We all love desserts, but how about this latest buzz about unhealthy eating? Is there a chance of finding a healthy dessert? Let’s get some ideas and tips.

Now, why are desserts not good for your health? Answering this question would help us to get some ideas and recipes. First of all many desserts are high in saturated fats. Some of them contain trans fats, which are extremely unhealthy. This one reason why most desserts cannot be considered healthy.

These fats can cause your bad cholesterol level to go up. Excessive consumption of such desserts can lead to developing various heart and blood vessel diseases. So, now we know that a healthy dessert should not be rich in fats. But is it possible? It surely is.

The rule of a thumb in picking a healthy dessert is to look for organic and fresh ingredients in it. Here is one good example. There is a pumpkin pie dessert recipe. It contains grated pumpkin, sugar, flour, eggs and margarine. Margarine is the unhealthiest ingredient. Margarine is made out of vegetable oil. They get highly processed and get turned into trans fats.

So, is there a way to turn this recipe into a healthy dessert recipe?

You can simply substitute the margarine with organic vegetable oil. You should use refine or purified corn or sunflower oil and your pumpkin pie would turn out as delicious as that with margarine.

Another unwholesome ingredient of desserts is sugar. It ruins your teeth and it keeps the sugar level in your blood high. This could lead to developing such grave diseases as diabetes. Plus, sugar contains lots of calories and makes you gain weight.

So, what can you do about it? For one, you can cut down the amount of sugar in your homemade dessert. People in America make things too sweet. This leads to many negative consequences. Besides diabetes and obesity, people deal with another problem. Their taste buds become less sensitive to the sweetness of foods. In a while people report that such sweet fruits as strawberries or bananas cease to be sweet to them.

They cannot discern the taste of natural products. So, cutting down your sugar in desserts is the best thing you can do. In a while your taste buds would recover their ability to discern sweet taste and you would not crave for sugar so much. Besides, you can substitute sugar in your desserts with honey or molasses. These products are more organic and less processed than sugar. Thus, they are healthier.

So, another rule of a thumb for a healthy dessert is to use unprocessed ingredients. You may use whole grain flour in your recipes. It is rich in fiber and other essential nutrients. And it contains fewer carbs in it.

Hopefully, these simple tips on healthy dessert ideas would help you to enjoy your life and stay healthy.