Do you love meringues but are diabetic? Some people aren’t able to eat specific sugars so they can’t enjoy simple desserts. I’ve been thinking about this, so I decided to do an experiment with this. What effect does different sugars have on meringues? Diabetic people can have some types of sugars, so they're allowed to use alternatives like Stevia instead in meringues. What exactly is a meringue? Meringues are normally a French dessert made of whipped egg whites and typically caster sugar. It also has a Swiss and Italian origin. A lot of patience is required to make these, as you have to whip the egg whites until the sugar dissolves and you have to bake them overnight. You can not rush making these. However, when you take a bite into the sweet, light dessert, it will have been worth it. Stevia is often used as a sugar substitute, but how is it different from sugar? As most people know, sugar has calories. To be exact, there is about 48 calories in a tablespoon. However, Stevia is harvested from the plant ‘stevia rebaudiana’. Stevia is 30 times sweeter than sugar in its refined form and in its raw state, it’s almost 300 times sweeter than sugar! Stevia also has health benefits, like lowering your blood pressure, and more. Nonetheless, too much Stevia can be bad for you. Diabetes is a huge problem as many people are affected by diabetes. …show more content…
Meringues are a French dessert made of whipped egg whites and sugar that consumes a lot of time, but are worth it in the end. Stevia is healthier alternative than sugar and is more healthy for people with diabetes to eat, and is used frequently as a sugar substitute in dessert. It is simpler and healthier for people with diabetes to eat Stevia, as sugar could raise their blood pressure. Stevia is probably going to work in meringue, as it doesn’t affect the outcome of cakes and such, but it’ll probably change the
Many Europeans died out. How does this relate to diabetes? Well, one thing that sugar does is lower the freezing temperature of water. Pure water freezes at 32 degrees, but water with other substances in it, like sugar, freeze at much colder temperatures. Our blood, being largely composed of water, then, would also freeze at a lower temperature if it had higher levels of sugar. Brown fat is a type of fat that the body produces in extremely cold temperatures that quickly burns sugar into heat. Also a lot of greasy foods and fats also can cause diabetes. Consuming to much of it can cause you to have a stroke or heart attack. So a diabetic in Northern Europe during the Younger Dryas would have lived because their higher levels of blood sugar would have kept their blood liquid and let their brown fat burn that sugar into heat.
Todays people are quick to blame dieting problems on sugar, saying "I cant avoid it!!" or "Theirs sugar in everything." Turns out dieting is not the greatest problem. Heart Disease is one most common problems with eating sugar. People who consume more than the average 30 grams (1.0 oz.) of sugar a day are more likely to contract this disease.
Sweeteners are usually made from plants or fruits, such as Stevia or Erythritol. This means they have little or no calories. They taste just as sweet as sugar. Sweeteners can also lower blood pressure which is
First and foremost, the initial hypothesis of this experiment is that stevia, a plant-based and water-soluble sweetener, will inhibit the activity of the studied enzyme, α-amylase and that sucralose (i.e Splenda), an artificially produced sweetener, will have the opposite effect. Both stevia and sucralose designed for diabetics are expected to inhibit the activity of α-amylase more than sucrose. With this in mind, the results obtained from the experiment showed that stevia does indeed inhibit the activity of α-amylase most effectively compared to sucrose and sucralose. This can be explained by the small range of % inhibition values, ranging from 10-20 % inhibition. This can be observed in Figure 1 where one can notice that the standard error bars are
After reading the article "Sweeteners: Facts and Fallacies" the alternative sweetener I have chosen is stevia. Upon the completion of reading facts on stevia, I refute the toxicology safety of consumer use on this alternative sweetener. According to the article "The Sweet Facts on Stevia" it was only sold as a dietary supplement in the 1980's after being linked to cancer and reproductive problems in animals. In 2008, stevia manufacturers petitioned the FDA until Reb A, the plants sweetest sugar molecule, was deemed "generally recognized as safe" or GRAS. "According to CSPI, the FDA did not perform the amount of testing usually required for GRAS status, and further testing on Reb A is needed (Palmer, 2013). With the number of different
Sugar substitutes can help people who are trying to lose weight. They add sweetness to foods and drinks without adding more calories.
Today a percentage of the population is addicted to sugar and over the years sugar has been given the bad rep that if you consume too much you will have a higher risk of some type of disease. Well in attempt to live a healthy life, people today are relying on artificial sugars. With this notion, the question still today is if artificial sweeteners are healthier then just consuming regular table sugar. This paper will discuss the adverse affects of consuming artificial sugars and the effects that they have on a person’s body.
Growing up my mother used to tell me “ stop eating so much sugar, your going to wind up being diabetic”. Well that is just an old wives tale, in fact eating to much sugar is not what causes diabetes. In this report I will provide information on the basis of etiology, age, pathophysiology, and even the treatment of diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes is a serious metabolic disorder, which prevents the body from producing enough insulin to breakdown sugars from food to be used as energy. diabetes can have terrible effects on the body and is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States (Dey, 2011, pg. 231). Being that it is also the most common metabolic disorder in the world today many researchers have begun looking into possible solutions to this disease. One team includes that of Mohammadreza Vafa, Farhad Mohammadi, Farzad Shidfar, Mohammadhossein Salehi Sormaghi, Iraj Heidari, Banafshe Golestan, and Fatemehsadat Amiri, who researched how cinnamon effected diabetic patients. The
Sugar is in so many things that you can barely count. It is even in healthy things such as fruit like apples and bananas, but it is a different kind of sugar. The sugar that is highly addictive, unhealthy, and overall delicious, is the type that is in sweet things like candy, ice cream, so it is in different types of desserts in general. (zelf geschreven)
With 60 calories per tablespoon, sugar is high in calories and has no nutrients. Sometimes people eat too much sugar and get sugar high, which is definitely bad for your health and can lead to many diseases I don’t even know the names for. You may have heard from people that brown sugar is better than white sugar. Because of molasses in brown sugar, it has more essential nutrients, such as potassium and small amounts of calcium, magnesium and B vitamins, which technically makes brown sugar healthier than white sugar. But remember that the amount of nutrients you are getting in brown sugar is in very small quantities.
Is it smart to use artificial sweeteners as weight loss? People have been using artificial sweeteners as weight loss for diets because if they're addicted to sugar than can use it as a sugar substitute because there’s no calories inside(hsph.harvard.edu). People use it in their foods because it still has that sugary taste that makes them
In today's large market of artificial sweeteners, according to Dr. Axe, Food is Medicine, Sucralose, also known as Splenda is one of the most popular artificial sugar companies in the United States. Artificial sugar and sweeteners are basically a replacement of sugar, in which the main difference is that it has fewer calories. Artificial sweeteners are often used in used in many different types of foods, but the most common use would specifically be beverages, dessert mixes, and baked goods. Although the common thought of sugar to be the best way of sweetening because of its raw nutrition, for certain people, such as diabetic people, people who are trying to lose weight, or pregnant women, artificial sweeteners can be beneficial to one’s health.
The debate between naturally derived sugars and low-calorie artificial sweeteners has been going on for years now. As our population’s obesity rate grows every year and health concerns related to weight-control grows along with it, natural sugar is scrutinized and we are told to keep away from it as it is our enemy. Over the last couple of decades, we have been introduced to more and more varieties of artificial sweeteners promising to deliver the same sweetness or even more sweetness than natural sugar (some offer as much as 200 times more sweetness than sugar) but with a much lower calorie content, or some even no calories at all. Artificial sweeteners such as Splenda, Sweet n’ Low, NutraSweet, and Equal have become popular as “better alternatives” to table sugar, promising to help battle weight gain and actually assist in losing weight. However, does this make it the healthier option? As with all things, both natural sugar and artificial sugar have their pros and cons, but in order to find the best option in regards to our health and futures, it’s important to weigh them according to scientific findings and research.
Sugar is a name for the group of commonly known sweeteners such as; Sucrose, Fructose, Glucose, lactose, and maltose. The most common sugar we see is the granulated sugar, the white powder used in foods to sweeten it. Sugar is a chemical that is made up of mostly carbohydrates. Though, given the new technologies, we are able to harvest and produce alternative sweeteners. One such sweetener is Agave nectar which is a syrup held within the leaves of agave plants. Agave nectar is approximately 1.4 times sweeter than sugar, so less of it is required to be used(Benny’s Bistro,2017). Agave nectar also has carbohydrates. One tablespoon of agave nectar contains five grams of carbohydrates, whereas the amount of sugar is a whopping 12.6 grams of carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are what are used for quick energy boosts, but it does not last very long. Carbohydrates also have a lot of calories, which means it is easier to gain weight using sugar than agave nectar. It is due to these facts that I say that agave nectar is a healthier alternative than sugar.