Coffee House Writers

Top Menu

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Article Categories
    • Creativity
    • Culture
    • Design
    • Family
    • Fashion
    • Fiction
    • Food
    • Environment
    • Health
    • Home
    • Lifestyle
    • Memories
    • Nonfiction
    • Poetry
    • Politics
    • Relationships
    • Sports
    • Style
    • Technology
    • Travel
  • About Us
    • Our Story
    • Our Founder
  • Meet Our Admin
    • Chief Editors
    • Editors
    • Poetry Editors
    • Advertising Team
    • Recruiting Team
  • Testimonials
  • Apply
  • Login

logo

Coffee House Writers

  • Home
  • Article Categories
    • Creativity
    • Culture
    • Design
    • Family
    • Fashion
    • Fiction
    • Food
    • Environment
    • Health
    • Home
    • Lifestyle
    • Memories
    • Nonfiction
    • Poetry
    • Politics
    • Relationships
    • Sports
    • Style
    • Technology
    • Travel
  • About Us
    • Our Story
    • Our Founder
  • Meet Our Admin
    • Chief Editors
    • Editors
    • Poetry Editors
    • Advertising Team
    • Recruiting Team
  • Testimonials
  • Apply
  • Login
  • A Piece Of Deadwood

  • The Island Flamingo: Chapter 17

  • Perils of Gaming

  • Paradise Falls: Chapter 8

  • Autumn Whispers

  • The Red Maiden, Part Twenty

  • The Witching Hour

  • Getting Away with Murder

  • The Inhabitants

  • All the Books

  • The Vampire of Longbourn

  • Cause of Death

  • An Ode to Swedish Metal

  • Éowyn, Queen of Earth

  • Reading Values

  • Autumn, Halloween’s Escort

  • The Thing About Football

  • Score Success for Two

  • The Island Flamingo: Chapter 16

  • Droplets Of Joy

  • The Red Maiden, Part Nineteen

  • Paradise Falls: Chapter 7

  • The Calm After the Storm

  • From Across the Void

  • Take Me Out to Bananaland

  • Pangea’s Dilemma: The Looking-Glass

  • Womanly Advice

  • A Gap in Time – 5

  • Jane’s Chance Encounter

  • One Fine Spring Day

HealthFamilyHomeFoodLifestyle
Home›Health›Ask The Wellness Chef: Sugar, Stevia, or Monkfruit, Which Is Best?

Ask The Wellness Chef: Sugar, Stevia, or Monkfruit, Which Is Best?

By Marissa Dagnan
April 18, 2022
1078
0
Share:
photo of Chef Emily Fiala in her kitchen
Coffee House Writers / Emily Fiala
This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Ask the Wellness Chef

Ask the Wellness Chef
  • Ask The Wellness Chef: Sugar, Stevia, or Monkfruit, Which Is Best?
  • Ask The Wellness Chef: Butter, Friend or Foe?

Ask The *Wellness Chef

Sugar, Stevia, or Monkfruit, Which Is Best?

“Is Stevia always a better alternative to sugar?” 

-Nancy R. Coppell, TX 

Yes and No. I am not a promotor of “white sugar.” To be more specific, the delicious white granular that we all know too well. Readily available on grocery store shelves. Leaving little resemblance to its origin, sugar cane. White sugar offers zero vitamins or minerals, leaving you with empty calories that turn into stored fat.

Stevia is new to the scene in the US. Only approved by the FDA in 2008 as an additive. Stevia is a tiny leaf that is 2-300 times sweeter than sugar. A tiny leaf that packs a big punch, people have been enjoying this plant on record since the 16th century. 

There are several types of Stevia available for purchase in grocery stores everywhere. Truvia is a blend of erythritol, a type of sugar alcohol, and Stevia. If you read the label closely, it does have “natural flavors.” This is quite controversial, taking away the purity of the tiny leaf. Pure or minimally processed Stevia is available in tablet or liquid forms at your local health food store. Stevia does have a slightly bitter taste for my palette. I stick to a liquid form that I use daily in coffee. 

When baking or cooking, they both will offer different tastes and textures. Cookies, cakes, and candies are fussy. As a Wellness Chef, neither Stevia nor white sugar is part of my mise en place. If a client is not watching sugar intake or baking for a treat, I lean towards sugar in the raw. The heavier crystals lend great texture to cookies and cakes. However, to be clear, they will darken egg whites, leaving a soft caramel-like color to otherwise white-colored batters. When baking, the recipe creator typically uses a granulated white sugar of some sort. Sugar in the raw or turbinado is the best substitute that I have found.

Lower sugar options for baking. My preference is Monkfruit. Specifically, Lankanto. I have had great success using a 1-1 ratio. Monkfruit sugar can be used in a 1-1 ratio, with no special calculations needed. While I put a lot of time into my client’s needs, when I’m behind the stove, I have to be prepared. I need ingredients that not only fit their lifestyle but are consistent. Lankanto has proven to do both. It offers the baking texture of white sugar while reducing the glycemic index.    

The most controversial ingredient in both Truvia and Lankanto sugar substitutes is erythritol. This ingredient is a form of sugar alcohol. For some, that is digestion doom. Eaten in small quantities is best, like all forms of sugar.

*Wellness. My definition of wellness in this context is a focus overall on clean eating, and health with a focus on living the healthiest life possible. Balance is necessary to achieve wellness. Fruits, veggies daily, enjoyed with a slice of cake, occasionally.  

Ask the Wellness Chef is written by Personal Wellness Chef Emily Fiala. If you would like to submit your question for publication, please email me.

Series NavigationAsk The Wellness Chef: Butter, Friend or Foe? >>
TagsClean EatingWellness Chef Emily FialaWellnessHow to eat real foodCoffee House WritersAsk the wellness chefSteivaEat Real Foodwhite sugarAsk The Chef
Previous Article

My Favorite Version Of Harley and Mr. ...

Next Article

Detox Your Body to Lose Weight

0
Shares
  • 0
  • +
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Marissa Dagnan

Emily Marissa Dagnan is a wellness chef, author, holistic nutritionist, mother, and wife. Daily she works with clients helping them find their health through food.

Related articles More from author

  • Orange trees
    CreativityFamilyRelationshipsFictionMemoriesEntertainment

    Harry’s Grove- Part 2

    April 13, 2020
    By Eric Carasella
  • Shape Story with Tarot - Use tarot to inspire and hone your writing practice
    HomeLifestyleNonfictionEntertainmentCultureCreativity

    Writing With Tarot: Shaping Story

    July 5, 2021
    By Haley P Law
  • Flowers
    CreativityRelationshipsEnvironmentFictionPoetryMemories

    Nothing About This Is Poetic Anymore

    December 16, 2019
    By Chloe Barrett
  • Demon Eye Possession
    CreativityFamilyRelationshipsFictionEntertainment

    Possession Of The Demon Tamer – Part 9

    August 3, 2020
    By Valeria Silva
  • /woman-bed-dream-sleep-fantasy
    EntertainmentCreativityFamilyFictionHealth

    I’m No Ordinary Girl, Chapter One, Part Two

    July 1, 2019
    By Destiny
  • https://unsplash.com/photos/QRawWgV6gmo
    CreativityRelationshipsHomeCulture

    Are You Psychic?

    April 23, 2018
    By VL Jones

Leave a reply Cancel reply

You may be interested

  • Hore Abby
    CreativityMysteryFamilyThrillerRelationshipsFictionMemoriesEntertainmentTravelPoliticsHistoryFantasy

    The Evidence

  • a young woman working on her laptop
    NonfictionEnvironmentCreativity

    One Character at a Time

  • Culture

    An Open Letter To My Sister

Find us on Facebook

About us

  • coffeehousewriters3@gmail.com

Follow us

© Copyright 2018-2023 Coffee House Writers. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s administrator and owner is strictly prohibited.