Definition of
Saccharose
The Latin word saccharum came to our language as saccharose. It is a term that can be used as a synonym for common sugar (a white, sweet-tasting carbohydrate that can be dissolved in water).
Sucrose is a disaccharide: that is, a carbohydrate that is formed from the union of two monosaccharide sugars. In the specific case of sucrose, the sugars that come together are the glucose and the fructose.
The sucrose crystals acquire the white color from the diffraction of the light. Because of its taste, sucrose is the sweetener more popular. This means that sucrose (common sugar) is added to the foods to be sweetened: coffee, a sponge cake, an acid fruit, etc.
He human being tends to consume excess sucrose, something that leads to various health disorders. The reason for such custom is linked to its valued taste and its low cost. That is why many foods include an exaggerated amount of sucrose.
Doctors often warn their patients that sucrose can cause diabetestrigger cavities and contribute to the obesity. For these reasons, they suggest limiting their consumption or using other natural sweeteners that are healthier for the body.
It should be noted that sucrose can be obtained from various sources. The most common are the sugar cane and the beet. Once the sucrose is obtained, it is purified and crystallized to produce table sugar that is marketed in bags, packets, and sachets.
benefits of sucrose
Although it is known that its excessive consumption can bring various negative consequences, as discussed in previous paragraphs, common sugar also offers us a good number of benefitssome of which are listed below:
* It is one of the ingredients with the largest volume of energy for our body. The brain benefits more than any other part of our body from the daily consumption of sucrose, as long as it is a moderate dosesince it provides you with the necessary energy to be active and perform adequately throughout the day;
* Sucrose is also essential during the first years of life, since it plays a very important role in the development of the tissues. In fact, even in adulthood, both in humans and in other animals, the use of common sugar for wound healing is very effective;
* allows to maintain the necessary values of glycogen in the organism, since its deficiency can cause health problems. Glycogen is a substance that is found in the muscles and the liver in large proportions, and that can be converted into glucose when the body needs it,
* Another of the benefits that it offers to people in full growth is an ideal nutritional contribution for proper physical and mental development, which later translates into a greater endurance during those activities that demand great efforts;
* the consumption of sucrose also collaborates with the correct assimilation of protein, another of the fundamental components for our body;
* proper nutrition of nervous system it also depends on a frequent dose of sucrose. In this way, it is possible to reduce the risk of alterations such as nervous breakdowns;
* its lack increases appetite and produces anxiety, which can be seen frequently in diets that are too severe, and for this reason it is important to consume sucrose, even in small amounts;
* Given the has a relaxing effectis ideal to reconcile the dream and many doctors indicate it as a kind of natural remedy to avoid insomnia.