@piko and I just finished 40 days of not eating sugar or sweeteners!
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@piko and I just finished 40 days of not eating sugar or sweeteners! Fresh fruit was the only sweet thing that was allowed – seemed unhealthy *not* to eat those.
We searched through the kitchen and put everything that was disallowed into a box. Was surprised by how many food items randomly contain added sugar. Having them out of sight definitely made this easier!
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I used to roll my eyes at people who went "sugar-free", but still ate fruit – after all, they contain lots of fructose and glucose! But after trying it, I now think this is a valid thing to do, because *replacing* table sugar with fruit seems strictly more healthy!
Two takeaways from this phase:
1. Sweetening food with fruit works very well! We made coleslaw with cut-up grapes, for example. And in general, if something should taste sweeter, we added some sweet fruit, like banana or apples.
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G gustavinobevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org shared this topic on
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2. Many things are fine without sweetening them!
Just putting cocoa powder in plant milk makes a perfectly delicious drink!
@piko's "too-delicious" sugar-free apple cake even sparked a long discussion on whether it was allowed :D https://chaos.social/@piko/114093751535823600
We got some 100% dark chocolate, which is some serious business – but I think I'm getting used to it.
I even got chewing gum without sugar or sweeteners (the brand is "Falim"), which just takes like nothing :D Not sure I'd recommend this…
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I think here in Europe it would be almost impossible to find the "original" chewing gum:
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@GustavinoBevilacqua So this is where the term "chiclet keyboard" ultimately originates from, thank you, TIL.
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@GustavinoBevilacqua @blinry @piko in Spanish, chewing-gums are called chicle. I thought it originated from a brand, I stand corrected
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@GustavinoBevilacqua Mastic from Chios might have a shot at it. @blinry @piko
