Sugar Free Chocolate – A Worthy Replacement?

Posted by Paul on June 8th, 2010 at 04:02am

Whether you are diabetic and have to closely monitor your sugar intake, or if you simply want to eat less sugar as a health and weight loss benefit, trying sugar free chocolate is a step in the right direction.

Regular chocolate can contain a surprisingly high amount of sugar, but this varies drastically depending upon brand and type of chocolate (dark, white, milk). Sugar is a type of carbohydrate and whilst your body needs carbohydrates, too much can cause harm to your health and weight gain. Taking small steps to cut down on the amount of sugar you eat is a step in the right direction.

The sugar replacement in chocolate is usually compounds like mannitol, xylitol and sorbitol.

Chocolate is just one of thousands of processed foods that contain large amounts of sugar. Every source of sugar that you cut out of your diet will make a difference to your health. So why not start with chocolate?

Hershey’s now make their own Sugar Free Chocolate after consumer demand led them to research alternatives. Nearly 21 million people in the USA have diabetes so these people can now enjoy great tasting chocolate without the sugar.

Hershey’s chocolates which don’t contain sugar also contain around 20% less calories than regular chocolate – so if your goal is weight loss you are going to benefit.

You can buy sugar free chocolate online or at your local health store. Many major supermarket chains are now also stocking chocolate for diabetics as demand increases. You will notice around Easter time that sugar free chocolate eggs will become available: so you do not have to miss out on the fun and tastes of Easter simply because you can not, or don’t want to, ply your body with sugar filled chocolate.

You can find not only regular chocolate, but also sugar free dark chocolate, caramel chocolates, peanut buttercups, peppermint patties and candy.

Sugar free chocolate tastes very much like conventional chocolate. As with all chocolate, choosing the better brands will result in a nicer tasting chocolate, so make sure you try various products before forming your opinion of sugar free chocolate!

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