Sweet substitutes

You don't have to give up all your sweet pleasure foods on the Total Health Makeover®, but you do need to choose the ones made with the healthiest sweeteners.

Here are our favorites.

Raw Honey * Extracted from flower nectar by bees. Look for different "flavors" based on different flowers – for example, clover, buckwheat, lavender. These aren't added flavors; just what the bee ate. Honey is 20-60% sweeter than sugar, so you can use less.

Maple Syrup * Drawn from the sap of a maple tree. Look...