Mylot Members this discussion is about Sugar.what kind?

I use regular sugar but, I am going to half to find some other kind of substitue sugar. somethng more nature.

I meant for My husband, How are you? fine I hope. +

I didn't know that subtitue was not good I wonder what else could he use?

He could use fructose which is fruit sugar. You can usually find it in your diet section of the grocery store. You can also find it in most health food stores and at diabetic specialty shops. I do not know where you live, but you can try places like Whole Foods, Central Market, Sugarless Delite (that store may just be local to me though), and you could search online. It is an all natural sweetner that for years was used to sweeten diabetic products. Baked goods made with it tend to be a bit chewier and not as sweet as normal baked good, but they are rather tasty. Also, many of the hard candies and chewy candies that are made special for diabetics are made with fructose. It's an option if you don't want to use artificial sweetners but don't want to use sugar/honey either.

You are the third person that said that, It must be good, but not for me, I will get it for my husband.

Canned sugar I don't think we have can sugar in the US. but yes honey is good, sweetner.

I suppose canned sugar is plain refined sugar.

You know I asked my mother about caned sugar and she laughed at me. She told me that unless your sugar says "beet sugar" all sugar is caned sugar. It comes from sugar canes! I went to the store just to see if she was right and guess what? She is. I buy Imperial Sugar for baking (I just cannot bring myself to use the Splenda blends for baking) and I never noticed that it actually says Imperial Sugar in big letters with Pure Cane Sugar under it in smaller letters. C&H is also Pure Cane Sugar. Isn't that funny? And brown sugar...it's just cane sugar with molasses added to it. The things you learn at mylot!

What well he have he has to have something?

Provided that your father's blood sugar levels are kept within the healthy range, he can actually use regular sugar. He just need to use it sparingly and in moderation. I have noticed that it is a common misconception that being diabetic mean you can never have sugar again. If that were the case, diabetics could never eat again. The main thing is to keep your blood sugars in a healthy range. My doctor says that I can eat anything I want in moderation. If I want a regular soda, go a head, but don't drink more than a "normal, 8oz serving". You just have to change your eating habits to a more healthy lifestyle and you can enjoy everything just like everyone else.

Honey is good I like it in my tea with lemon. +

that's what I use when I run out of sugar.

Yes hopefully I don't run out of honey as well. Honey doesn't leave an intoxicating aftertaste.

Ok. that would be good. I half to do this for My husband. it would also inprove my health.

what will your husband use, since you said he is a Diabetic? everyone recommends Splenda

I will try that one for him. I like plain old generic. It is fine with me.

Hi, I am diabetic and I use Splenda. The difference in the different Splenda products is that the baking blends are actually half Splenda and half regular sugar. There is a brown sugar blend now too and it is half Splenda and half brown sugar. The reason for the blends is that in some recipes sugar is used only to sweeten and for those recipes you can use plain Splenda, but in others like cakes, sugar is also used for volume and in those you either need to use the Splenda blends or you don't get as much as the recipe is supposed to make. As for the expense, Splenda is kinda pricey, but WalMart has their own brand of Splenda now and it is about $2.50 less that the same amount of Splenda. The only problem is that it only comes in the large bag size. But if you are going to be using it regularly, it's probably better to buy the big one anyways.

you use a sugsr bpill. like a sugar cube? +

Ok I think I will start buying splenda for my husband. But only for him, sugar is for me. +

that's what was told to me. thanks for input.

You are right it is nasty. I don't like anything that is sugar free. or diet.

It does? now I am confused about what sugar to use for my husband, that's ok, I will stick with my own suguar. I don't like other sugars.

Splenda does sometimes leave an overly sweet taste. The directions for Splenda say to measure it out the same as sugar but if you do that you get that sickly sweet taste and sometimes a sickeningly sweet aftertaste. What I have discovered through trial and error is to measure it out at half the amount I would normally use of sugar. This tends to keep things from being too sweet and I don't that aftertaste. My husband can even go as low as 1/4 the amount that we would have used with regular sugar. You might try cutting the amount and see if that helps. Also, while I do not taste a difference in hot drinks, my husband claims that he can tell the difference between regular sugar and splenda when in hot drinks.

You are right brown sugar and white sugar has a different taste. I like to use brown suar in my oatmeal. and when I am baking a pie.

Ok. I hear more people say they use Splenda. so it must be good I will tell him to buy it.or I will buy it. for him I take regular sugar.

Yes it did help, I didn't have that after taste.

Ok, I never thought of that. but it is not as sweet. I have some honey I didn't think to put honey in my cereal.

You better be crful. is brown sugar better to cook with? I use it when I run out of sugar.

My father always told me you should use sugar in everything you cook. and I do. not alot just enough to taste. I know what you are saying though I don't like nothing that's to sweet, especially desserts.