I would have chimed in as well about the chemistry of sugars but hey, she's willing to bake the cake!JR8 wrote:I was thinking the same re: fructose (hence my earlier comment that I considered it a sugar), but didn't want to wade into the middle of some mummy-wars issue
Fructose is a sugar, naturally occurring in fruits. Of course there will be more of it in a dried fruit, as there is no/little water and higher density. But it will be still just fructose. Suddenly, just in the process of drying, other monosaccharides will not appear from nothing. Unless, you will sprinkle it with sugar.Dried fruits contain sugar and fructose as well, in most cases quite a lot of it.
Hi Gravida,gravida wrote:Good for your nephew, JR8.
However, people are different. One will go with no harm eating only chocolate and drinking Milo, the other may develop tooth decay brushing teeth 3x a day and eating only veggies and fruits and so on.
My child is at risk since I have diabetes, I do not see any rational reason why should I give white sugar to him, how is it going to help in his development? What does he need the sugar for? So, I simply do not see any pros and few cons.
With dairy, nuts and honey - they are highly allergenic and generally not recommended for youngsters. I am yet to try to give him egg white, as this also can trigger allergy. So far he was only exposed to egg yolk.
I just do not see why should I take a risk and give my child products that he has never tried and are potentially harmful to him, if the only thing on my side is to take an extra effort to look for some alternatives.
And here, thanks to the message board, I have already couple of options, including the easy one - ordering from Cedele.
BTW, beppi, what sugar are you talking about?Fructose is a sugar, naturally occurring in fruits. Of course there will be more of it in a dried fruit, as there is no/little water and higher density. But it will be still just fructose. Suddenly, just in the process of drying, other monosaccharides will not appear from nothing. Unless, you will sprinkle it with sugar.Dried fruits contain sugar and fructose as well, in most cases quite a lot of it.
The fact that I have diabetes, yes, most likely is driving me a bit with avoiding glucose, but I do not have any allergies and still do not give products-at-risk to my child. Hence, I did not feel it is necessary for me to give my health history when I first asked for help in locating suitable bakery.All three dietary monosaccharides are transported into the liver by the GLUT 2 transporter.[33] Fructose and galactose are phosphorylated in the liver by fructokinase (Km= 0.5 mM) and galactokinase (Km = 0.8 mM). By contrast, glucose tends to pass through the liver (Km of hepatic glucokinase = 10 mM) and can be metabolised anywhere in the body. Uptake of fructose by the liver is not regulated by insulin. However, insulin is capable of increasing the abundance and functional activity of GLUT5 in skeletal muscle cells.
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