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Besides being used as a sweetener, sugar can also be use to preserve food, in medicine, and trade. Sugar is use in jams and jellies to preserve them, and in ice cream, since sugar lower the temperature at which food is freeze. As for sugar used in medicines, it features in both folk and traditional systems of medicine in South Asia. In traditional systems of medicine, it has been used to treat from coughs to constipation. The roots and stems of sugar cane are used in Ayurvedic medicine. They treat skin and urinary tract infections, as well as for bronchitis, heart conditions, loss of milk production, cough, anemia, constipation as well as general debility. They also lower blood pressure. As for folk medicines, it's used to cure hiccups. To do this, you must mix fresh stem juice, from sugar cane, with dry ginger. Also, eating sugar cane, either as juice or as raw cane, can lead to tooth decay, but some compounds in the juice may protect teeth from the worst effects of sugar.
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What is sugar used for?
It is used to sweeten foods.
What plant did the Victorians used to make sugar from?
the Victorians used to make sugar from a plant called the sugar beet.
Which situation could be modeled by the expression 1/3÷5?
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What is used to separate sugar and water?
evaporation is used to separate sugar and water.
How Precipitation is used to extract sucrose from sugar cane?
it is used to help make sugar because without this process we would not have any sugar or we would have unprocess sugar(raw materialized sugar).
What is sugar used for in root beer?
sugar cane
What sugar is used in a meriange pie?
Castor sugar.
What sugar is used to sweeten cake?
Cane Sugar
What are sugar beets?
sugar beets are a root vegetable that can be used to make refined sugar...
Can allspice be used on a ham?
Brown Sugar and only brown sugar. lots of it.
Can powdered sugar be used instead of white sugar in fudge?
No
What are sugar cane used for?
It is the plant they use to harvest sugar.
