Making Something Sweet for Easter? Try Paleo Friendly Sweeteners in your Recipes.

Since I have had to adhere to a gluten free lifestyle I have focused on clean eating. A Paleo diet is focused primarily on the consumption of real, unprocessed, non-packaged food (think lean meats, eggs, vegetable and limited quantities of fruits and nuts), the Paleo diet involves foods that are basic but nutritious. Grains, dairy, and processed foods are off the list, as are sugars – an oft-hidden staple of our modern diets.

While other ingredients are more avoidable, sugar or sweeteners – in some variation – are used to enhance the taste in many packaged products. They can be obvious elements, part of candies and desserts, or ambiguous components of so-called healthy foods, such as turkey bacon and fat-free salad dressing. Many packaged gluten free products are packed with sugar ... read the labels to make good choices!

Jenny Ivy shares low-glycemic and paleo-friendly sweeteners include: Raw Honey, Erythritol, Jerusalem Artichoke Syrup, Lucuma Powder, Monk Fruit, Raw Maple Sap, Stevia (dried leaf), and Yacon Syrup. 

Source: New Hope Network / Delicious Living