In this episode of Crunchy Stewardship, cousins Katie Fiola Jones and Chrissy Rombach dive into the topic of sugar and its significant impact on health. We discuss how sugar is the enemy to our health due to its addictive nature and its role in various chronic illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and even cognitive diseases like Alzheimer's. They highlight how sugar is pervasive in modern diets and the importance of avoiding it at all costs, especially for children. This episode explores alternative natural sweeteners such as honey, monk fruit, and maple syrup, and coconut palm sugar which have a lower glycemic index, making them healthier options.

Chapters: 

00:00 Welcome to Crunchy Stewardship

01:05 Introduction to Today's Topic: Sugar

01:39 The Spiritual and Physical Dangers of Sugar

03:42 Sugar in Everyday Foods

09:14 Health Impacts of Sugar

36:13 Alternatives to Sugar

45:59 Final Thoughts and Sign Off

Links and Resources Mentioned:

Books:

• Nourishing Traditions (Katie's "crunchy bible"): https://amzn.to/3J6nuD2 
• The Home Reference to Holistic Health and Healing: https://amzn.to/3J5XrM2b

Natural Sweeteners:

• Honey
• Maple syrup
• Coconut palm sugar (the organic brand Katie uses): https://amzn.to/455yiK3 
• Monk fruit sweetener
• Lakanto powdered monk fruit sweetener

Other Food Products:

• Dutch processed cocoa powder: https://amzn.to/3HnXYZd

Recipes:

• Katie's favorite homemade ice cream recipe: https://blog.crunchystewardship.com/post/naturally-sweetened-homemade-ice-cream
• Max's high protein chocolate ice cream recipe (protein powder, raw cocoa powder, heavy whipping cream, honey)

Additional Resources 

• Bible Recap study plan: https://amzn.to/3HqcRu5

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