{"id":14215,"date":"2021-07-16T17:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T17:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oem.caroma.com.my\/?p=14215"},"modified":"2021-07-16T05:15:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T05:15:55","slug":"is-coconut-sugar-a-healthy-sugar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oem.caroma.com.my\/zh\/2021\/07\/16\/is-coconut-sugar-a-healthy-sugar\/","title":{"rendered":"IS COCONUT SUGAR A HEALTHY SUGAR?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s wrong with our normal sugar that we bought at stores to begin with. First, regular table sugar and high-fructose corn syrup don\u2019t contain any vital nutrients and therefore supply \u201cempty\u201d calories. Added sugar is unhealthy because it causes a significant rise in blood sugar levels. It\u2019s also nutrient poor, providing virtually no vitamins or minerals. The harmful effects of added sugar are becoming more evident day by day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is why more and more people are turning to natural alternatives &#8211; coconut sugar. This sugar is derived from coconut palm tree and is more nutritious and low on the glycemic index than sugar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another name for coconut sugar is also called coconut palm sugar. It is made in a natural 2-step process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A cut is made on the flower of the coconut palm and the liquid sap is collected.<\/li><li>The sap is placed under heat until most of the water evaporate.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The end product is brown an granulated. The colour is similar to raw sugar &#8211; brownish but the particle size is a bit smaller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coconut sugar however do contain a bit of nutrients found in coconut palm. Notably, the minerals iron, zinc, calcium and potassium, along with some polyphenols and antioxidants. It also contains a fiber called inulin, which cause slow glucose absorption. This explains the slow glucose absorption and explain why coconut sugar has low glycemic index than regular sugar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That being said, use coconut sugar in moderation. Too much of everything is not good even if it&#8217;s healthy for you.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s wrong with our normal sugar that we bought at stores to begin with. First, regular table sugar and high-fructose<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[98,100],"class_list":["post-14215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-and-beverage","category-lifestyles","tag-health","tag-sugar"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/oem.caroma.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/BPCaroma1July2021.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oem.caroma.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oem.caroma.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oem.caroma.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oem.caroma.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oem.caroma.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14215"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/oem.caroma.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14218,"href":"http:\/\/oem.caroma.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14215\/revisions\/14218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oem.caroma.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oem.caroma.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oem.caroma.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oem.caroma.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}