You won't BELIEVE the age of this woman – her weight loss and diet secret is so simple
SUGAR free eating is the secret to the age-less appearance of Carolyn Hartz, author of Sugar Free Baking. The 70-year-old Australian uses xylitol in her cooking – she appeared on This Morning with Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford to talk about her experiences.
Sugar free: Carolyn Hartz author of Sugar Free Baking dishes her weight loss secrets
Sugar free cooking expert Carolyn Hartz revealed her weight loss secrets on This Morning today, speaking to presenters Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford.
The 70-year-old Australian has wowed the public with her youthful appearance.
She has recently released a baking book, Sugar Free Baking, to help others imitate the cooking style that has kept her so well preserved.
She revealed her secret is xylitol, a sugar-free sweetener.
She told the presenters on the ITV show: “I was a sugar addict, and people can relate to that.”
Now Carolyn uses xylitol to create sweetness in her diet.
The NHS describes xylitol as “a low-calorie sweetener obtained from a variety of plants.”
It can be found in oral health products, such as toothpaste and chewing gum, and now in Carolyn’s recipes.
How else does Carolyn - who changed her diet to tackle diabetes - keep herself so trim and youthful?
Can you really eat sugar if you have type 2 diabetes? Express.co.uk investigated.
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Firstly, the 70-year-old as sworn of fizzy diet drinks.
“No, I don't stand on those. I don’t use artificial sweeteners - I never have,” she said.
“I don’t drink anything light. I don’t think they're good for you. I eat healthily.”
However, she doesn’t believe in dying yourself in a bid to be healthy.
She said: “I do believe you don't go without - once you say you're not going to have cake, you want it more. I call it my deprivation centre.
“When I discovered xylitol, my life changed. I was able to convert all these recipes.”
The health guru added that eating protein for every meal helped to keep her going without sugar.
“You have to eat breakfast, I started to have protein every meal, I started to have eggs and salmon and protein in the mornings because protein is sustaining.”
However, she added: “Don’t cut out all the carbohydrates - we need carbohydrates.”