Danielle Peers wrote:Hi,
I am new to all this giving up sugar business but am trying my best to understand it all. I went to my local supermaket the other day searching for glucose syrup. I found the product in the baking aisle and turned it over to look at the ingredients which read - "Ingredients - Glucose (derived from corn)". Would this not them make it Corn Syrup ??
Should I just be trotting off to the chemist to look for powdered dextrose instead ??
Any insight would be welcome
Regards,
Danielle
Hi Danielle,
This response may need some qualifying, but I have read either in answers from questions on this site or somewhere in the books that this is ok, it is still glucose (fuel used by your body) and not fructose (which corn syrup is) and the "from corn" part just clarifies for people with allergies that it is not "from wheat".
Can I just also add, that being off sugar now for 5 months, I don't bother with the glucose/dextrose stuff. I bought one bag of dextrose made some muffins (which were nice, but not earthshattering). I think to be successful at this you need to be training your mind to accept that you now eat savoury foods (especially all the ones you might have given up on low carb, low fat, gluten-free diets!).
I also found that having the dextrose muffins (at the ready in the freezer) did not help me break the urge or habit for sweets. Now if I want something sweet with a cup of tea or after dinner, I eat half a banana and some cashews. Read closely in the book and David really only advocates this dextrose stuff for parties or special occasions.
Hang in there, you will get over even thinking about sweet food, and really start to enjoy the taste of real food....guilt free.
Sarah
