even though it's extremely sweet, so most people find that they don't consume very much
It actually has some really good medicinal properties with it. It's a great antioxidant
It's known to have some anti-cancer properties in it. And it's known to be a great fruit that can help with diabetes
Hi, this is Anita from the reluctant low-carb life, where it's all about living
the low-carb and keto healthy lifestyle. Today we're going to talk a little bit about
cane sugar and particularly what is the best substitute for cane sugar. You know, the average
American or Western person is supposed to eat nine. Men are supposed to eat nine tablespoons
of sugar a day with the women's six. And on average, we're eating over 22 or more because
there's just so much sugar in all of our foods. So actually, I think every
kind of knows and understands that in the Western world, we eat way too much sugar
But sometimes we like to have something a little sweet. So what is the best substitute for something like cane sugar or white sugar or brown sugar or any of the sugars that are not good for us and not healthy for us My favorite sugar substitute is actually monk fruit sugar and I going to tell you some of the reasons why
Monk fruit sugar is considered a sugar substitute. It's actually originally from China
and it's quite interesting that for centuries in China, the monk fruit has been used as medicinal purposes
It was shown to be extremely sweet, but it was something that was used for medicinal purposes
even in Vietnam today, people are still using monk fruit for medicinal purposes
You know, scientists were not able to find a way, though, to extract the sweetness from this monk fruit
So it really is a relatively new type of sugar where they found the way that they could extract the sweetness from the monk fruit
And so it could be used as a very good sugar substitute. You know, some of the reasons why we like it is because, first of all, monk fruit is a no-calorie
sweetener. That's right. There are absolutely no calories at all in monk fruit. And unlike some of the
other sugar substitutes, it doesn't have a bad aftertaste. It's just, you know, it's just a very
sweet type of sugar. And that's the next part. It's very sweet. It's 100 to 250 times
sweeter than regular sugar So you don need as much monk fruit to sweeten up something as you would need to have regular sugar It is very keto friendly and low carb And this really is a great thing about monk fruit is that it keto and low carb friendly
So you can eat on a keto, a low carb diet. Even if you don't want to be on a keto a low carb diet
you could still use monk fruit as a substitute to substitute for other sugars. It's extremely safe to
consume. There's no limit to the amount of monk fruit sugar that you can consume on a low carb
and keto diet. It's, you know, even though it's extremely sweet, so most people find that they
don't consume very much. It actually has some really good medicinal properties with it. It's a great
antioxidant. It's known to have some anti-cancer properties in it. And it's known to be a great
fruit that can help with diabetes. So, you know, besides the fact that it's a great
substitute for cane sugar. You know, you can also have monk fruit. It has some, you know
other properties that's been shown to have the, you know, antioxidant properties, the, you know
to help with diabetes and other types of illnesses. And that is, it's just a great substitute to use
for sugar itself instead of using regular cane sugar So if you looking for a substitute for cane sugar we recommend monk fruit sugar Now you know today in a lot of grocery stores you know even I think at
Costco, you can buy monk fruit sugar now. And so, you know, if you're looking for monk fruit sugar
you can find it in many, you know, grocery stores, certainly in health food stores. They should have
it. You can find it online. You know, you can purchase some mixes of monk fruit sugar and some other
types of sugar, which works very well. I've used it a lot for substitute and some baking. I've used it for
substitutes for recipes that called for sugar instead of using sugar. I will use monk fruit sugar
I kind of like the brown monk fruit sugar quite a bit and use that quite a bit. And along with the
there's a white monk fruit sugar. So really, if you go online, you check it out, you can find many
different types of monk fruit sugar now that you can purchase and you can buy. That's one of the
reasons why we love monk fruit sugar as a substitute for cane sugar. This is Anita from the
reluctant low-carb life. Thank you so much for listening. We really do appreciate you
And we appreciate you being part of our community and coming along with us on this low-carb
and keto journey and lifestyle. Thank you so much