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    How Sweet is the Sweet? Artificial Sweeteners
    Maria Boyuk FNTP
    • Jul 17, 2018
    • 2 min

    How Sweet is the Sweet? Artificial Sweeteners

    Any sweetener that delivers a sweet taste without a significant caloric or energy increase is termed a “sugar substitute”. We have looked...
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    How Sweet is the Sweet? Sugar Alcohols
    Maria Boyuk FNTP
    • Jul 9, 2018
    • 2 min

    How Sweet is the Sweet? Sugar Alcohols

    The newest sweeteners of our study thus far, sugar alcohols, are another substitute for refined sugar. Sorbitol, erythritol, and xylitol...
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    How Sweet is the Sweet? Monk Fruit Extract
    Maria Boyuk FNTP
    • Jul 2, 2018
    • 2 min

    How Sweet is the Sweet? Monk Fruit Extract

    Sweetness comes in a beautiful variety of packages beyond sugar--one of which is found in the monk fruit, or luo han guo fruit. A cousin...
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    How Sweet is the Sweet? Coconut Sugar
    Maria Boyuk FNTP
    • Jun 25, 2018
    • 2 min

    How Sweet is the Sweet? Coconut Sugar

    With the increasing diets and nutritional protocols, many exotic sweeteners have made their way to the health food sections of our...
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    How Sweet is the Sweet? Stevia
    Maria Boyuk FNTP
    • Jun 18, 2018
    • 3 min

    How Sweet is the Sweet? Stevia

    Often, a food’s nutritional value is questioned or confused because of modern processing methods. Depending on your currant verdict of...
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    How Sweet is the Sweet? Maple Syrup
    Maria Boyuk FNTP
    • Jun 11, 2018
    • 3 min

    How Sweet is the Sweet? Maple Syrup

    It amazes me how many nutritional resources that surround us in nature. Not only is there an endless variety of food around the world,...
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    How Sweet is the Sweet? Raw Local Honey
    Maria Boyuk FNTP
    • Jun 4, 2018
    • 3 min

    How Sweet is the Sweet? Raw Local Honey

    We will begin our analysis of sweeteners with a traditional fructose produced by nature’s honeybee. History’s first record of the use of...
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    How Sweet is the Sweet? Part 1: Defining Sugar
    Maria Boyuk FNTP
    • May 28, 2018
    • 2 min

    How Sweet is the Sweet? Part 1: Defining Sugar

    With the rise of fad diets and health movements, “new” sweeteners gain popularity while various opinions of “old” sweeteners circulate....
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