Apparently palm sugar healthier than white sugar

Many health experts recommend to replace white sugar with palm sugar in mixed drinks or food. Why so-called palm sugar is healthier than white sugar?
White sugar or white sugar has become the staple food in many foods such as cakes, sweets, biscuits or a few drinks. This white sugar derived from sugar cane and beet crops or tubers. Meanwhile, palm sugar derived from the sap of palm trees that naturally processed.
As quoted from the LIVESTRONG, Tuesday (11/01/2011) calories contained in a smaller palm sugar than white sugar. Palm sugar has a glycemic index value that is lower by 35 while in the sugar sand glikemiknya index of 58.
Glycemic index (GI) is the scale or number given to certain foods based on how big these foods increase blood sugar levels, the scale used is 0-100. Called low-glycemic index when they're on a scale of less than 50, medium glycemic index if its value is 50-70 and high glycemic index if the number is above 70.
Also in the manufacturing process, generally more natural palm sugar so that certain substances contained therein are not damaged and remain intact. And does not require the refining process that many times or use additional materials to purify it.
The experts expressed the value of a lower glycemic index is made more secure palm sugar is consumed and not cause a spike in blood sugar levels significantly, so that it can harm the body, especially for diabetics. And the darker color of the sugar, then the trace nutrients tend to be much.
In addition to its sugar content a little more, palm sugar is also known to contain other compounds that are useful such as thiamine, riboflavin, ascorbic acid, protein and vitamin C.
Another option is to use the natural sweetener stevia, the herb from Paraguay that used for hundreds of years and has a sweet taste that many times more than sugar. These sweeteners contain no calories and are generally safe for blood sugar levels.
If you want to get a more healthy body, there's no harm in starting to replace white sugar with palm sugar if you want to consume coffee, tea or mixed into other foods. Sumber: DetikHealth