Yes, it can. White sugar is actually sucrose, which is the table sugar of life, made from sugar cane or sweet radish. Sucrose is a pure carbohydrate, white granulated sugar contains 99% carbon hydrate, only for heat energy, lack of other nutrients. Supplementing the body's calories with sucrose is easier to digest and absorb than starch glycogen because sucrose is composed of one molecule of fructose and one molecule of glucose, which will be broken down into fructose and glucose in the small intestine and absorbed by the body. Therefore, people after labor, drink a cup of sugary drinks, often feel fatigue eliminated.