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BUT I HAVE A SWEET TOOTH! |
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| All the facts point out that we damage our health by sweet things loaded with sugar, particularly as they often have a high fat content too. But many of us like something sweet. |
What can we have?
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We have become used to thinking about processed sugar as the basic sweetness in food, but nature offers many other treats that are sweet. Try this experiment. Take a mouthful of bread and then chew it for as long as you can. Gradually a sweet flavour develops. This is due to the changes in the starches when mixed with the saliva in our mouths. We are not suggesting that this can take the place of an after dinner sweet, but sometimes we swallow our food too quickly to enjoy the natural flavours that are there. Even young peas, freshly picked, have a high sugar content and taste sweet. We can use carrots in cakes as they have a sweet kind of flavour too. |
But what is there that can provide a natural sweet treat?
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All fruits have sugar, but when they are dried in the sun they develop higher amounts of sugar as the water is evaporated off. Dates probably taste the sweetest, but raisins and sultanas, come close. In dried figs you can sometimes see the finely crystallised sugars on the skins of the fruits that you buy. This kind of sweetness is natural and full of other nutrients at the same time. Sugar by contrast is almost an empty food, that has very little value except as an energy provider. It perks us up quickly - like glucose does - then we drop down again quickly, but because dried fruits have sweetness plus fibre and also vitamins and minerals, we can enjoy the sweet taste and our bodies are benefited too. Our energy levels will remain higher for longer. |
Look at the dried fruit recipes in another link for more details
of what you can make using dried fruit.
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