"Trawley Trash" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:28:50 -0700
> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
>> It's not sweetened with sugar but juice. And even if it were
>> sweetened with sugar, I eat so little of it, it wouldn't matter to
>> me.
>
> Julie, Julie, Julie. Whether you buy my theory about fructose
> or not; if you want to avoid sugar, you must stay away from
> juice. Typical juice sweeteners are apple juice and grape
> juice. Both are high sugar and fructose. That is why they
> are so sweet.
>
I don't want to avoid sugar per se. However, I prefer the taste of a fruit
product that is not sweetened with HFCS or the white granular stuff. Those
just taste too sweet to me.

> Personally I've taken to avoiding anything that is sweet. That
> includes artificial sweeteners of any kind. Have never tried
> stevia. I do use a little dextrose, supposed to be pure glucose.

Okay...
>
> BTW there is candy sweetened with dextrose. It is called pixie
> sticks. If you can't stand the taste of diabetic wafers, you
> could try that the next time you have a hypo.

I can't stand those either! Blech.