“Choose the sugar, you think tastes best, and which best suits what you need it for. And use it as the sweetening agent that it is.” White sugar is indispensable in a cake, honey tastes great in tea, and what's an Irish coffee without brown sugar? Each sugar variety has its own unique strength, flavour and appearance. But are they equally unhealthy?
Sugar in the form we're talking about here, such as cane sugar, brown sugar and syrup, is so-called added sugar because, simply put, it's sugar that you can add to food − as opposed to the sugar that is naturally found in fruits, vegetables and grains. Natural or not, too much sweetness is unhealthy. It increases the risk of obesity because you consume calories that don't fill you…
