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(2024) Added sugar substitutes for diabetic patients and health conscious - people. It is better to go naturally??

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Introduction: - We get carbohydrates (sugar and other nutrients) from natural products like fruits, vegetables, grains etc. It is natural sugar and gives our body fuel and energy to run the body properly. It is not a good choice to cut this natural sugar for normal people.   Natural sugar is available in different forms, but our body converts the different forms of sugar (other than glucose) into glucose.  However, we require the sugar to be added in items which are prepared by us like hot and cold drinks, desserts, sweet dishes, confectionary items, sauces, donnets, medicines, sugary beverages, candy, ice cream, cakes, pies, cookies, doughnuts, colas, fruit drinks, energy drinks, etc. it is called Added sugar, table sugar, etc. Different types of added sugar are generally Sucrose and made from sugarcane plants or sugar beet etc.  with slight changes in the process of cleaning, boiling, crystallizing, drying, etc. Color of sugar depends upon the percentage of molasses present in