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So I just got back from a trip to visit my parents where I met up with a friend who was lucky enough to visit thailand for a while. She taught me how to make the green papaya salad and I have a feeling that its very healthy (similar to kimchee I think just not fermented?) as the only ingredients are the green papaya, tomato, carrot, and some anchovy sauce, along with hot peppers. Traditionally, it also contains sugar, but I can see easily replacing that with artificial sweetner. I could seriously eat this stuff every meal and not get sick of it.

Any ideas if this is a good thing to be eating or not?

flag	asked Jun 23 2011 at 13:49 Oranges13 2,025●4●22

	Skip the artificial sweetener and use a squeeze of orange juice instead. Green papaya salad is not traditionally very sweet. It should be balanced with salty and sour, like a good nước chấm. – lunabelle Jun 23 2011 at 18:04
	The girl who taught me to make it added brown sugar and lemon juice. Lemon juice is just fine by me. – Oranges13 Jun 23 2011 at 22:44

Ben · Answer 1 · 2011-06-23 13:54:31Z UTC

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It sounds good to me, except the artificial sweetener. What are you planning to use?

answered Jun 23 2011 at 13:54

Ben
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Would sugar be better? I usually use truvia. (stevia) – Oranges13 Jun 23 2011 at 14:06

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Actually Stevia is the best option (if you're adding a sweetener). Artificial sweeteners, Stevia being the exception, react with your body similarly to sugar. – Ben Jun 23 2011 at 14:39

fyi, Truvia is stevia + erthyritol. – g. Jun 23 2011 at 17:55

Seems like ethyritol doesn't effect insulin levels either - should I be worried? – Oranges13 Jun 23 2011 at 22:46

re: erthyritol paleohacks.com/questions/47218/… – g. Jun 25 2011 at 18:31

Kelly · Answer 2 · 2011-06-23 16:07:19Z UTC

I have never heard of eating the green papaya,(in s. america they eat tons of ripe ones) so I googled it, interesting note about eating too much of it and it becomes 'a contraception'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carica_papaya

I know that here we pierce the skin from top to bottom about four times for the 'milk' to drain out, supposidly releases toxins from the ripe fruit.

Karen P. · Answer 3 · 2011-06-23 17:34:38Z UTC

Yum...Thai papaya salad is the best, and so great for summer. Yeah, as for sweetener, I'd go natural as often as possible. I use mostly honey, with the occasional maple syrup. Mark's Daily Apple has a great run-down on all these sweeteners and whether or not they raise insulin levels.

Rogue Nutritionist · Answer 4 · 2011-06-23 19:16:37Z UTC

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Plain stevia is not artificial, it's an herb. I wish I could get green papayas here...my mouth is watering!

answered Jun 23 2011 at 19:16

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