Healthy alternatives to sugar

We Heart Living – Inspiral raw cacao powder

5 inSpiral Organic Raw Cacao Powder (£3.45, inspiral.co)

If you’re desperate to avoid the 3pm sugar slump but succumb to temptation when a bar of chocolate is in sight, try raw cacao powder instead. Made from cold-pressed Balinese cacao beans, this stuff is a wonderful source of antioxidants which protect against everything from ageing to chronic disease.

How to use: Add one heaped teaspoon to a cup of warm milk with a pinch of cinnamon for a healthy, (yet delicious) hot chocolate.