Excellent thread, yes!
As for the diabetics in the house, this will be a great topic to explore. I am not diabetic, but it runs in the family. And one of my ex's whom I just talked to yesterday is a diabetic that could really use my wisdom I have gleaned over the years.
I am of the opinion that we are what we ear in many senses. And from my scientific study of the subject and observation of the many patients I have had in dire straights in the ICU's I have worked on, the artificial sweetners are the very bane of a diabetics life. They literally alter many neural pathways, and your taste buds are simply not designed for that level of sweetness. Many are like 900% more sweet than sugar.
I think you can bake and cook using ingredients as close to the way G.d made them. Natural sweetners your body is designed to handle.
I think exploring what works for you is always a good idea. I know many today enjoy using agave. Some love honey.
And for those that do the artificial sweetner dance, stevia seems to work great. I have a very sensitive palette and it simply tastes bad to me. And I trust my taste buds, always. They know the truth.
Keep it real, imnsho.
Did you ever explore the history of who invented the artificial sweetners, how they came into being? They did not start off as sweetners, but as chemical warfare during WWII. Little know fact. Imo, they are killers still, slowly but surely. Diabetes keeps my profession in business, I have always said. Well that and testosterone can be linked to pretty much almost every admission into a hospital if you really want to think about it.
But I am off topic a bit, sorry for my circuitous logic here. I think baking for diabetics will be a great topic to explore!!! Personally I like to use fruit as a sweetner and then advocate for a less is more approach in the consuming of it to keep those blood sugar numbers within normal limits.
Yikes, gots to run, pool is calling my name!
Will catch up with y'all laters. Have a happy, nutritionally delicious and satisfying day.
d'who is getting moving to partake of that morning sunrise
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