Natural sweeteners questions

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Natural sweeteners are controversial. Unrefined sweeteners contain high amounts

of nutrients, but also spike blood sugar to unhealthy levels for many people.

It seems odd that there is a controversy over natural sweeteners because they

have probably always been a staple of primitive diets. Groups with a supply of

honey I'm sure ate as much as they could gather, dried fruits have probably

always been a staple, and primitive peoples may have made sugar out of dried

fruit juices. I know dehydrated cane juice spikes my blood sugar significantly

because it makes me sleepy, but the raw, unpasteurized honey I eat does not have

an effect no matter how much of it I eat. Some natural sweeteners spike blood

sugar more than others. It seems that at least some natural sweeteners above

moderate levels would be healthy for most people because of the ready

availability of natural sweeteners throughout our existence and because of their

probable high consumption because of man's craving for them.