Sugar+Free





A sugar free diet is a dietary restriction, which does not only reduce your daily intake of sugar, but excludes all food produces which contains sugar. A sugar free diet are one of the hardest dietary restrictions to handle now days, this is because just about every product imaginable contains unnatural also known as processed sugar.
 * What is a sugar free diet? **

The majority of people who do follow this diet do so due to health beneficial restrictions. There are a wide range of reasons though one of the most common are high blood sugar levels and those who have been diagnosed with diabetes. For those who have a high [|blood sugar concentration or blood glucose level] (the amount of glucose/sugar in your blood streams) which is not between 3.6 and 5.8 mM, or 64.8 and 104.4 mg/dL should be cautious about what they are eating this is because if above the normal limit the individual would experience a condition known as Hyperglycaemia. Hyperglycaemia would lead to blurred vision, sleepiness, weight loss, frequent hunger, often dehydrated and even coma. Another common reason is because a person has been diagnosed with diabetes. Diabetes is a chronic condition which is usually caused by abnormally high levels of sugar or glucose levels in the body. Once again if your blood sugar levels are not kept maintained you are at a higher risk of a kidney failure, blindness and also nerve damage.
 * Why do people follow this diet? **

Whilst you are on a **sugar free diet** you must be aware of a lot of produces which contains unnatural sugars which are most often and likely found in mass produced products such as soft drinks, ice cream, chocolate, fast food and pretty all produces which have not been naturally made, this is because sugar helps preserve food/gives it a longer shelf line. The sugars that you have to look out for are processed sugar such as white sugar, brown sugar, Demerara sugar, muscovado sugar, sucrose, glucose, fructose (refined fruit sugar), Caramel, golden syrup, treacle, molasses, maple syrup, corn syrup, rice syrup and raw sugar should be avoided. You maybe are thinking now that a sugar free diet is pretty boring! You are still allowed to have naturally produced sugars that are found in fruit, vegetables, and honey also you are allowed to have meats, beans, grains and milk. The basic and essential building blocks of a food pyramid is still there, you are just making it healthier and have a more well-rounded diet.
 * Foods that can/cannot be eaten? **

Sugar Free Food Pyramid: Normal Food Pyramid:



As you can see on the normal food pyramid at the top there are unwanted fats, oils and sweets doctors do not advise


 * Benefits and constraints of this diet: **

A sugar free diet is very much a beneficial diet to the human body; this is so because you would have a more well-rounded diet and much healthier life style. To tho

 se considering to try this diet it helps you take gain a lot of control over your life style and helps you improve your diet entirely, this is because most processed food are not only packed with unnecessary  fats but also unwanted sugars. The unwanted sugars, they are only adding extra calories into your system; if the sugars are not used they would just stay in your system and turn into fat. So by cutting that out you would be able to concentrate more on the essential vitamins, minerals and proteins. By concentrating more on the nutrition value this automatically  makes you healthier and more aware about your overall diet. Even with a few major health benefits there are always constraints that put people off this truly great diet! What mainly puts people off is that they are unable to dine out, have fast food or prepared made meals ( <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">microwaveable/oven), you would have to make your own meals with natural produces which may <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">contain <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"> natural sugars.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Two delicious Sugar Free Recipes: **


 * __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Savoury Dish Beef Fajitas (Sugar Free) By Emmy Drew: __**

Serves 8

__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Ingredients: __ __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Equipment: __
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Red Onions x2
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Red Pepper x2Yellow Pepper x1 <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pinch Chilli Flakes x1[[image:IMG-20111010-00110.jpg width="400" height="300" align="right" caption="Our final product -Looks and taste DELICIOUS!"]]
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Coriander Leaves x2 table spoons
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Lime Juice x2 table spoons
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Flour tortillas x8
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">200-300 grams beef
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Paprika
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Chilli
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Pepper


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Frying Pan x1
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Fancy Plate x1
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Plates x1
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Chopping Board x1
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Spatula x1 <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bowl x1

__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Method: __


 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Prepare the 2 red onions, 2 red peppers and 1 yellow pepper by rinsing them thoroughly with tap water.
 * 2) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Chop up the vegetables into small proportions.
 * 3) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Then turn on the frying pan and add some oil until it gets hot.
 * 4) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Add the beef into the frying pan and fry it for about 2-3 minutes, once it has turned a light brown
 * 5) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Add the red onions, peppers and chilli flakes into the frying pan and resume cooking for another 5 minutes.
 * 6) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Then remove the pan off the heat.
 * 7) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Add the coriander and some lime juice into the mixture and stir carefully.
 * 8) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Warm the tortillas according to the packet fill them up with the beef mixture and garnish.
 * 9) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Enjoy!

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Comments on this recipe: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We thought that over all this was a very enjoyable recipe to make and definitely eat! It does not take Whilst cooking the recipe we only made one change to the recipe which was to add some more flavouring to the dish because before it just tasted like cooked pork and limes, so we decided to add more of a Mexican flavour and it worked out very well! We have also gotten back some feedback from our peers for instance Kristy said "This dish is very yummy and I would definitely have it again!".By: Emmy Drew


 * __<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Honey Biscuits (Sugar Free) By Eleanore Derham: __**


 * __<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ingredients __**
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">100g margarine
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">3 tablespoon honey
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">125g wholemeal flour
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">50g oats
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;"> Banana
 * __<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Equipment __**
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">1 Bow
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">2 Spoons
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">Oven gloves
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">Tablespoon [[image:09tecr/IMG-20111003-00097.jpg width="320" height="240" align="right"]]
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">Scales
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">Sift
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">1 fork
 * __<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Method __**
 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Preheat the oven at 200 C (390 F)
 * 2) <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cream margarine and honey really well
 * 3) <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Add the flour and oats
 * 4) <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mix Well (the mixture will still be quite wet, and won't be roll able)
 * 5) <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mash a banana into the mixture
 * 6) <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Spoon the mix onto a greased tray
 * 7) <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bake. Check they are golden and reasonably firm on the top before you take them out
 * 8) <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Take out and leave to cool

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