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Mangos
3 Foods to Eat to Cure a Sweet Tooth
by Marisela Meraz
Trying to cut back on the amount of sugar we eat is difficult, to say the least. According to the American Heart Association, the daily-added sugar limit is equivalent to 6 teaspoons per day for women and 9 teaspoons per day for men. More and more Americans are eating more than double of the recommended sugar intake, which can be damaging to their heart health.
What is often misunderstood is that sugar intake is not just limited to the sugar we put in our cake batter or in our coffee, but rather the “added sugar” that is found in most packaged foods. It’s important to pay attention to the names of added sugars found on labels which include: raw sugar, syrup, corn sweetener, molasses, brown sugar, and high- fructose corn syrup, to name a few. Yes, it seems like these added sugars are in nearly everything we eat. But that doesn’t mean you have to completely eliminate sugar from your diet, as overall, these sugars are also full of vitamins and minerals that are beneficial to our health.
One simple way you can start adding natural sugars into the foods you eat is by incorporating the following foods to satisfy your sweet tooth:
1. Dried fruit—Packed with lots of fiber, antioxidants and minerals, dried fruits such as raisins, dates, and prunes are the perfect snack to eat throughout the day. Or you can add them to your oatmeal in the morning or in a fruit salad. You can even make your own dried fruit at home with this recipe.
2. Ripe Banana—We usually toss our ripe bananas into the trash because we don’t know what to do with them, but you can still make use of them in a few ways. Since their ripeness makes them ideal for freezing, after peeling a few of the ripe bananas, chop them up and place them in a bag to freeze overnight; While frozen, they can be added to smoothies for an extra addition of natural sweetness, or while still ripe, they can be added into a pancake or banana bread batter.
3. Mango—Like the bananas, mangoes can also be eaten right away to savor their sweetness, or they can be chopped up into chunks to throw in the freezer to be used for smoothies. For a dessert option, blend the frozen mango chunks with some milk to make a refreshing and sweet sorbet. You can even puree some mangoes to throw into a salsa or to use as a salad dressing.
recipe: http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/how-to-cook/homemade-dried-fruit
