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After years of struggling with body image and mental health issues, I was searching everywhere for information regarding diet and emotional health. That’s when I stumbled across keto. I discussed it with a neurologist and gave it a try. Let me tell you: it was HARD. Really hard. Years of eating a diet full of carbs and sugars and now I had to change everything. 

One of the biggest challenges I faced was finding the right alternative sweetener. If you’re at all like me, you’ve struggled with diet and low-sugar foods because they just don’t taste right. I decided to try every sugar replacement on the market -- stevia, monk fruit, sucralose, chicory root fiber, etc. It was tough, because I found that some things tasted like chemicals, while others seemed to throw me out of ketosis. After some time, I came across allulose. It appeared to be the perfect sugar substitute; it was sweet, had a full flavor, no aftertaste, and had no impact on my glycemic index. 

I prefer to use syrups instead of powders because it’s easier to quickly mix with liquids, works better when I’m making protein bars, sauces, and dressings, and you can add flavoring to it, replicating maple syrup and more. Of course, there are dozens of other uses for it too! When trying to find a high-quality, bulk source of allulose syrup, I struggled. It seemed to me that the only products available were in small squeeze bottles, and I’d have to use half of one in a single cookie recipe.