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Jaggery and sugar
Hello Doctor, what are the benefits of jaggery. Is jaggery good substitute of sugar? Is jaggery really beneficial for maintaining long term health.
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White sugar and jaggery contains same about of carbs but jaggery contains other important things also...
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Jaggery and white sugar are same in terms of calories but jaggery contains very little amount amount of mineral and vitamin (contains vitamin B complex in 1g / kg concentration, calories in 19 cal/tbsp, folic acid in 1 mg/kg, calcium in 5 g/100 g, and iron in 1 mg/g concentration) .
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Ms. Trupti Padhi
Dietitian/Nutritionist
1 yrs exp
Bhubaneswar
Gud evening instead of white sugar u can use brown sugar or jaggery or organic honey as a substitute of white sugar.Yes raggedy has lots of health benefits in itself.if any queries further then connect through practo directly.
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