Not A Donut Shop
(not a) Pop-up Donut Shop in Port Orange FL.
Very sad to say, my Pop-up Donut Shop event for May 4th will be postponed š Iāll update the event posting when a new date is chosen!
Explanation for anyone interested below:
I am a very health-conscious individual and thatās reflected in all aspects of my life. I have an herbal remedy business Holistic Apothicaire from which I use my knowledge of holistic and natural health practices to help out people here locally. Any of my clients could probably quote me at one time or another making sure to verbally specify to them that āI am extremely conscious of the fact that I do not know everythingā as I explain to them that Iāll need to reference some of my medical books and do some more research before giving them further advice.
That being said, recently I made a new discovery in my health journey that unfortunately affects my baking directly.
Previously I had been baking donuts using:
No Dairy,
No Eggs,
No Sugar Cane,
No Preservatives,
Only Organic and Non-GMO Ingredients.
And unfortunately, believe it or not, thatās still not ācleanā enough.
I am actively learning new depths to the toxic food tragedy that is the US everyday, and this most recent discovery is āsugarā itself.
As I said, I had not been using Cane Sugar in my baking, instead I was using Honey and Coconut Sugar. As I was in the understanding that only Cane Sugar was truly harmful. Therefore, I was really excited at the idea of being able to share these healthy treats with others, and thus offering them a solution to the problem that is the lack of healthy ātreatā-like options locally.
As Iāve come to find out, sugar is a lot more complicated than āgoodā or ābadā. The naturally occurring sugars in fruits can still cause problems. The āzero calorie ā sweeteners have toxic food adatives. Everywhere I look for alternatives I am running into one problem or another.
The reason I came to this discovery is because I myself am currently in a very sudden bad-way health wise. As I do with my clients, I began doing some critical thinking and trying to figure out what could be causing the problems Iām having. My research lead me down this path of concluding that I believe āsugarā is the cause of all of it, even though I havenāt had any Cane Sugar in a very long time. I use Honey all throughout the day however, and Iām learning how it affects blood sugar and your gut health unfortunately.
Iāve chosen to start a detox today, to try and reset my body and flush out the excess sugars and toxins, and I believe that should help me a lot.
I could always continue baking the way I have been and just not eat the donuts myself, but that would be pretty messed up for me morally.
I donāt want to sell anyone anything that Iām not 100% sure is good for them. So Iāll keep this page updated as my progress for new recipes comes along š¤
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šÆšHoney Glazed
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š©The first batch was a successš©
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