Plenty of people believe it. We checked what the WHO and the trials say.
Read the guideThree cups, two teaspoons each
Close to 3,000 kcal a month, by our arithmetic. A teaspoon is about 4.2 g, roughly 16 kcal.
The chai sumThe 2023 WHO guideline advises against non-sugar sweeteners for weight control. It is conditional and leaves out people who already have diabetes.
The WHO adviceOne small trial, 30 men
A swap saves calories only if they stay saved.
The trialCane jaggery has about 354 kcal per 100 g, and 84 g of it is sugar. Gur is not a lighter sugar.
Gur, honey, datesIf you swap, our pick for daily chai is monk fruit made without sugar alcohols.
High confidenceOur view for chai, not a grade of the research.
Our verdictIf a pack measures spoon for spoon like sugar, something else fills the spoon. The article shows how to read the label.
From The Sweet Change
Monk Fruit Drops
Monk fruit extract, water and vitamin C
Monk Fruit Powder
Monk fruit, guar fibre and allulose, no erythritol