A Spoonful Of Sugar

When I was visiting a friend of mine in Niagara-on-the-Lake, I was introduced to Raw Sugar. I am already 100 percent against using sweetener products like Splenda, except for Stevia made from all natural products. If you want to cut down on sugar why replace your body with something full of chemicals! Anyways, back to my story ... The next day I decided to read up on the benefits of raw sugar vs refined sugar. This is some of the things I found out:

1. There are various types of raw sugar that exist at your grocery store. One that you may already have in your cupboard is honey!

2. Unrefined raw sugar is made from the juice from the sugar cane plant and has trace minerals and nutrients present

3. Refined white sugar is considered to be “empty calories” as it offers no nutritional substance whatsoever. Now this does not mean you can go and eat as much raw sugar as you like, but it does have small levels of iron and magnesium present.

In the end, to stay healthy always cut down on the amount of sugar that you eat on a regular basis, but there are options to try to make your food a little more natural than using refined white sugar or Splenda!