The Natural Sweetener: Low Carb Xylitol And Its Benefits

The health and fitness industry has seen the rise of many sugar alternatives, from artificial sweeteners to natural sweeteners and sugar alcohols. One of the most common sugar substitutes is stevi...

Erythritol: Your Top 5 Questions Answered

Are you a fan of keto recipes or low-carb baking? Are you looking for sugar-free alternatives to use in your baking? If so, you may have come across sugar substitutes such as xylitol and erythrito...

Is Stevia Low Carb?

The Natural Sweetener: Low Carb Stevia And Its Benefits One of life’s greatest pleasures is the indulgence in something sweet, and with the rise in keto recipes and low carb baking, you may hav...

The Best Keto-Friendly Sweeteners

With so many sugar alternatives out there, it can be confusing to know what the best keto-friendly or low carb sweeteners are. When you're cutting down on carbs, or switching to a keto lifestyl...

Erythritol & Xylitol...What are the differences?

Love Keto and Low Carb baking from scratch? If so, you've probably come across one or both of these sweeteners in recipes or premade products or mixes. If you've been curious about the differe...

How does sugar affect our mood?

Have you noticed that when we spy sugar-based foods such as ice cream, cake, chocolate and sweets that our mouths begin to produce saliva in anticipation of eating it? Have you heard people refe...

The difference between Carbohydrates and Sugar

Sugar is a type of carbohydrate. Carbohydrate is a macronutrient present in a vast range of foods. There are many different carbohydrates; the major types are outlined below. Sugars are conside...

Different types of sugar

What are the different types of sugar? The term “sugar” usually refers to a group of carbohydrates known as “saccharides” (which originates from the Latin word “saccharum”). Sugars are sweet-tastin...

How does Sugar affect Weight Loss?

How does Sugar affect Weight Loss? When metabolised by humans, all sugars deliver 17 kilojoules of energy per gram of sugar absorbed. The body has an immediate need for glucose for its various ...

5 Foods Low in Sugar

Statistics show that more than half of Australians are exceeding the World Health Organisation’s recommended daily intake of added sugars every day. According to the Heart Association, the maximum ...

Are foods free of refined sugars good for you?

Dietary advice is varied, but if there is one thing most of us can agree on, it is to steer away from highly processed foods in favour of eating fresh produce such as meat (or other protein sources...

How do I stop eating sugar?

Can we really stop eating sugar altogether? And what would this mean? There have been books published, articles written and diets created in order to help us to stop us eating sugar full stop. But ...

5 Simple swaps to break your sugar addiction

Sugar – the buzzword of the year and present in a high number of everyday shop bought foods that we consume. Whether it’s disguised in your claimed ‘natural’ Greek yoghurt or in your herbs and spic...

The facts about rice malt syrup and 8 other sugar alternatives

You will have probably read, seen and heard many so called nutrition experts advising you to avoid using white sugar and instead use rice malt syrup, or other sugar alternatives in your cooking. Th...