White sugar consumption is bad for health as it increases possibilities of diabetes and many other problems related to health. So, people are looking for the alternatives to add sweetness in their food. Coconut sugar sweetens food without any harmful effect and gaining popularity to sweeten the food.

Coconut sugar is grown organically and comes from the sap of coconut flower bud. If it is grown organically and has not been highly refined or processed, then coconut sugar became a whole natural food. Its best and first advantageous use is over refined sugar, other alternative sweetener or cane based sweetener. As it is a natural sweetener product (not chemical laboratory's product), it has many other benefits that are:

Nutritional value

Coconut sugar (an alternative sweeter), as it is neither a superfood nor a supplement but its nutrient value is higher when compared with other sweeteners.it offers 12 Vitamin B complex vitamins like inositol which helps in body functioning. It also treats depression and panic attacks as it has calming effects.

Coconut contains potassium (10300 mg/liter) and nitrogen (2020 mg/liter) content more than refined sugar and brown sugar. As refined has no nitrogen content.

Other nutrients like aspartic & glutamic acid, threonine protein, serine and other amino acids and vitamins like thiamine, riboflavin, choline and more as other sweeteners haven't been found with such nutrients. Some traces of phytonutrients like anthocyanins also found in coconut sugar.

Sugar fructose

Fructose can only be a breakdown by liver and converts quickly into triglyceride, a fat that is bad for your health definitely. Fructose sugar is delicious as all fruits are loaded with it, but coconut only contains 45% of fructose sugar contents. That's what makes it a better sugar alternative to sweeten food.

Glycemic impact

Coconut sugar has lower glycemic index that has an impact on your blood sugar. The GI measures that carbohydrates how much carbohydrates affect your blood sugar. as higher the number of GI as much it affects your blood sugar level. Refined sugar contains 60 to 65 of GI, glucose have 100 GI while coconut sugar has just 35 GI and ranks lower.

Coconut is considered as a better alternative for sugar, but that doesn't mean you consume as much as you want to. After all, it is a sugar, higher quantity can damage your liver, result in weight gain, accumulate toxins and more. always consume it in moderate quantity. As it is too costly you can find it only in some reputed stores.