Sugar and sugarcane

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India is the highest sugar producing country. Uttar Pradesh is the highest sugar producing state. When we talk about Sugar we forget about the source. For Indians source of sugar is sugarcane. Countries like US, Europe they produce sugar from beet or corn. I am talking about sugar from sugarcane. This sugar can be called "regular sugar". It is completely okay if you drink sugarcane juice daily. But it is not okay if you consume sugar daily. Because eating sugar signal our brain to eat more sugar and we end up eating more sugar which is not good. Many Indians are replacing regular sugar with artificial sugar or they just stop eating sugar. Replacing regular sugar is not the solution for a healthy life. Even if you eat more artificial sweeteners that is not good. If you stop eating sugar but start eating fruits then that will somehow enhance your health condition. Because sugar is needed to our body. 
Have you ever burnt a spoonful of sugar?
Yes! I have tried that after reading textbook. It just indicates the chemical reaction with air oxygen and produce water and carbon. It is very overwhelming for children's to observe the colour changes. 
In the next blog I will explain more detail on sugar and sugarcane.

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