Comments on: Sugar Addiction and Rapadura: Have Your Cake and Eat it.

By: Delveen

Delveen — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 02:43:03 +0000

Can I replace xylipol with rapadura when cooking then:

By: Jordana

Jordana — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:49:57 +0000

I enjoyed reading this. It’s good seeing others that agree with what I am discovering as being a healthful, well-rounded diet. Most do not, and you sure get looked at funny when you slather butter on grains and vegetables or cook with bone stock :-) Thank you!

By: Rapadura sugar | Jdunplugged

Rapadura sugar | Jdunplugged — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:58:18 +0000

[...] Sugar Addiction and Rapadura: Have Your Cake and Eat it.And this is the way I view sugar. No matter how you slice it, at the end of the day Sugar, is Sugar, is Sugar. Replacing Rapadura with sugar in daily life is simply substituting one addictive substance for another. [...]

By: Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 26 May 2011 19:01:07 +0000

I came across this article on searching for rapadura sugar. I was disappointed to see that you started eating “meat” again. Perhaps it helped your cravings, but that doesn’t help the animals that died for those cravings. I haven’t eaten “meat” for 30 years and don’t crave anything much, especially now having gone raw vegan and actually getting all the nutrients I need. It is easy to do and you don’t have to be responsible for the death of animals for your tastebuds.

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:17:38 +0000

I am wondering if it is high on the glycemic index or not? What about the glycemic load? Lots of questions asked here and comments made as to whether or not it is a better choice. Processed wise or blood sugar wise… I want a “sugar” or alternative that keeps my blood sugars in the good range doesn’t spike my sugar… is Rapadura what I should use for that?

By: Nina

Nina — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:00:41 +0000

Is Muscovado & Red Sugar the same as Rapadura? I have my suspicions about Red Sugar.

By: Debra

Debra — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:03:02 +0000

It is a little confusing for me as I have read Davids book, I think the best thing to do is just go totally wholesome, I just wonder about sugars all together. You can read so many different books.
Davids book Sweet Poison correct in it he says you cant have any of the items you mention
like honey, dehydrated cane juice, agave, maple syrup and palm sugar.
I as a diabetic eat dont have sugar I have used dextrose though and now confused about that also.
Definately no preservatives for me totally wholesome now
Thanks for the read
Regards
Debra

By: Judith

Judith — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:00:00 +0000

I noticed the comment on the evils of Fructose, however, I can’t find anywhere in the article where it talks about Fructose … am I missing something. I am trying to radically reduce Frustose in my diet and am wanting to know the Fructose content of Rapadura and Xylitol as alternatives. I regularly use Rapadura but am not sure if it is helping my quest. Can anyone help?

By: Crystal Davis

Crystal Davis — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:23:18 +0000

Great article! Thanks!

By: Rapadura – Dried sugarcane juice « Eyes On Brazil

Rapadura – Dried sugarcane juice « Eyes On Brazil — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:02:34 +0000

[...] Rapadura is the Portuguese name for a form of sugarcane juice, used as a sweetener or as a candy, common in Brazil and more specifically, the Northeast. It is dried sugarcane juice, in the form of a brick, and is largely produced on site at sugarcane plantations in the very warm tropical regions. It was originally created as an easier way to transport sugar. “Rapadura along with a traditional Indian medicine called Jaggery, are the only sweeteners made from sugar cane that are not refined. They are squeezed, dried, and ground, that’s it. The juice is not separated, dried and then reunited with its more nutritious counterpart (molasses) in artificial proportions as are raw, brown and black sugar, demerara and sucanat.” – Source [...]