Brown or White Sugar??
Simple diagram about the process of making sugar crystals:
In the process of
making sugar you can see the difference between brown and white sugar. The
white sugar goes through more refining processes. Both contain molasses but the
brown sugar contains more. The colour of brown sugar looks more like molasses
syrup. The raw and brown sugars contain very, very small amount of minerals;
calcium, potassium, iron and magnesium comparing to the white refined sugar
which contains non of these.
Keep the following
in your mind:
Sugar is a sweet tasting energy dense carbohydrate. Simple sugars are contain small molecules;
glucose, fructose and galactose, linked together forming a chain. The sugar,
which is used by food manufacturers are sucrose (fructose and glucose linked
together) or high fructose content corn syrup.
The sugar is not just a source of excess of calories it is a poison.
Fructose does not play an essential role in human
metabolism. Fructose is converted to
energy but the process produces very reactive oxygen radicals reacting in our
body causing ageing. The fructose is not regulated by the insulin, which spurs
the production of leptin. Leptin is a hormone, which lets the body to know when
it is full. Fructose does not affect leptin production.
(You do not feel full, so you will eat more, resulting in overeating.) Foods high in fat and sugar are
“hyperpalatable foods “ increase the dopamine level as much as addictive drugs.
Our body does not require any added sugar the complex form
of carbohydrates in starchy foods supply all the glucose our metabolisms need.
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