Sweet foods that aren't bad for you?

Donelson

I can only think of 3, honey, grapes and mellon are there any more?

Donelson

And strawberries

jam_mac_jam

Damn, was about to say strawberries.
Blueberries, rasberries actually all fruit in moderation is not bad for you and mostly sweet.

Donelson

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

Damn, was about to say strawberries.
Blueberries, rasberries actually all fruit in moderation is not bad for you and mostly sweet.

Blueberries , rasberries are a little bitter. some varieties of apples and pears can be sweet.

Donelson

Over rip plumes

rocky

I'm going to be controversial and say if honey isn't bad for you, sugar isn't bad for you... It's all in the quantities. 100 kcals of sugar and honey are equally as good/bad health wise, it's the context of the whole diet that matters.

Same with glucose and maple syrup. In fact, someone who might have watched Lolstig's talk on sugar might have the opinion that honey/sugar are much worse than pure glucose, because they contain fructose which is a poison that has the same metabolic path as alcohol.

If you can get past the taste which is quite strong, blackstrap molasses contain lots of minerals (which is only 'good' if you're deficient in them in the first place), and can be 'bad' if for example iron and/or calcium are present in excess in the body.

Some people can be allergic to honey. I haven't heard of anybody being allergic to sugar.

Or you can stop categorizing foods into 'good' and 'bad' and realize 500g of coconut oil (traditionally a 'good' food) is worse than 1 tbsp of sugar (devil incarnate). Context and quantities matter.

pecker1992

rocky wrote: »

I'm going to be controversial and say if honey isn't bad for you, sugar isn't bad for you... It's all in the quantities. 100 kcals of sugar and honey are equally as good/bad health wise, it's the context of the whole diet that matters.

Same with glucose and maple syrup. In fact, someone who might have watched Lolstig's talk on sugar might have the opinion that honey/sugar are much worse than pure glucose, because they contain fructose which is a poison that has the same metabolic path as alcohol.

If you can get past the taste which is quite strong, blackstrap molasses contain lots of minerals (which is only 'good' if you're deficient in them in the first place), and can be 'bad' if for example iron and/or calcium are present in excess in the body.

Some people can be allergic to honey. I haven't heard of anybody being allergic to sugar.

Or you can stop categorizing foods into 'good' and 'bad' and realize 500g of coconut oil (traditionally a 'good' food) is worse than 1 tbsp of sugar (devil incarnate). Context and quantities matter.

This makes alot of sense tbh...nice post rocky...although i might just say..if you have the choice between a teaspoon of sugar on your porridge or a teaspoon of honey..go for the honey everytime

Donelson

Rocky, you are right my original post was a little vague. What I would like to find are foods that I can eat on a daily bases in significant quantities 100g to 200g that will satisfy my sweet tooth.

what about jelly? or coconut flesh?

Of the lot so far plumes are the "winner" as they have vitamin b3 and lots of soluble fibre, the other ones are a little more questionable, but they taste nice

gud4u

Pink Lady apples?

realgirl

Dates really sort out my sugar cravings

El_Dangeroso

rocky wrote: »

I'm going to be controversial and say if honey isn't bad for you, sugar isn't bad for you... It's all in the quantities. 100 kcals of sugar and honey are equally as good/bad health wise, it's the context of the whole diet that matters.

Same with glucose and maple syrup. In fact, someone who might have watched Lolstig's talk on sugar might have the opinion that honey/sugar are much worse than pure glucose, because they contain fructose which is a poison that has the same metabolic path as alcohol.

If you can get past the taste which is quite strong, blackstrap molasses contain lots of minerals (which is only 'good' if you're deficient in them in the first place), and can be 'bad' if for example iron and/or calcium are present in excess in the body.

Some people can be allergic to honey. I haven't heard of anybody being allergic to sugar.

Or you can stop categorizing foods into 'good' and 'bad' and realize 500g of coconut oil (traditionally a 'good' food) is worse than 1 tbsp of sugar (devil incarnate). Context and quantities matter.

I do think there might be a difference between refined and unrefined sugar though, when they were building the panama canal they tested all the workers for diabetes as they came from the Dominican republic which was known to have high rates of diabetes. The migrant workers were poor and chewing on raw sugar cane and had very low rates of diabetes compared to their wealthier counterparts who ate refined sugar.

Honey seems to contain things that protect from the deleterious effects of sugar:

http://jn.nutrition.org/content/132/11/3379.full.pdf+html

Then again a small amount of refined sugar is not likely to be an issue in the context of an otherwise nutrient-dense whole-foods diet. Mark Sisson still has sugar in his coffee.:)

Also I'd like to see someone eat half a kilo of coconut oil and live to tell the tale.

So I'm definitely in the 'there are good foods and bad foods' camp, but as always, the dose makes the poison.

Beffy

Raisins?