Originally Posted by
MrCrassic
BTW, oatmeal with a bit of brown sugar and maple syrup tastes pretty amazing. Natural sweeteners are healthier, though.
Brown sugar is merely white sugar with some molassas added. Maple syrup is a bit more complex. But essentially both are primarily sucrose which is the main transport sugar in plants. White sugar or Cane sugar is something like 99.9995% sucrose. It is the purest chemical you can buy at the grocery store. It is even USP grade or analytical grade. I seriously doubt that there is any really significant difference between white sugar and maple syrup and brown sugar. Eat them for their flavor. It is a minor indulgance and that is good. But I think you are fooling yourself if you think it is doing your health any good.