brown sugar

[size=large]Is brown sugar really healthier than white sugar?[/size]

[size=large]I must say than I prefer the taste of refined brown sugar, but I do buy brown as well because they say that it is healthier. What is your view on this?[/size]

 

This is how they refine sugar.

http://www.sucrose.com/lref.html

I would prefer unrefined.

 

Yeap.. same here.. been using unrefined for years now.

 

Demerara is nice in coffee, but prefer white sugar in tea.

Val

 

Unrefined (brown) sugar is definitely better for you, as are all unrefined foods when compared to their refined counterparts.

Try muscavado (not demerara) sugar on porridge, it's lovely

However, even though it is healthier for you, doesn't mean you should get carried away. It's still sugar, and bad for you (and especially your waist line) in large quantities.

 

I use demerara in my coffee, and golden granulated in tea. I drink a lot more coffee than tea, so don't have as much of the g/gran which is white sugar that has been coloured. I have one spoonful in either drink and it's one of my only sources of sugar as I am not a sweet-toothed person and don't buy cakes, biscuits, chocs or any of those things (aren't I just a paragon of virtue??? :WINK1

 

[size=large]Very good for you if you don't stuff yourself with sugar, although in my diet I do like to allow also for the pleasure of eating a little unhealthy food...[/size]

 

Here's a video of how sugar is harvested and then extracted and refined

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIgavNuBRRA

 

[size=large]Very interesting, thank you.[/size]