Brown sugar can take good care of people’s bodies. Drinking more brown sugar water is very good, especially for girls. So how to identify the authenticity of brown sugar when choosing brown sugar for your girlfriend? ?The following is the method I compiled for you to distinguish between genuine and fake brown sugar. I hope it can help you.
How to tell the authenticity of brown sugar
1. Look at the appearance. Generally speaking, the darker the brown sugar, the worse the quality. Real brown sugar is powdery but somewhat sticky and grainy. Or in powder form, dry and loose, no caking, no agglomeration, and no impurities. Fake brown sugar is generally in the form of dry powder (yellow sand-like), agglomerates or melts when exposed to moisture, and contains impurities.
2. Smell: High-quality brown sugar has a strong sucrose aroma; inferior brown sugar has the smell of wine, sourness or other external bad smells. At the same time, real brown sugar has a faint smell similar to Chinese herbal medicine, which is caused by the dye. There won't be any taste.
3. Taste: Take a little brown sugar and put it in your mouth to taste it with your tongue, and then prepare a 10% brown sugar aqueous solution for tasting. High-quality brown sugar has a strong, sweet and fresh taste, with a slight molasses taste, while inferior brown sugar has a burnt, bitter or bitter taste. The smell of wine, sourness or other foreign odors. Real brown sugar looks stickier than fake brown sugar and sticks together in your mouth. Fake brown sugar feels loose when placed in your mouth.
4. Rub with your hands. Take a little brown sugar and rub it in your hands. The dyed brown sugar will lose color as soon as you rub it, but the genuine brown sugar will not.
5. Look at dissolved water. The aqueous solution of high-quality brown sugar is clear, with no precipitation and no suspended matter. Inferior brown sugar melts and flows out, with impurities. Precipitates or suspended matter can be seen in the sugar-water solution. Nutritional effects of brown sugar
1. The various monosaccharides and polysaccharide energy substances contained in brown sugar, such as glucose and fructose, can accelerate the metabolism of skin cells and provide energy for cells.
2. Brown sugar contains folic acid, trace substances and other ingredients that can accelerate blood circulation, increase blood volume, stimulate the body's hematopoietic function, expand blood volume, and improve the supply of nutrients, oxygen, and moisture to local skin.
3. Some of the vitamins and electrolytes contained in brown sugar can balance the water metabolism of the intracellular environment by adjusting the concentration of certain substances between tissues, eliminate cellular metabolic products, and maintain internal and external metabolism of cells. Environmental cleanliness.
4. The multiple vitamins and antioxidants contained in brown sugar can resist free radicals, rebuild and protect the basic structure of cells, and maintain the normal function and metabolism of cells.
5. The amino acids, cellulose and other substances contained in brown sugar can effectively protect and restore the fiber structure and water-locking ability of the epidermis and dermis, strengthen the skin tissue structure and skin elasticity, while supplementing skin nutrition and promoting Cell regeneration.
6. Certain natural acids and pigment-regulating substances contained in brown sugar can effectively regulate various pigment metabolism processes, balance the amount of pigment secretion and pigment distribution in the skin, and reduce the abnormal accumulation of local pigments. Suitable people for brown sugar
Brown sugar is unrefined jaggery, which retains more vitamins and minerals. It is generally believed that brown sugar is suitable for women with irregular menstruation and those who have just given birth. In fact, brown sugar is more suitable for the elderly, especially those who are frail and recovering from serious illness.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that brown sugar is warm in nature, sweet in taste, and enters the spleen. It has the functions of replenishing qi and blood, strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach, relieving pain, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis. The elderly's intake of various trace elements and vitamins gradually decreases, and they should pay attention to supplementing them in their diet to maintain normal metabolic functions and delay aging.
Although brown sugar is rich in nutrients, you should not be greedy. The recommended daily intake for the elderly is about 25 grams. Elderly people with diabetes should avoid it; elderly people with constipation and sores on the mouth and tongue can eat some rock sugar instead to prevent getting angry. In addition, it is not advisable to use brown sugar water when taking medicine. Brown sugar recipe
Brown sugar and black plum soup
120g of brown sugar and 12g of black plum. Add water to make a thick soup and drink it from time to time.
Derived from "Zhai Yuan Fang". This recipe uses brown sugar to nourish the spleen and activate blood circulation, and black plum to astringe and stop diarrhea. Used for prolonged diarrhea, abdominal pain, and lack of desire to eat.
Ginger and Brown Sugar Soup
250g ginger, minced juice, 150g brown sugar. Fry over low heat until sugar is completely dissolved. Take 2 spoons each time with warm water. Derived from "Compendium of Materia Medica". This recipe uses ginger to warm the lungs and relieve cough, warm the stomach and relieve vomiting, and brown sugar to warm the stomach and soothe the stomach. It is used for cough due to cold lung, vomiting, lack of food, and disharmony between the lung and stomach.
Jujube tea
Boil 10 red dates in water, add brown sugar, mix with black tea water and take it once. It can replenish qi and blood, strengthen the spleen and stomach. It is especially suitable for infants, young children and middle-aged and elderly people.
Strong tea, brown sugar drink
Appropriate amounts of tea and brown sugar. Make a bowl of strong tea, remove the residue, dissolve the brown sugar and drink. Once a day. Functions: clear away heat and regulate menstruation. It mainly treats heavy menstruation in advance.
Hawthorn Brown Sugar Drink
50 grams of raw hawthorn meat and 40 grams of brown sugar. Decoct hawthorn in water to remove residue, add brown sugar and drink hot. If you are not pregnant, take it several times to relieve menstrual bleeding. It functions to activate blood circulation and regulate menstruation, and is mainly used to treat women's menstrual disorders.
Red dates and fungus soup
Decoction 50 grams of black fungus, 10 red dates, 100 grams of brown sugar, twice a day. Take it regularly to effectively remove dark circles.
Red dates and chrysanthemum porridge
Put 50 grams of red dates, 100 grams of black rice, and 15 grams of chrysanthemums into a pot and add an appropriate amount of water to cook the porridge. When the porridge is cooked until thick, add Add appropriate amount of brown sugar. This recipe has the effects of strengthening the spleen and blood, clearing the liver and improving eyesight. Regular consumption can make the facial complexion rosy, play a role in health care, disease prevention, and beauty.
Ginger and brown sugar tea
15 grams of ginger and appropriate amount of brown sugar. Brewing it with boiling water instead of tea can effectively relieve the pain of dysmenorrhea in women with cold and blood stasis type.
Brown Sugar Medicinal Bean Soup
Take 30 grams of medicinal adzuki beans, 12 grams of salvia miltiorrhiza, appropriate amount of brown sugar, boil in water to get juice, add brown sugar, eat beans and drink soup, persist for a period of time, you can improve your skin color Moisturize.
Bird's nest and candied dates soup
25 grams of bird's nest, 15 grams of candied dates, and an appropriate amount of brown sugar. Soak the bird's nest in water to remove impurities, then put it into a pot with the candied dates (removal of pits) and add water. Cook until the candied dates are thoroughly cooked, then add brown sugar and eat. This recipe has the effect of nourishing the skin and removing wrinkles, making the skin shiny and moisturized.
Moisturizing tea