white_sakura's Journal
Are they worth it?Aug 12 2009 19:22
Are sugar-free products worth it? Sure, they have fewer calories. But they teach me that overindulgence is okay =/ I don't like sugar that much anyway, but for some foods that I eat that are sweetened, I am so tempted to use some random sweetener. For example, if I were to make black bean brownies, I LOVE the taste of black beans with chocolate...but they don't taste good unless there is some sugar. Is it worth it to add some stevia to the recipe instead of a cup of sugar? =/ Decisions, decisions.
Anyway, I'm thinking of this stuff because I am thinking of all the groceries that I am going to buy starting anew this next semester. I feel like I'm buying a lot of dietary supplements and stuff, which isn't real food: wheat (or oat) bran, natural calorie-free sweetener?, flaxseeds, nut/legume flours, glucomannan...should or should I not?
that's the million dollar question, isn't it? I've heard it said that sweet things begat more sweet things. Maybe if you find that you're eating more of the sugar free things because of the no-cals, maybe it would be better to have less of them but have the real sugar. Perhaps it will encourage you to eat less of them if you know it will count more against your intake? |
Haha I keep thinking about those empty calories, though. 100 calories in a 300-calorie brownie from sugar? eh.... |
Want to be a leader?Start your own group!
