Monk fruit information site

(Chris) #1

Hello all!

I’ve been on an almost 100% carnivore diet for about eight months now. Prior to that I was eating lots of meat but also bread, butter and jam! (obviously not keto!)

I found it surprisingly hard to go carnivore. It was quite an eye opening experience going through the transition and how much I really missed carbs and sugar!

Thankfully I’m on the other side now (and also managed to drop coffee - ouch!).

My challenge is to have my family also reduce their sugar consumption. I’ve been a big fan of monk fruit sweeteners for a while and thought I’d try to put together a definitive resource to help others.

here’s the site: https://monkfruitauthority.com

There’s nothing for sale and there are no ads on it.

My plan is to keep adding new posts every few days until I run out of things that are monk fruit related!

If you have any ideas for topics, please let me know!

Thanks,

Chris

(Bunny) #2

Monk Fruit is some pretty awesome stuff!

Only thing that compares is natural sugar straight from the sugar cane untouched by man?

…and unsulfured molasses

Black Molasses soup is so delicious when made with tripe. It is sweet but salty (more salty than sweet) and extremely nutritious. I like to eat it with fire roasted jalapeños. It is a dish from South America!

It is a very hard to find recipe!

Footnotes:

[1] “…What is the difference between sulfured and unsulfured molasses? Sulfured molasses is made from immature green sugarcane that is treated with sulfurfumes during the sugar extracting process, whereas Grandma’s unsulfured molasses is made of the finest quality pure unsulfured juice of sun-ripened sugarcane. …” …More

(Chris) #3

I’ve visiting Mexico a few times and occasionally they’d be selling the raw cane to chew on. It was really addictive - especially with some chilli and a bit of lime!

It’s too bad sugar is so bad for you - it really hits those brain buttons.

(Bunny) #4

Actually it is not bad, it is actually the polar opposite because of the natural micronutrients; minerals, rare trace elements and fiber contained within it and how your body processes it compared to free sugars which means your body does not store it as fat like in highly refined extracted free sugars and then mixed with beet sugar that’s where the problem is?

All the natural micronutrients extracted including the natural fiber = obesity! a/k/a: diabesity

(Chris) #5

I think there is also a difference depending on the type of sugar. Straight glucose is apparently not so bad whereas fructose is processed just like alcohol and can lead to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

I was reading somewhere that it’s the high fructose corn syrup that is really driving the obesity/diabetes epidemic.

You’re right that it’s all about the natural sources. How much raw sugar cane or beets could you realistically eat?

It’s tough with kids that really like the sugar hit from all the processed food. It was hard enough for me as a grown adult to drop the sugar - for kids it’s much harder. If I stray even a little on the carnivore diet my sugar cravings definitely increase.

I think that’s why there’s such a huge push these days for the sugar replacements. Keep the dopamine hit and drop the diabetes.

('Jackie P') #6

I recently sent this to a dear friend with cancer. I told her to share it with her family and Dr. Sadly the Dr told her her brain needed sugar. She died last night aged 30.
(Chris) #7

My condolences for you loss. I’ve known several people including children that have died from cancer. It’s a horrible disease.

I agree with you that sugar drives it. Or more precisely, sugar drives insulin and elevated insulin drives cancer.

There is a study I’m trying to re-find that precisely measured the insulin sensitivity of a number of people in their 60’s and then followed their health for a decade.

The 1/3rd that were most sensitive had no diabetes, cancer, heart attacks, etc.
middle 1/3rd and about 6 instances
top 1/3rd had about 20!

Keep that insulin low.

As a bonus you get to avoid the ‘advanced glycogen end-products’ that give you wrinkles and age you.

It’s too bad that people resist so much giving up the carbs and sugar.

(Bunny) #8

Although we are talking about natural sugars encased in its natural formation, it is not a good idea to eat too much of it either?

(Chris) #9

Although we are talking about natural sugars encased in it’s natural formation, it is not a good idea to eat too much of it either?

I’d read that carbs and sugars were evolutionarily available in the fall - which was the same time that we’d benefit from putting on fat for winter. Thus the raised insulin and huge interest in sugar gave a survival advantage.

However these days that natural adaptation has been exploited for profit. :frowning:

I think you’re right. Some is ok if you want, but not all the time. And you could just as easily avoid because there’s not much need to gain weight for winter these days. (although it is easier to hide under winter clothes! :slight_smile: )

(Bunny) #10

Some interesting facts about Monk Fruit:

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(Chris) #11

Monk fruit is some pretty amazing stuff. That’s why I’ve started putting together that website about it.

Only monk fruit and stevia are actually plants. All the other sweeteners are either actual sugar (raise insulin) or are completely artificial molecules made in chemical vats and are associated with various types of damage to your body.

Stevia has that bitter taste and the raw form is also linked to kidney damage.

Monk fruit seems to have only positives - and my kids love it! :smile:

I really hope nothing bad comes out about it.

(Bunny) #12

I think it would have already been evident?

Can find no negatives about it?

Stevia on the other hand has a lot of side effects in some people?

(Chris) #13

Stevia side effects can be rough. Stomach issues, hypoglycaemia, low blood pressure, etc.

There has been nothing reported for monk fruit. Monk fruit can be mixed with erythritol which can cause loose stool though.

The minor concern on monk fruit is that it hasn’t had widespread use like stevia. Perhaps over time we may see more problems? Unlikely I think as it’s been used for thousands of years, but who knows?

All these plant chemicals were evolved for pretty much one purpose - kill or poison everything that wants to eat the plant. It just so happens that some of those chemicals taste good to us.

Interesting fact - chilli spice is hot to us and most mammals - except birds! The theory is that the chilli’s want birds to eat the seeds and spread them far and wide.

(Bunny) #14

I have a personal philosophy about this treat meat and fat as food and plants as medicine including marine life!

(Chris) #15

I eat steak for every meal and it’s super delicious every single time! I just sear the outside and leave the inside cool and raw. Yum! :smile: I enjoy fish but tend to stay away from mussels (I got sick a few times on them).

I used to use a lot of herbal medicines (was sick for a long time). My favorites were andographis, artemisia annua and curcumin. They all seemed to really work.

I also used to take a lot of liposomal vitamin C. I was so into it I made a site as well! (https://qualityliposomalc.com).

I’ve tried so many things over the years to get and stay healthy. It wasn’t easy.

These days it’s just beef, salt and water. So far so good :smile:. I’m 45 and haven’t felt better!

(Bunny) #16

Lipisomal is a vitamin encased in a fat soluble substance almost like a Buckminster fullerene or a graphite molecular transport cage; noticed my nails and hair growing faster from carbon 60 olive oil…

Been experimenting with it for a couple years now!

I’m not dead yet so that’s a good sign?

The graphite cage itself pulls toxins out of the body as it exits, very interesting like what coal does to water!

Thing about this stuff is you have to take a very tiny dose because if you increase the dose you have to stick with that amount or it will not work in the case of longevity at least (as seen in experimental models of rats or mice)?

(Chris) #17

Not dead is definitely good!

I’d not heard of this before. Does the carbon 60 actually get into the blood stream? or does it stay in the intestine?

I did a quick read about it. What kind of stuff will it bind to?

The world has so many interesting things!

(Bunny) #18

It actually does not bind to anything it acts as transport vehicle releases it’s cargo then exits, that’s what’s so neat about it, you would have to be drinking gallons per minute for it to be any where near toxic in my opinion depending on what you put on board?

(Murphy Kismet) #19

And apparently sterility, though it only lasts as long as stevia is consumed. Once stopped, fertility resumes after a few months.

Source? I read it in an online book written about 40 years ago by some doctors. It was suppressed because it dictated how to control the world population. Can’t remember the name, or the authors. :grimacing:

(Chris) #20

Ah, so you’d mix with something you’d want to get into your body? and then it would release it when it’s in your body?