Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Brown sugar vs. white sugar
What's better? what's more nutritional? brown or white sugar? Actually, neither is. Brown is fractionally better than white. Brown sugar is often referred to as "natural" or "raw" sugar giving most people I know the impression that using brown sugar makes consuming sugar OK. This is mostly incorrect. The major difference between white and brown is that brown sugar contains molasses. To be frank, a child does not care whether sugar is brown or white, as long as its sugar. The younger they are the more susceptible they are to bouncing off the walls when they're high on sugar. It's up to us as parents to ensure that we give our children a good start to life but teaching them healthy fundamentals in terms of schooling, nutrition, etiquette, manners, moralilty, dress-code and all other habits. Nutrition, like taking a morning shower, is a habit, good or bad. Research the alternatives.
BTW: The same principle described above applies to low fat milk vs. full cream milk, i.e. the difference is insignificant. Check the carton labels to compare the fat contents of the two options the next time you visit the supermarket.
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