Whereas refined brown sugar has more liquid and has slightly fewer calories per gram than white sugar, both are pure carbohydrates that further add fat in the body and cause problems. So both are equally harmful to your health and are not recommended for diabetic patients or those looking to lose weight.

Refined sugar goes through some processing before reaching you, so you can always look for alternatives that are slightly better in terms of the impact they have on your health. That said, sugar must always be consumed in moderation.

One such alternative is organic brown sugar, which comes from sugar cane. Natural sugar cane is full of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, fibres, and phytonutrients that help the body digest the naturally occurring sugar. It also contains vitamin A, C, B1, B2, B6, which work synergistically with the minerals to nourish the body. Brown sugar also undergoes lesser processing than traditional white sugar. Additional to molasses, it contains various types of essential nutrients and can be a source of an instant energy boost.

When you eat any type of refined sugar, your body has to pull stored nutrients from itself to be able to properly digest the sugar. This is commonly called “leaching”. Refined sugar robs calcium and other minerals from your bones, tissues, and teeth in order to be digested. Since calcium is one of the most abundant minerals in natural sugar cane, and needed the most for proper digestion of sugar, it is the most important for your body to retain.