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• Sugar-free recipes are recipes that do not call for any sugar as an ingredient. Some recipes are sweet from the natural sweetness of the ingredients, such as fruit, while others call for artificial sweeteners. Common artificial sweeteners include Equal, Nutrasweet, Splenda and Sweet N'Low.

• Fast Facts

  1. A healthy alternative for diabetics
  2. Sugar consumption has increased 30% since the 1980'sAll Recipes: Cutting Down on Sugar
  3. Sugar intake is indirectly associated with cancer, osteoporosis and heart diseaseAll Recipes: Cutting Down on Sugar
  4. USDA suggests less then 10 teaspoons of sugar per dayAll Recipes: Cutting Down on Sugar
  5. Average US sugar consumption is about 34 teaspoons per dayAll Recipes: Cutting Down on Sugar
  6. Warning: Too much artificial sweetener can act as a laxativeBBC: Food for Diabetics

• Method Tips

  1. Artificial sugar is often not as sweet or sweeter than regular sugar. Specifically following a sugar-free recipe will prevent over or under sweetened food.Martha Stewart: Sugar Subsitute Erythritol
  2. All Recipes suggest weening off of sugar slowly by only eating half of the quantities normally consumed or splitting up sugary foods and drinks with a sugar-free version.All Recipes: Cutting Down on Sugar

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