Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Simple Sugar Syrup Replaces Corn Syrup

Stop using corn syrup! Your health and weight gain depend on it. I like to use the best, all-natural ingredients which are the least processed as possible. Corn syrup may be made from corn, but it is processed by man so much that it becomes bad for our health.

Research even shows connections to infertility, abnormally high weight gain, anger and even death.
It's very difficult to escape corn syrup as it is added to almost everything these days, even deli meats and prepared meats.

One extremely easy way to replace it in your own recipes is using a simple sugar syrup. All you do is gently warm granulated sugar and water on the stove. The more sugar used, the thicker the syrup will be. If you raise the temperature you will make caramel. Make sure the sugar is completely dissolved before boiling so that it does not crystallize.

Another very healthy substitute as I described last week is honey.

It definitely works for my taste buds and my health. For more participants, visit Rocks In My Dryer.





15 comments:

  1. I'm having to add your blog to my blogroll..I keep coming to it and it's such a delight!

    That's a wonderful illustration of how tempting evil is when in fact it may look good but when it touches the tonque...in truth it's bitter.

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  2. A great set of verses and you have illustrated it very practically. Blessings on your Holy Week!!

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  3. what an interesting picture! and that verse sure makes me think this morning!!
    God Bless

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  4. Thanks for the tip on Corn Syrup. Will give that a try!

    Thanks for sharing the Bible verse. Very real for the day we live in!

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  5. Twinkle Mom: Thank you so much. I'm so glad you are enjoying it, and you understood the verse perfectly! :-)

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  6. Hi. Thanks for coming and visiting me. I love your post. What an awesome way to bring God's word relevant. I am looking forward to reading your blog. Come back again soon. And thanks so much for commenting. Blessings,Sherry

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  7. OOHHH.... I LOVE the graphic and scripture you chose. (I also loved the one about honey below)

    Thanks for sharing the info on syrups. I know we could stand to eat a lot healthier around my house. ;-)

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  8. Great Bible verse and the picture is awesome! Inviting you to play Scrumptious Sunday again. Your invited every week~but this Sunday the theme is Cakes! Come on over to Mercedes Rocks to play: http://mercedesrocks.wordpress.com

    p.s. I just realized that you and 4urpets are friends for real and have been for a long time-too cool!

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  9. Thank you, all. Mercedes, thank you for the permanent invitation. :-) I'll find a great cake recipe to share.

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  10. Love the way you illustrated this truth!

    Blessings to you and yours on Resurrection Sunday!

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  11. Thank you, Lana. Blessings and a Happy Easter to you and yours as well. :-)

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  12. I only use corn syrup in Special K bars...a fav of everyone in my family. I start with it and add more sugar than peanut butter. How do you think it would be to get rid of the corn syrup?

    Amber

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  13. Love: If you get rid of the corn syrup, it will taste even better. You can use a simple sugar syrup, you can flavor your syrup too if you like, or you can use honey. Honey bars taste really good! Depending on your recipe, you can also replace corn syrup with all or part maple syrup or molasses. They have a very strong flavor, so you might need to only do part with these, using sugar syrup for the rest of the quantity needed. Don't forget that you can use brown sugar too.
    Try it. I know you will love it even more.

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  14. That's a swell idea!! Never thought it would work...easy substitue coz we don't get corn syrup her! love going through your posts. Congrats on the banana awards...Enjoy them my dear!!

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  15. Passionate Baker: Thank you. How lucky you are that you do not have corn syrup in your country. Sugar syrup is what people have always used in the past. Worked for hundreds of years. It's only recently that they have been monkeying with our foods.
    I liked you blog. Very interesting! It's good to "meet" you and I'm sure we'll see more of each other. :-)

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