DEAR DR. GOTT:
I am a former professor of analytic chemistry who taught at a major university in Florida.
I am writing regarding a column you wrote about human sensitivity to sugar substitutes. I totally agree with you. The recent explosion of obesity in our society is staggering. I would like to say that there IS hope.
A few years ago, I discovered that natural, pure fructose (fruit sugar) was available. It can be made easily by adding an enzyme to high fructose corn syrup. This enzyme consumes the glucose, leaving only the fructose.
I use fructose in my iced teas, cookies, and more. I purchase pure fructose from Bob’s Red Mill in Milwaukee, OR but am sure there are other sources around the country as well.
Before using pure fructose, I weighed 163 pounds. I now weight 149 pounds. I recommend trying this type of sweetener for those who want to “kick” the processed sugar or sugar substitute habit,
DEAR DOCTOR: Fructose is a great sweetener. I was not aware that it could be purchased as a sugar substitute. I often urge people who want to lose weight to consume fresh or dried fruit rather than sugary, fatty snacks. It is a beneficial way to please the sweet tooth without the unnecessary carbs and empty calories.
In my books, “Dr. Gott’s No Flour, No Sugar Diet” and “Dr. Gott’s No Flour, No Sugar Cook Book”, I have recipes for naturally sweetened deserts and a “syrup” made with dried fruit. Fructose, potassium and vitamins are abundant in over-ripe and dried fruits
I encourage my readers to try fructose in place of sugar and sugar substitutes and then report back to me. Is it easily used in baking? Drinks? What about ease of purchase? I will print a follow-up column once I have several responses back.
To give you related information, I am sending you a copy of my Health Report “A Strategy for Losing Weight: An Introduction to the No Flour, No Sugar Diet”. Other readers who would like a copy should send a self-addressed, stamped number 10 envelope and $2 to Newsletter, PO Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092. Be sure to mention the title.
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