Brown sugar is a kind of sucrose. Its traditional preparation method is to squeeze sugarcane juice with a stone mill or a wooden roller, and then gradually evaporate and concentrate it, and then cool and stir it after reaching a certain saturation. After crystallization, it is processed into blocks or powders.

Brown sugar retains the nutrients in sugarcane and contains many amino acids such as leucine and glutamic acid. It is an indispensable basic substance for protein synthesis and cell metabolism.

Compendium of Materia Medica records that "sand sugar is warm, harmonizing spleen and soothing liver", and sand sugar is now brown sugar.

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The benefits of drinking brown sugar:

1, anti-aging. Every 100g brown sugar contains 90 mg of calcium, 4 mg of iron and a small amount of riboflavin and carotene. Japanese researchers also extracted a polysaccharide called "molasses" from brown sugar. Experiments show that it has strong antioxidant effect and obvious anti-aging effect.

2, blood gas. Brown sugar can tonify qi and blood and is an indispensable tonic for women. Related research shows that brown sugar is rich in trace elements, some of which have a strong stimulating effect on human hematopoiesis.

3, warm the spleen and stomach. Eating brown sugar also has the effects of promoting blood circulation, relaxing muscles and tendons, warming spleen and strengthening stomach, removing blood stasis and promoting new life.

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