When we think of sugar, the first thing that comes to mind is diabetes or tooth decay. Because when we check, the doctor always tells us not to eat too much sugar, it's not good for the body, which makes us gradually away from sugar. But there are some sugar was given a magical "health " effect, the public for its attitude is different, such as brown sugar, brown sugar, red sugar ...... What is the difference between the nutritional composition of these sugars and ordinary white sugar? Can they really replenish blood and cure menstrual cramps? Today we will take a look at "Nutritional sugar" true colors.
Brown sugar (brown sugar): sugar cane juice with lime method of clean processing, directly cooked into a brown-red or yellowish-brown sugar not by the honey.
Brown granulated sugar (brown granulated sugar): brown-red or yellow-brown sugar with honey.
Brown sugar (muscovado sugar): sugar cane, sugar beet and its products as raw materials processed and obtained dark brown sugar.
It can be seen that the very obvious difference between brown sugar and brown sugar is whether or not it has been "divided into honey" processed. "Molasses " refers to the process of separating the molasses from the crystals in the sugar paste, so as to obtain crystallized sugar. White sugar is a crystallized form of sucrose, which is very pure. Brown sugar, on the other hand, does not go through the molasses separation process and retains more of the natural components of sugar cane.
Specifically, the sucrose content of brown sugar is lower than that of brown sugar, but the content of minerals (especially potassium, magnesium and iron) is richer, and the proportion of essential amino acids is higher than that of brown sugar.
Brown sugar and China's southern ancient brown sugar is not much different, the processing process is slightly different. Brown sugar is processed at a slightly higher temperature than brown sugar and boiled for a longer period of time, resulting in more Meladic reactions and a darker, darker brown final color.
However, brown sugar, like brown sugar, is unrefined and retains more of the nutrients found in sugarcane, and is similar in nutritional content.
According to test data from the Chinese Food Composition Table, brown sugar contains 96.6% sugar, a small amount of protein, and a variety of vitamins (e.g., vitamin B1, niacin), minerals (e.g., calcium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese) and so on.
In short, nutritionally speaking, brown sugar, brown sugar and brown sugar are actually very similar. Their most important ingredient is sugar, and they contain very few other nutrients.
Black sugar
Black sugar, darker and not highly refined cane sugar, which is actually a traditional brown sugar, which is rich in iron, boiled into the line after contact with the air for a long time after the oxidation of the solid color was black, brown, and burnt flavor, the actual and brown sugar and no two to, just a different region, called different, such as Taiwan, Japan and other places called brown sugar.
The Chinese medicine believes that brown sugar is warm and sweet, into the spleen, has a tonic in the gas, slow, food, spleen and stomach function, and pain, line, blood dispersal effect. Black sugar to drink water on women's menstrual smooth help, drink hot black sugar water can make the body warm, increase energy, vitalize blood, accelerate blood circulation, menstruation will also be discharged more smoothly, female friends with menstrual problems, abdominal distension and pain, you may want to try this method; you can also add some ginger **** cooking, replenish the middle qi, replenish the blood to nourish the liver (according to the viewpoint of traditional Chinese medicine, the uterus is precisely go through the liver meridian), the effect of the warm tendons and collaterals will be better.
The efficacy of brown sugar:
1, to drive cold and warm the stomach: a mention of brown sugar water, there are no two views, one is a cold to drink, one is a woman with menstrual cramps to drink. In fact, brown sugar is unrefined crude sugar, retaining more vitamins and minerals, drink a bowl every day in winter, to drive cold and warm the stomach effect is particularly good, is not "women's special", because it is rich in iron, men drink the effect of restoring physical strength will be better. Cold, cold or body fatigue, both women and men, can drink some brown sugar water, but the daily amount should not exceed 15 grams.
2, anti-aging: brown sugar in the selenium content is the highest, selenium can be described as antioxidant "vanguard", can be very good to slow down the aging process, the prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer.
3, blood: women drink brown sugar water during physiological period, can avoid menstrual cramps. It contains calcium and magnesium, can synergize to play a sedative, relaxing effect, iron can also supplement the depletion of physiological period. Two or three days before the onset of menstruation, you can drink a cup of brown sugar ginger tea every day. In addition, brown sugar boiled eggs, brown sugar porridge, or red dates and brown sugar water, brown sugar boiled cinnamon meat, etc., are very good nourishing recipe. The maximum daily intake of brown sugar is 25 grams. If you want to relieve menstrual cramps, just drink a cup of brown sugar water every day. If you drink it continuously, it is best not to exceed 7 days.
Effects of brown sugar:
From the point of view of Chinese medicine, brown sugar is warm in nature, sweet in taste, and enters the spleen, which has the effect of benefiting qi and tonifying blood, strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach, easing the middle and relieving pain, and activating blood circulation and removing bruises. It has the effect of benefiting qi, slowing down the middle, transforming food, tonifying blood and breaking up bruises; it has the effect of strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach, relieving pain, moving blood, activating blood and dispersing cold.