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Are alternatives to sugar healthier?

More and more people are looking for substitutes for regular sugar in their healthy lifestyle. For example, instead of sugar you can use maple syrup, cane sugar or palm blossom sugar. But how healthy are these sugar substitutes actually?

Alternatives
The alternatives to sugar would be less bad for you, because they are broken down slowly, so that glucose enters your bloodstream more gradually and your blood sugar level fluctuates less.

Are they really healthier?
Sugar substitutes are more expensive than regular sugar and are they really healthier? Tros Radar will find out for us. Watch Tros Radar tonight at 20.30 on Nederland 1.