We tend to make a conscious effort to cut down our sugar consumption, because we intuitively feel that sugar is evil. Campaigns and advertisements constantly vilify sugar in favour of chemical substitutes. How can we possibly eliminate sugar altogether? Isn’t it the most irresistible thing? But wait a minute; is sugar really bad? In India, 93% of children eat packaged food more than once a week 59% of children aged between 14 years and 17 years consume packaged beverages or m

I am emotionally attached as I have been consuming jaggery ever since I was a baby. It is packed with several nutrients and has been a tradition in India for decades. I personally call Jaggery an Indian superfood! What Is Jaggery? Jaggery is an unrefined sugar prepared from sugarcane juice in Asia and Africa. It is also known as “non-centrifugal sugar,” because the sugar cane juice is boiled and evaporated to attain fine granules which are packed with many minerals and vitami