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Sugar and Sweeteners

Sugar is composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. It is used as a natural food stuff to sweeten the majority of other food stuffs that we wish to taste sweet. Monosaccharides is the simplest form of sugar. Sugar can be found in the tissues of plants before sugar use, honey was used to add sweetness to our foods. Sweeteners, rather than being a food stuff is a food additive. High intensity sweeteners, are a lot sweeter than sugar that we use everyday that does not contain the same level of food energy. Sweeteners can be natural or synthetic the majority are artificial. Sorbitol is a natural sweetener whereas saccharin, created by accident in 1879 is an artificial sweetener. Sweeteners can take the place of natural sugar, where the consumption of natural sugar may be detrimental to our health, such as diabetes sufferers. Canada banned the use of saccharin in 1977 as tests in relation to bladder cancer from the 1960's showed that their may be a link to bladder cancer of users of high dies of saccharin, also these tests involved the use of animals.

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What is the classification of matter in sugar?

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Scientifically, sugar is classified by its chemical composition. For example: dextrose, maltose; fructose, etc.

Sugar is classified for sale in markets and for use in cooking mostly by its origin, the source from which it was derived and/or its physical form. For example: cane sugar, beet sugar, maltose, molasses, syrup, granular sugar, frosting or icing sugar, etc.

Is sugar a preservative in meat?

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In a high enough concentration it can be. Cells (bacterial or otherwise) can only prevent osmosis across their membranes to a limited extent. When a solution is concentrated enough (i.e. hypertonic), it can dessicate the cells, therefore retarding microbial growth and rendering potential pathogens inert .

Some examples of sugar-based preservatives include various syrups (i.e. maple), honey, and fruit preserves (jams). In particular it is useful to note that jam does not require raising temperatures above 104C to kill botulinum spores; although most operations will pasteurize the stock to kill fungal spores which may grow on the top layer of the jam due to recondensed water).

What are some foods that contain a lot of sugar?

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Food that contain a lot of sugar include: Chocolate, cake, biscuits, candy, kendal mint cake (especially good as it release energy slowly.) Sweets, jelly, ice cream. Foods which are naturally high in sugar include almost all fruits and many vegetables (i.e., onions and yams, etc.)

What is the chemical name for cane sugar?

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diacetyl orpine hydrochloride

Why some foods may taste sweet but have very little glucose?

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Because the receptors of the tongue react to certain compounds like as if they were sweet even though they don't have glucose. Examples of foods that taste sweet yet do not have glucose include sugar alcohols.

How many carbohydrates are in Splenda?

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One tbsp of Splenda has 1g of carbs.

What can you add sugar to?

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Different Uses of Sugar

  • Sugar can be added to one liter water in a flower vase. When it dissolves, it will help nourish the stems and also keep the flowers fresh for a long time. Adding a tablespoon of vinegar as well will prevent the growth of mould and bacteria in the vase.
  • Sugar crystals can be used as an abrasive and you can use it to scrub to clean your hands if they are coated with oil or grease. It is really effective in getting rid of oil or grease build up.
  • Sugar, in the form of a sticky liquid, can act as an effective wasp trap. Take 2 ounces of sugar and add it in a little water; boil it to make it a sticky liquid. The wasps will be attracted due to the smell and when they go into the liquid to feed, they aren't able to come out.
  • Anyone who has had a bad burn on the tongue while drinking hot coffee, tea or had hot food, will know the terrible stinging pain. However, immediately rubbing some sugar on your tongue will get rid off the stinging pain.
  • You all must be knowing that sugar attracts the dreaded cockroaches. However, mixing sugar and baking powder will actually help get rid of them. Mix equal amount of sugar and baking powder and see the roaches vanishing in a few days.
  • Sprinkling fine sugar over homemade cakes will help keep them fresh for a longer time. It will also make the cakes more delicious!
  • If you want to keep your biscuits from going soggy due to moisture and want to keep them fresh, sprinkle some sugar lumps in your biscuit tin. It will absorb moisture and keep your biscuits fresh.

How many crystals in a cube of sugar?

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One sugar cube is equal to one teaspoon or 1/48th of a cup. (Source: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_quantity_of_sugar_is_in_a_cube) There are 200g of sugar per cup. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar) The math yields the answer: There are 4.17g of sugar per cube of sugar.

How sugar cane is affected by seasons?

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Sugarcane is affected by seasons I because if it was winter it will be to cold for sugarcane to grow

Summer has the most rainfall out of all the seasons

Sugarcane needs sunlight and rainfall a lot of them

What nutients does sugar come under?

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Technically sugar is not a nutrient, it's a source of stored energy (measured in calories).

Does aspartame increase insulin levels?

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NO! The blood glucose effect is statistically INSIGNIFICANT!! This is a myth. This concerned me as I am trying to lose weight and several studies have been done, however the one below I feel is the clearest.

Twelve normal subjects and 10 subjects with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus were given, in random order at intervals of greater than or equal to 1 wk, three drinks of the same beverage: one unsweetened, one sweetened with 400 mg aspartame, and one sweetened with 135 mg saccharin. The amount of sweetener approximated that in 1 L of sugar-free soft drink. Plasma glucose, insulin, and glucagon were measured for 3 h after ingestion of the test beverage. Plasma glucose declined slightly throughout the test period, probably due to fasting, with no differences between the three treatments. Neither sweetener affected peak insulin levels in subjects with or without diabetes. Analysis of area under the curve showed that mean insulin levels were statistically significantly higher after aspartame than after saccharin or unsweetened beverage in normal subjects only, but the magnitude of the difference was small and unlikely to be of physiological importance in the absence of differences in glucose levels. Furthermore, the differences could largely be accounted for by a decrease in insulin values after both unsweetened beverage and saccharin, with no change from baseline after aspartame. Glucagon levels showed time-to-time variation but no overall differences. We conclude that ingestion of aspartame- or saccharin-sweetened beverages by fasting subjects, with or without diabetes, did not affect blood glucose homeostasis.

How would Splenda affect respiration?

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The chemical formula of Sucralose, which is found in Splenda and Equal, is C12H19Cl3O8. It has little to no effect on respiration as it is closely related to sugar and does not contain Aspartame.

What is hidden sugar in food?

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It is some lameass nerds hidden piece of sugar in the food...

When was the sugar invented?

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Sugar was only discovered by western Europeans as a result of the Crusades in the 11th Century AD. Crusaders returning home talked of this "new spice" and how pleasant it was. The first sugar was recorded in England in 1099. The subsequent centuries saw a major expansion of western European trade with the East, including the importation of sugar.

What can you substitute for dark muscovado sugar?

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You could use dark brown sugar, but the flavour will not be as strong.

What type of sugar is in strawberries?

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Per strawberry? About 1, maybe less.

Can you mix flour and sugar to make powder sugar?

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No, powdered sugar is is just sugar finely ground.

Is splenda bad for the body?

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After many hours of research on both sides of the fence I've come to conclude that Splenda is no more harmful to your body than any other food product on the market that has been chemically, genetically, or metabolically altered. (90% of what we consume without question.)

The only way that this product might be of overwhelming importance is to someone that absolutely refuses to ingest any food product that is not 100% natural.

It is true that three of the hydroxyl groups and the sugar molecules have been replaced by three chlorine atoms, and seems to be the primary basis for it's demise.

Our body, however actually needs chlorine a.k.a. chloride, a.k.a. sodium chloride, a.k.a. salt, in maintaining water balance, and is an essential component of gastric juice.

However it should also be noted that our chlorine intake should not be excessive. (5100 milligrams a day for an average adult.) No more so then our daily intake of sugars, carbs, calorie's, starches, ect, ect... "Everything in moderation" (if your health allows it.) Too much of anything can be hazardous to your health, likewise not enough of the right things can be hazardous to your health.

For the most part Splenda is largely unrecognized by the body. By most accounts only some 15% is absorbed by the body.

The claims of all the adverse affects of Splenda appear to be based on the adverse effects relating to the abundance of chlorine in the body and not Splenda itself, or the fact that it is just plainly "A man made" or "Altered" substance. Additionally all claims against Splenda are very vague and general using terms like "appears to be" or "thought to have been" or "categorized with other" unhealthy food products.

You can find something unhealthy with ANY food product known to man no matter how significant or insignificant it may be, because of the individual effects our bodies have on different foods.

My advise is to use research from all sides, balance and wisdom and see if it's right for you.