Just added! New Thanksgiving Side Dish Recipes!

[peekawho]

There have been lots of requests for healthy Thanksgiving side dishes.  Come check some out on Healthy Cooking!

http://www.medhelp.org/forums/show/280?camp=msc

[Barb135]

I've read that artificial sweetners, including Splenda, can sabotage a "diet" and actually cause weight gain rather than loss.  Is that right?  I quit using sugar some months ago and started using Stevia, which is supposed to be a natural sweetner.  I can only find it at health food stores, but supposedly, it doesn't have any calories and doesn't raise blood sugar, thereby eliminating the crash that often comes later.  So far it has been working good for me.  Anyone else had any experiences with it?  I also use agave nectar, consistency of honey, for sweetner sometimes - it has a "different" flavor, but I kind of like it.  

[ChitChatNine]

I guess I was wondering overall -- between the sugar and the calories -- if it's a healthy food to eat.  I see cranberry snack trail mix, cranberries dried up for salads, cranberry in capsule form, and cranberries as traditional Thanksgiving Day side dish.

I cannot indulge in cranberries because of kidney stones which are calicum oxalate .. apparently cranberries are very high in oxalates, yet cranberries are extremely good for your urinary tract health.

So Cranberries is my topic of food for the day:  Is it a healthy food and best way to prepare it for weight loss/maintenance.

C~

[peekawho]

It lowers the calories.  Is that what you're asking?  

[ChitChatNine]

Thanks Peek ... sounds like a great idea.  

What is the deal with cranberry relish if it's made with Splenda?  I wonder if that makes it a better bet vs. it made with sugar the traditional way?

C~