Alias: earth brown sugar, red sugar
Contraindications: Yin deficiency and internal heat, dyspeptic and diabetic patients should not be eaten; in the medication, it is also not appropriate to use brown sugar water delivery.
Suitable for people: the general population can be eaten. Especially suitable for menstrual disorders, postpartum women; old and weak, the first recovery from a serious illness.
The composition of brown sugar:
White sugar is made from molasses extracted from sugar cane and sugar beets, while brown sugar is boiled in the syrup of sugar cane and contains granulated sugar and molasses White sugar and brown sugar have roughly the same composition. Brown sugar is extracted directly from plants without deep processing, so it is rich in minerals and a variety of substances. One of them is rich in iron so women will eat brown sugar to supplement iron when they are sitting on the moon. Brown sugar is hot, if the shower, with brown sugar and ginger and water islet open have the effect of eliminating dampness. Brown sugar is 10 times the calcium content of white sugar, glucose content is 22 times the amount of white sugar, iron content is 3.6 times the amount of white sugar. Brown sugar also contains riboflavin, carotene, niacin and trace elements such as manganese, zinc, chromium and other elements essential for human growth and development.
Brown sugar is also a good medicine for women. Postpartum women consume a certain amount of brown sugar every day, will increase the body's need for a variety of nutrients, but also can replenish blood, beneficial effect. Consumption of brown sugar also promotes blood circulation, blood and tendons, warming the spleen and stomach, the effect of silt and new.
Brown sugar is a product left over from the production of white sugar, retaining the nutrients although more, but contains some impurities. Therefore, the consumption of brown sugar to pay attention to the method, can not be consumed directly, with warm water into brown sugar water to drink. Brown sugar should be consumed in moderation each time, so as to avoid excessive intake of appetite and gastrointestinal digestion and absorption function.
Brown sugar contains nutrients and calories (per 100 grams):
Calories (calories) 389 Proteins (grams) 0.7 Carbohydrates (grams) 96.6 Vitamin B1 (milligrams) 0.01 Niacin (milligrams) 0.3 Calcium (mg) 157
Phosphorus (milligrams) 11 Potassium (milligrams) 240 Sodium (milligrams) 18.3
Magnesium (milligrams) 18.3
Brown sugar can be consumed in a warm water. p>Magnesium (mg) 54 Iron (mg) 2.2 Zinc (mg) 0.35
Selenium (mcg) 4.2 Copper (mg) 0.15 Manganese (mg) 0.27
Brown Sugar Effects and Functions:
Warmth, sweetness, and into the spleen, it has the ability to benefit qi and tonify the blood, strengthen the spleen and warm up the stomach, ease the middle to stop the pain and activate blood circulation.
1. Supplements the deficiency
The glucose, fructose and other mono- and polysaccharide energy substances contained in brown sugar can accelerate the metabolism of skin cells and provide energy for the cells.
Brown sugar on the elderly frail, especially those who have recovered from a serious illness, there is also a very good treatment of deficiency into the role; brown sugar on the hardening of blood vessels can play a role in the treatment, and is not easy to induce dental caries and other dental diseases.
2. The folic acid and trace substances contained in brown sugar can accelerate blood circulation and increase blood volume, stimulate the body's hematopoietic function, expand blood volume, and improve the local skin nutrition, oxygen and water supply.
Women due to cold body weakness caused by dysmenorrhea or post-partum drink some brown sugar water, there is a role of blood blood, in the cold abdominal pain, but also commonly used brown sugar ginger soup to get rid of cold.
3. Health care
Some of the vitamins and electrolytes contained in brown sugar can regulate the concentration of certain substances in the tissues, balance the intracellular environment of the water metabolism, eliminate cellular metabolism, to maintain the cleanliness of the intracellular and external environment.
In addition, brown sugar contains a variety of vitamins and antioxidant substances that can resist free radicals, rebuild and protect the cellular infrastructure, and maintain the normal function and metabolism of cells.
4. Skin care
The amino acids and cellulose contained in brown sugar can effectively protect and restore the fibrous structure of the epidermis and dermis and the ability to lock water, strengthen the skin's tissue structure and skin elasticity, as well as replenish the skin's nutrition and promote cell regeneration.
In addition, certain natural acids and pigment regulating substances contained in brown sugar can effectively regulate various pigment metabolic processes, balance the amount of pigment secretion and pigment distribution within the skin, and reduce the abnormal accumulation of local pigments.