White sugar is poison!

White sugar is poison so replace your daily sugar intake with ''Healthier'' alternative, that is jaggery(vellam,chakkarai)


Jaggery and its benefits

WHY CONSIDER JAGGERY HEALTHY?

Jaggery or whole sugar which is prepared from sugarcane juice is a pure, wholesome, traditional, unrefined, whole sugar. It has natural goodness of minerals and vitamins which is originally present in sugarcane juice itself.Thus it is regarded as one of the purest form of sugar.It has sucrose and glucose present in it along with other minerals and vitamins.

Jaggery is often referred as 'medicinal sugar.It is good for Dry Cough, Cough with Sputum , Indigestion, Constipation too.

• WHY DO WE CONSIDER JAGGERY HEALTHY?
• Jaggery is made in the natural way and no chemicals are used for its processing.for which it does not loose its original properties.Hence it is is rich in important mineral like salts: 2.8 gms/ 100 grams, whereas only 300 mg/ kg is obtained in refined sugar. Magnesium present in jaggery strengthens our nervous systemand helps to relax our muscles and gives relief from fatigue and take care of our blood vessels.It also along with selenium acts as an antioxidantproperty scavenge free radicals from our body .The potassium and low amount of sodium present in it maintain the acid balance in the body cells and alsocombats acids and acetone and control our blood pressure Jaggery is rich in iron,and helps to prevent anemia.It also helps to relief tension take care of asthma as it has anti allergy properties .It is good for migraine and is good for girls those who do not get free flow at the time of their period .even at the time of post pregnancy it has great benefits to perform to remove all clotted blood from the body of a women within post 40 days after the birth of a baby.
• The preventive ability of jaggery on smoker's smoke-induced lung lesions suggest the potential of jaggery as a protective food for workers in dusty and smoky atmosphere even for those who are engaged in woollen industries the wool dust clogged in the food pipe could be cleared with jaggery.thus we may conclude saying that those who are exposed to higher levels of pollution. Jaggery helps them to breathe easier and counter pollution problems naturally.
• It has moderate amount of calcium,phosphorous and zinc so it helps to optimum health of a person .along with all its benefits it purifies the blood and prevent rheumatic afflictions and bile disorder thus help to cure jaundice(take pre soaked jaggery juice ).
• In India when a guest or the family member come home after a tired day are offered water with gur so that they may relax and get rid of fatigue(traditionally)now people are becoming modern and are loosing touch with tradition. people who worked in factories and has lot of out door work often eat gur at night before going to bed to help clear all the inhaled dirt mites throughout the day.