Safe sugar substitute?

[LUNDLEE]

Is LAKANTO (mixture of Monk Fruit Extract& Non-GMO Erythritol) safe to use with liver disease?

[nash2 Partner]

opinions vary. Whenever you are thinking about new things consider that most of them will have to be processed by the liver. If the organ is laboring the best strategy is to try to make it do as little work as possible. It is very tough and it copes with most things but it is a dose problem with almost everything. If you throw more of something at it than it can handle the results can be negative. It is rather like managing a fire. Feed it fuel at the right rate and it will warm you and cook your food. Pile it high with fuel and throw gasoline on it and it likely will burn your shelter down. One of the problems with experimenting with exotic molecules is that you don't know if is cooking fuel or gasoline so a conservative approach is best if you have a disease.

[gillianTS]

Hi LUNDLEE

I try to look at natural sugars but this can be as bad as the real thing in terms of the amount of glucose I eat, good table of glucose etc in fruits etc is here which might be helpful:

google.com/amp/s/thepaleodi...

[NaturalHealing100]

Why are you seeking sugar?

Stay away from the short cuts! If you are seeking sweet.... get it from the fruit. The entire ,, whole food. I have berries in my freezer that I pop here and there-

Fructose coming from fruit goes to the liver and the liver is geared to process this...

if you have a sweet tooth- curb it... start off with some smoothies instead of the gallon of ice tea/sodas which contain harmful sweetness. Again the extract throws always the fiber/good stuff-

Fructose is ideally the right balance amount of sweetness and nutrients to be satisfied- fruits have many healing micronutrients

Make your smoothie with an unfiltered coconut milk- don’t worry it doesn’t taste like coconut... what it does have is healthy fats that curb sweet tooth-

Stay away from the tricks to your liver... high fructose and concentrates that condense the sugars to overloads-

Stay away from grains... most grains are a toxic, overlooked processed food that even my horse..... designed for grains.. would never eat. Sugar itself it not the worst- it’s sucrose and you can process it- you just have to try to run from it... you do this with behavior modification- desensitize.. and you will see an energy increase.