Spotters in "Nutrition and Health: Sweeteners" for CFM & MPH students

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1. Suger (cane) (चीनी ):

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Nutritional Values (per 100 gm) & important features of Sugar:

  • Carbohydrate: 99.4  gm
  • Protein: 0.1 gm
  • Fat: 0.0 gm 
  • Energy: 398 kcal
  • Minerals: 0.1 gm 
  • (Ca- 12 mg, P-1 mg, Iron- 0.15 mg)
  • Moisture: 0.4 gm

2. Jaggery (cane) (गुड़ ):

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Nutritional Values (per 100 gm) & important features of Jaggery:

  • Carbohydrate: 95 gm
  • Protein: 0.4 gm
  • Fat: 0.1 gm 
  • Energy: 383 kcal
  • Minerals: 0.6 gm 
  • (Ca- 80 mg, P-40 mg, Iron-2.64 mg)
  • Moisture: 3.9 gm
  • Clinical importance: Rich in iron.


3. Sugerfree sweetner (सुगर फ्री ):


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Nutritional Values (per 100 gm) & important features of Sugar:

  • Carbohydrate: 85 gm
  • Protein: 2.1 gm
  • Fat: 0.0 gm 
  • Energy: 347 kcal
  • Clinical importance: Contains aspartame.

4. Honey (मधु):

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Nutritional Values (per 100 gm) & important features of Honey:

  • Carbohydrate: 79.5 gm
  • Protein: 0.3 gm
  • Fat: 0 gm 
  • Energy: 319 kcal
  • Minerals: 0.2 gm 
  • (Ca- 5 mg, P- 16 mg, Iron- 0.69 mg)
  • Moisture: 20.6 gm
  • Clinical importance:

References:
  1. National Institute of Nutrition (India), Gopalan, C., Rama, S. B. V., & Balasubramanian, S. C. (1978). Nutritive value of Indian foods. Hyderabad, India: National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research.
  2. Park, K. (2019). Park's textbook of preventive and social medicine. 25th. Jabalpur, India: M/S Banarsidas Bhanot.
  3. Kadri AM. (2019). IAPSM's Textbook of Community Medicine. 1st. New Delhi, India: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd.
  4. Longvah T, An-antan I, Bhaskarachary K, Venkaiah K. Indian food composition tables. Hyderabad: ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition; 2017.
  5. Mohan Ram M and I Gopalan (1981). Nutritional Disabilities, ICMR, National Institute of Nutrition, Hydrabad.
  6. Tricase, C., Amicarelli, V., Lamonaca, E., & Rana, R. L. (2018). Economic analysis of the barley market and related uses. In Grasses as Food and Feed. IntechOpen.
  7. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/172436/nutrients
  8. https://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_caca27.pdf
  9. https://www.feedipedia.org/node/742
  10. https://photodune.net/item/sugar-in-white-bowl-on-white-background/22276369 Photo credit
  11. https://www.lazada.com.my/products/vellam-jaggery-500g-i489770609.html photo credit
  12. https://www.amazon.in/Sugar-Free-Gold-110-Pellets/dp/B00VRRRT2W photo credit
  13. https://testing-lab.com/food-testing/honey/ photo credit



















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