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Have you ever noticed how many sweeteners are available to us these days? The options are endless, from honey and molasses to palm sugar, stevia, good ol' granulated white sugar, and high fructose corn syrup! Not all sweeteners are created equal, though! Do you know which sweeteners are safe, sustainable, and healthy, and which sweeteners damage your body and the planet? In this course, you wil
Learning Objectives
- Get clear about how artificial sweeteners are made, and how they can rob your health blind, creating numerous unwanted health issues, ranging from headaches, nausea, and skin issues, to IBS, weight gain, and cancer.
- Learn how corn syrup is made, what processed foods contain it, and the four major health problems it has been linked with.
- Learn about several serious health conditions that sugar is responsible for causing (such as Candida, obesity, high blood pressure, and mood issues, as well as depressed immunity) and why you should cut it out of your diet or, at a minimum, restrict your consumption of it.
- Get familiar with all of Mother Nature's liquid sweeteners, including honey, rice syrup, barley malt syrup, maple syrup, coconut syrup, and brown rice syrup. Explore the geographical places they originate from, their values to earth's ecology, and their uses in healthful recipes. Includes measurements for using in place of sugar.
- Make an acquaintance with Mother Nature's dry, granulated, and powdered sugars, including coconut palm sugar, organic cane sugar, and date sugar, as well as stevia, birch tree sugar, and monk fruit powder. Learn about their benefits to earth ecology and human ecology, and also explore their uses in recipes. Includes measurements for using in place of sugar.
Tabletop TUTORS 09: Learn & Teach about Healthy Sweeteners & Toxic Sweeteners Details
Course Description
Have you ever noticed how many sweeteners are available to us these days? The options are endless, from honey and molasses to palm sugar, stevia, good ol' granulated white sugar, and high fructose corn syrup! Not all sweeteners are created equal, though! Do you know which sweeteners are safe, sustainable, and healthy, and which sweeteners damage your body and the planet? In this course, you will learn about the health risks that have been linked with consuming artificial sweeteners, as well as processed forms of sugar. You will also learn about wholesome, organically raised sweeteners (derived from plants) which, when eaten in moderation, add delicious food values and flavors to your diet.
- Candia Lea Cole
Candia Lea Cole, the founder of Eco-Learning Legacies, is known by her peers within the holistic health community as the eco-intelligent lifestyle mentor. She creates educational tools that support individuals, families, and wellness educators to learn (and teach) about the why and the how of creating a clean, green lifestyle that nourishes wellness in body, mind, heart, and soul, as well as the earth and all living things. Candia's experience with environmental illness while growing up led her to awaken her innate eco-intelligence and to embark on a path of self-learning and self-healing. Her inspirational books, teaching infographics, video cooking classes, lifestyle podcasts, and her Eco-Mentor Leadership Trainings, all of which reflect her passion and compassion, have invited praise from many global change-agents.
Audio: Sweeteners: Healthy or Toxic? (Which Do You Choose?)
1: Fake Sweeteners: The Enemy of Good Health
2: Is Corn Syrup Hijacking Your Health?
3: Why Sugar is Toxic to Your Body Ecology
4: Savor Nature's Liquid Sweeteners
5: Unearth Nature's Dry Sugar Substitutes
ECO-HEALTH QUIZZES
1: Fake Sweeteners: The Enemy of Good Health
2: Is Corn Syrup Hijacking Your Health?
3: Why Sugar is Toxic to Your Body Ecology
4: Savor Nature's Liquid Sweeteners
5: Unearth Nature's Dry Sugar Substitutes
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