Sugar in Disguise

Beware of these sweeteners! Yes, some are low-glycemic, meaning they will not spike your blood sugar, but nonetheless, your body knows them as sugar. Let’s not give the cancer cell what it needs to grow—sugar!

• Agave juice, nectar, and syrup

• Barbados sugar

• Barley malt or barley malt syrup

• Beet sugar

• Brown rice syrup

• Brown sugar

• Buttered syrup

• Cane sugar, juice, or syrup

• Caramel

• Carob syrup

• Castor sugar

• Coconut sugar

• Confectioners’ or powdered sugar

• Corn glucose syrup

• Corn sweetener or syrup

• Date sugar

• Dextrin and dextrose

• Dried raisin sweetener

• Fructose

• Fruit juice

• Golden syrup

• Granular sweetener or sugar

• High-fructose corn syrup

• Honey

• Lactose

• Malt sweetener or syrup

• Molasses

• Raw sugar

• Refiner's syrup

• Rice syrup

• Saccharose

• Sorghum

• Starch sweetener

• Sucrose

• Sugar

• Turbinado sugar

The bottom line is that there is no shortcut. If you want to live a healthy life, forget about sugar entirely and ignore the cravings. After approximately two weeks without sugar, your cravings will disappear.

You can do this!