes up, so does one’s blood sugar. Why would eating fat lead to higher blood sugar levels? It would take scientists…

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Plant-Based Diet for Diabetes: What About Carbs?

By Theresa “Sam” Houghton

November 11, 2021 Updated January 23rd, 2023

…structures: Monosaccharides: one sugar molecule Disaccharides: two bonded sugar molecules Oligosaccharides: three to ten sugar molecules in a chain Polysaccharides: long chains of sugar molecules strung together These carbohydrate structures…

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Fed Up With ‘Fed Up’

By T. Colin Campbell, PhD

June 3, 2014 Updated January 4th, 2019

…crisis in the epidemic of obesity and diabetes? Health be damned! Pour on the sugar. Diabetes Care 37, 950-956 (2014) Kahn, R. F. & Sievenpiper, J. L. Dietary sugar and…

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