1. When you use healthier, organic, natural ingredients, your finished dessert will most likely be lower in fat, less sugar, and surprisingly delicious.
2. Prepare yourself in times when it will be tempting to eat "not so good for you" pastries and such by either having healthier desserts that you have prepared in the freezer or maybe some you have bought. You can even make your own health food bars to take with you for these times.
3. Don't be fooled by low fat either. Most people have a tendency to overeat on these because they are just not filling or even satisfying.
Got a favorite recipe? Can't give up that chocolate? Or think you can't live without sugar? Sometimes to make a HEALTHIER DESSERT, you just need to change your favorite recipe with wholesome ingredients (by that I mean organic or whole wheat), or using less sugar, honey, etc.makes all the difference you need. My daughter-in-law makes an apple cake that is out of this world! But with my husband being diabetic I have to change things a bit. By using stevia or xzylitol in it, he can eat it and it still tastes wonderfull! Granted I had to experiment with the recipe to get it to taste right for our taste buds. Check this HEALTHIER DESSERT cookbook out for already tried and true recipes.
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Showing posts with label naturally. Show all posts
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Why you should eat naturally delicious healthy desserts
3 things you should know about Naturally Healthy Desserts
I love to eat desserts. Somedays I'd like to skip the main course and just go to the desserts. When I was young I could do this but now since I'm older, wiser and uh..yeah a few pounds heavier I started a search for naturally delicious HEALTHY DESSERTS.
1. Obviously,one reason would be because they are healthy and low calorie. But for me it just means I could eat a HEALTHY DESSERT and not have that sense of guilt after I've eaten something so decadent.
I have tried the so called low-fat desserts and I end up eating more than what the serving should be. In fact I've been known to eat a whole box of low-fat cookies only to read the box and see how many calories and salt that was contained in them and weep!
2. Sometimes people have special diets,i.e. gluten free, diabetic, etc. My husband is diabetic and I have to be very careful about sweeteners or anything that will raise his blood sugar level.
3. Raising young children up on HEALTHY DESSERTS is an excellent way of helping them to be healthy when they grow up avoiding heart disease,weight problems, diabetes, etc. In 2007 over 168,000 people under the age of 20 was diagnosed with diabetes. This alone should perk our ears up as mothers and grandmothers to avoid these pitfalls.
Good Reasons to Eat Blueberries!
I love to eat desserts. Somedays I'd like to skip the main course and just go to the desserts. When I was young I could do this but now since I'm older, wiser and uh..yeah a few pounds heavier I started a search for naturally delicious HEALTHY DESSERTS.
1. Obviously,one reason would be because they are healthy and low calorie. But for me it just means I could eat a HEALTHY DESSERT and not have that sense of guilt after I've eaten something so decadent.
I have tried the so called low-fat desserts and I end up eating more than what the serving should be. In fact I've been known to eat a whole box of low-fat cookies only to read the box and see how many calories and salt that was contained in them and weep!
2. Sometimes people have special diets,i.e. gluten free, diabetic, etc. My husband is diabetic and I have to be very careful about sweeteners or anything that will raise his blood sugar level.
3. Raising young children up on HEALTHY DESSERTS is an excellent way of helping them to be healthy when they grow up avoiding heart disease,weight problems, diabetes, etc. In 2007 over 168,000 people under the age of 20 was diagnosed with diabetes. This alone should perk our ears up as mothers and grandmothers to avoid these pitfalls.
Good Reasons to Eat Blueberries!
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