Brown sugar is a "granulated, refined sugar that comes from the same plant as white sugar," says Kate Zeratsky, RD, a registered dietitian nutritionist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. It gets its ...

Brown sugar lends complexity to recipes—from savory barbecue sauce to chocolate chip cookies—along with big flavor that’s absent from white sugar. It’s a moist, earthy, craveable source of sweetness, ...

Many foods marketed as healthy, including smoothies, brown bread, and granola, may actually spike blood sugar due to hidden ...