Sugar is always present in our everyday lives. Sometimes we try to reduce the levels of sugar in our diets but almost everything we eat contains sugar: most of the drinks, pies, bread and even some salty meals! The problem is that we just think that sugar is bad and we have to completely ban it from our diets, but there is one thing you may not know: there are lots of different types of sugar including a black one, which is what we should be eating. Most people think that brown sugar is the healthiest, but the darker the sugar, the healthier it is.
Has more nutrients. Believe it or not, black sugar has more essential nutrients than white sugar, such as potassium, calcium, magnesium and B vitamins. If you are one of those people who has a coffee with sugar every morning, switching to black sure will make a difference over time, including your waistline.
It is purer. Although most Americans eat a lot of processed foods, black sugar is less processed than white sugar. Have you ever wondered why white sugar is actually white? Sugar comes from sugar canes, which are plants that come from the forests of Guinea and the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. Pure sugar is black and to turns white as it gets refined, which means more chemicals and impurities.
Better taste. While you might need more that one spoon of sugar to make your coffee sweet, you will only need one spoon of black sugar to sweeten your coffee. Since black sugar is purer, the taste is stronger. That way you will eat smaller amounts of sugar in your daily life and your sugar will last longer!
You can use it in everything. Some people have the wrong idea that black sugar cannot be used when baking or cooking. The truth is that your cakes and cupcakes –and whatever you cook, basically– will be delicious, the only difference will be its browner color and the reduced amount of sugar used!
Beauty uses too. Since black sugar is thicker than white sugar, there are thousands of DIY sugar-based masks which are perfect to exfoliate your skin! You can mix black sugar with honey, olive oil, yogurt, Aloe Vera… Every mixture has different benefits and it will make your body as smooth as silk. You can even use it on your lips. In autumn and winter, our lips tend to dry and this means dead skin all over our lips, get rid of this ugly problem with these masks. Simple and delicious!
Give black sugar a try and you won’t regret it. Now that this sugar is becoming more popular you might be able to buy it at your local supermarket, but if you can’t find it there, you can try in a farmer’s market or an organic supermarket.