What is a Sugar Free Diet?
Strict Sugar-Free dieters should avoid all foods that contain added sugars as well as fruit and any vegetables that contain natural sugars such as peas, carrots and parsnips.
A less extreme form of the diet – which we are using to categorize our GFC recipes, allows most fruits and vegetables, and restricts all added sugars, honey and processed foods that contain sugar.
Below is a list of some foods to avoid:
- White rice (brown rice OK), potatoes (sweet potatoes OK), corn
- Bananas, beets, raisins, pineapple
- Honey, syrups
- Salad dressings and sauces (where sugar is listed in the top 3 of the ingredient label)
- Sugar-cured meats (ham is often cured with salt and sugar)
- Gluten free beer
*For a more thorough list of foods to avoid and more reference information, see those websites dedicated to a sugar free lifestyle.
Please note: Some recipes we categorize as Sugar-Free may have ingredients that are easily substituted for Sugar-Free-allowed ingredients and we assume you will make the correct substitutions (eg. artificial sweetener instead of sugar, dark chocolate instead of milk or semi-sweet chocolate), or omit them entirely if possible. We have tried to be as thorough and complete as we can in identifying Sugar Free-friendly ingredients in our recipes, however our list is by no means exhaustive, and some ingredients may have been overlooked. If you notice a problem please use the “Report A Problem” link on the page you notice it on and tell us about it.
