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Davina's 5 Weeks to Sugar-Free is a total con and most people can't afford real maple syrup

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alittlethyme · 23/01/2015 21:20

I bought this to try and reduce my sugar intake , but the recipes are full of sugar just in the very expensive form of maple syrup and honey! Ffs I can barely keep my house warm let alone afford maple!

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HumphreyCobbler · 23/01/2015 21:22

If you do low carb bootcamp you can achieve no sugar in one day.

Maple syrup?

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LaurieFairyCake · 23/01/2015 21:23

Er

You can achieve no sugar in one day by

Stopping eating sugar Confused

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LaurieFairyCake · 23/01/2015 21:24

On a separate note maple syrup is on special for £1.50 in tesco this week

I used it for a recipe

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26Point2Miles · 23/01/2015 21:28

how is it a con? just leave out the syrup? use some common sense

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alittlethyme · 23/01/2015 21:29

Sugar is very very addictive, most people are addicted. How many low carbers quit it long term....


What brand was the maple? Only ever seen cheap stuff that has added sugar and flavourings on offer, not real stuff.

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Damnautocorrect · 23/01/2015 21:29

If you understand about processed sugars it's not a con.
Intrinsic and extrinsic sugars are processed by the body differently.
How do you think she'd be able to make chocolate brownies without any sort of sweetness?

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Damnautocorrect · 23/01/2015 21:31

But yes proper maple syrup is very expensive

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alittlethyme · 23/01/2015 21:31

Found it. Its shit stuff :(
m.tesco.com/h5/groceries/r/www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=265485175

I hardly think the cakes will taste good without any sugar added. If I just wanted to not ad the sugar I could of followed any old recipe and ignore the sugar

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26Point2Miles · 23/01/2015 21:34

they taste fine without the sugar......its pancakes

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alittlethyme · 23/01/2015 21:34

Maple is still a suagr though. And it is processed, I once made it and it took hours to reduce a vat of sap to a tiny amount. Smelt lovley though

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GruffalosGirl · 23/01/2015 21:43

Aldi specially selected have 100% maple syrup in at the moment for under £3 or Costco sell 1l for under£10 which lasts for ages (we get through a lot of maple syrup in our house!)

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LaurieFairyCake · 23/01/2015 21:45

Bit harsh, it's not 'shit' stuff like golden syrup or added white cocaine sugar

It contains maple syrup and sugars derived from fruit

It's as good as it gets without spending a fiver Grin

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squoosh · 23/01/2015 21:47

Maple syrup and honey in a sugar free diet seems a bit oxymoronic!

Maple syrup is essentially sugar and super sweet, how is that going to quell any sugar cravings?

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HollyBdenum · 23/01/2015 21:48

Aldi maple syrup is cheap.

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LaurieFairyCake · 23/01/2015 21:50

In debates about sugar there is a very real argument that says your body can't tell the difference between Mars bar and fruit

I know for me that if I eat an orange I get exactly the same sugar rush and hunger pangs as if I'd eaten a bar of chocolate

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wobblyweebles · 23/01/2015 21:53

Real maple syrup is expensive but worth it.

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CerealMom · 23/01/2015 22:15

modernhealthmonk.com/natural-sweeteners-sugar-myth/

This is a simple explanation.

Basically all sugars from all sources are metabolised in the body the same way. Too much of any sugar will lead to weight gain and other related diseases.

The only sugars we can't avoid are
Lactose - breast milk/other milks (unless you're lactose free/vegan)
Carbs - intrinsic rather than added ie beans, pulses, rice, pasta, cereals etc... Not talking about the avoidable cakes, breads etc...

My eyebrow does a good impression of Spock when I see these 'sugar free' recipes chocked full of maple/agave/honey etc...

I think the only 2 which don't cause an insulin response in the same way is xylitol and stevia (could be wrong).

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Micah · 23/01/2015 22:19

Cereal mom-xylitol is extremely dangerous to dogs, sends them into a hypoglycaemic coma.

Awful daughter- how do you make brownies with only cocoa powder?

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Willferrellisactuallykindahot · 23/01/2015 22:22

So is agave syrup a con then? It says its low GI and I have been using it a lot on eg. Porridge etc and as a honey substitute as DD is under 1? I dot even know exactly what it is, but its really nice!

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annadina · 23/01/2015 22:23

I must have missed the bit when cereal mom was suggesting that you gave it to your dog Confused

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dexter73 · 23/01/2015 22:25

Dogs can't eat grapes or chocolate either so I'm not sure you can compare their reaction to a substance to what a human reaction is.

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Willferrellisactuallykindahot · 23/01/2015 22:25

Yeah don't give your dog Wrigley's Extra chewing gum!

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Micah · 23/01/2015 22:27

I just find it fascinating :). Irrelevant, probably, but interesting. I do wonder if artificial sweetners have as little effect as is claimed, in dogs it does something catastrophic, so wonder if it does anything to humans?

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alittlethyme · 24/01/2015 10:15

Algave is a con also. Is lower in glucose but much higher in fructose to make up for it! Its horrible stuff for your teeth too.

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