25 Names for Sugar

26. Florida crystals
27. Hydrolysed starch
28. Fruit juice concentrate
29. Polydextrose
30. Evaporated cane juice
31. Beet sugar
32. Grape sugar
33. Mono, di and/or poly-saccarides
34. Caramel
35. Raw sugar

In Florida it's called "Big Sugar", because it's an economic giant with serious political power. :-(

#9 High Fructose Corn Syrup is the one that concerns me the most, I think. It's in practically everything we consume.

This is the one form of sugar that I work the hardest at avoiding, and my weight loss and overall health improved from doing so.

I recommend that everyone educate themselves about high fructose corn syrup.

Excellent post and comments. I have been trying to track down all the sugar pseudonyms. Are there any on that list that are "better" than they are worse?

Thanks.

About HFCS being "worse" than plain white sugar:

NY Times article - inconclusive
Weston Price Foundation - worse than sugar.

Anything that ends in "-ose" is a sugar...fructose, glucose, sucrose, galactose, tagatose, mannose, etc. You'd be surprised where it turns up...ketchup, salad dressing, yogurt, etc.

Thanks for the great cites, Jim.

Brian

You forgot poison ... but that's just me. Heh.

BUT---all sugars are NOT the same. Yes, some are healthier (MUCH) healthier--than others. Some have vitamins and minerals and other properties that are healthful and even actually HEALING to the body, as opposed to some that cause HARM to the body. I urge everyone to research and study and learn which are good and which are not.

I've read both that high fructose corn syrup is basically poison that makes people fat, and that it is no worse than sugar. I've noticed that if you avoid foods with HFCS, you tend to cut out the high calorie processed junk food anyway, so it's not a bad thing to avoid if you can.

There is a really good book about sugar and how it affects the body called "kick the sugar habbit." I found it to be life changing.

We have cut out most sugars at our house. I don't even have white sugar anymore.

When it needs to be sweetened, we used black strap melasses (lots of iron), pure unpasturized honey or home made maple syrop.

It tastes just as great, even better. I can't even eat white sugar anymore, it's too sweet. I could eat a spoonful of honey though... especially when it's fresh...

Yummy!

i've eliminated all high fructose from my diet..its really easy..for example EVERY SINGLE normal brand ketchup has it..so i went to whole foods and found an organic ketchup that doesnt have it..yeah it was a bit more expensive but id rather have little food and have it be pure and organic then tons of shit food..its YOUR life

other really good substitutues

pancake/waffle syrup REPLACE WITH maple syrup (my fav is CAMP's 100% pure maple syrup..it tastes EXACTLY like mrs butterworth)

philadelphia cream cheese (with loads or nasty ingredients REPLACE WITH horizon organic cream cheese (it tastes yummy and its ingred. are organic grade A milk and cream, cheese cultures, salt and locust bean gum..the only thing that sucks is that there's not many varieties but if you like just cream cheese this is good stuff)

margarine/butter REPLACE WITH soy garden 100% vegan spread (at first i was reluctant to try it but it doesnt taste like soy at all, tastes like normal butter i think its yummy). Smart Balance Light with Flax is also good but it has one teeny downside ..artificial flavor added

waffles (pillsbury and all those other popular brands) REPLACE WITH Van's Organic Flax Waffles..theyre soooo good...and another plus instead of adding sugar these waffles are sweetened with organic pear juice..they taste better than any brand of waffles ive ever tried

i could go on and on and on but i dont think a lot of people with want to read soo much