Review: Brown sugar is NOT "better" than white sugar...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 6, 2012
Ok I haven't read this book, but I have to make an important review here. In the preview I read the page regarding sugars. Let me tell you...Brown sugar is NOT a "healthier" un-refined version of white/refined sugar. The "brown sugar" that you buy in the store is simply refined white sugar which has had a bit of molasses added back to it to make it brown and a little more mineral rich. So while it may have a little more minerals added BACK to it...it still has the SAME problems as refined white sugar. It is NOT health-ier or more "natural"...it's made from sugar yes but it's still will make your body acidic, feed fungus/yeast and cancer, make you fat, raise your blood sugar etc. The small amount of added molasses really doesn't make up for the problems with refined sugar.However, for some good news there ARE some sugars which ARE kept whole and not refined/stripped of all their nutrients and can be used as a replacement for white and "brown" sugar. Consequently they do happen to be brown but aren't referred to as "brown sugar" in the stores.Here is an article that covers the different types of sugars.[...]"Rapadura is the pure juice extracted from the sugar cane (using a press), which is then evaporated over low heats, whilst being stirred with paddles, then sieve ground to produce a grainy sugar. It has not been cooked at high heats, and spun to change it into crystals, and the molasses has not been separated from the sugar.  It is produced organically, and does not contain chemicals or anti-caking agents."and about the Agave...Agave nectar is NOT raw and is NOT a "health" food...unless you consider fatty liver..."healthy"...Agave is worse than HFCS...especially when touted as "healthy". It is almost completely fructose![...]I'm not trying to "bash" this book but right away there are some glaring inaccuracies here that will mislead people. Especially when people are going to read this thinking it's "healthy or healthier" when really it's worse or no better than eating white sugar or HFCS. I know this will not be liked for reviewing based on the preview alone but when people will be buying/using this thinking they are doing something "health-ier" I can't help but warn them. If you don't care about health that's fine, don't hate/bash on me, but those who do care might like to know they aren't being given accurate info about sugars.