Red sugar would be better.

Brown sugar has large grains, distinct crystals, and reddish-brown, red, and yellowish-brown colors, while brown sugar is a handmade natural sugar that has higher impurities than brown sugar and looks rough. Both granulated sugar and brown sugar are extracted from sugarcane, and most of them retain the nutrients of sugarcane.

Sugarcane contains a variety of essential amino acids, such as lysine and citric acid. These amino acids are basic substances essential for synthesizing human proteins, supporting metabolism and participating in human life activities, which can effectively promote health. Red sugar and brown sugar are high in sugar content and should be consumed with caution or not consumed by diabetic patients to avoid blood sugar fluctuations, which is not conducive to disease control.

Effects of brown sugar

Brown sugar has the effect of benefiting the qi and blood, strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach, driving away the wind and dispersing the cold, and activating the blood to remove the stagnation of the effect, especially suitable for maternal, child and anaemic people to eat. The warmth of brown sugar through the "warm and complementary, warm and through the warm, warm dispersal of the" to play the role of blood. In the past, brown sugar was often used to nourish the body of post-partum women, with the aim of utilizing brown sugar to "pass the stagnant" or "discharge the evil dew" effect to achieve the purpose of pain relief.

Brown sugar is also suitable for the elderly, especially for the elderly and frail, people eating after a serious illness. According to Chinese medicine, brown sugar is warm, sweet, into the spleen. The elderly to a variety of trace elements and vitamins intake is gradually reduced, usually should pay attention to supplement in the diet, in order to maintain normal metabolic function, delay aging.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Brown Sugar