What you need to know about monk fruit sweetener.
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| | We get lots and lots of questions from readers about how to manage sugar intake. And considering that most people in the United States eat more sugar each day than experts recommend, this makes a lot of sense. | | It's not necessary to remove sugar from your diet completely, but most of us could stand to cut back. One way to do this is by replacing sugar with substitutes such as monk fruit sweetener. Below, registered dietitian Jessica Sandoz fills us in on this popular alternative. | | | | Hope this helps!
Ginger Wojcik
Newsletter Editor, Healthline |  | | Written by Ginger Wojcik
January 9, 2024 • 3 min read | | | |  | | | Q: | What is monk fruit sugar, and is it a healthy alternative to processed sugar? | | | A: | Monk fruit sweetener is one of the nine Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved non-nutritive sweeteners, meaning it has no calories and no sugar and will not cause elevations in blood sugar. It's also considered to be more natural than some of the other artificial substitutes, as it is extracted from plants.
While monk fruit itself contains fructose and glucose, these sugars are removed during the process of making monk fruit sweetener. Instead, this sugar alternative gets its sweetness from mogrosides, a unique type of antioxidants that are 200–300 times sweeter than regular sugar.
Only a handful of human studies have looked into the potential health effects of monk fruit sweetener. Still, the FDA recognized its safety in 2010, and monk fruit has been used traditionally for centuries.
You can use monk fruit sweetener to sweeten up just about anything, including coffee, salad dressings, and baked goods. You can also check out this roundup of monk fruit recipes! | | | | | Jessica Sandoz, Registered Dietitian | | | Want to learn more about food, diets, cooking, or some other nutrition subject? Let us know at nutritionedition@healthline.com and we'll look into it for you! (Heads-up: We may use your response in an upcoming newsletter.) | | | | | Night and day | | | | | | |  | | Ezy Dose Daily Pocket Size Pill Case | | It can be pretttttty important to take the right pills at the right time of day. But remembering to do so isn't always easy. Enter this a.m./p.m pill organizer! And don't worry about dropping it — the snap-shut lid is designed to stay closed during a tumble. | | | | Every product we recommend has gone through Healthline's vetting process. If you buy through links on this page, we may receive a small commission or other tangible benefit. Healthline has sole editorial control over this newsletter. Potential uses for the products listed here are not health claims made by the manufacturers. Healthline is owned by RVO Health. | | | | | | | | | | | | What we're digesting | | 🧠 Are whole grains a powerful brain food? Maybe. But you may need to eat quite a bit of them, according to this study. | | 🍓 20 super nutritious fruits to add to your diet. You know the saying: An apple a day keeps the doctor away! | | 🌫️ Your 5-minute read on fighting brain fog. What to eat and drink for a clearer head. | | 🍳 Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day? An in-depth look at whether skipping breakfast really has harmful effects. | | | Thanks for reading, friends! We'll be back on Thursday with more RD wisdom about the pros and cons of frozen dinners. | | | Until next time, |  | Take care of yourself, and we'll see
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