Sugar cane-your best bet for optimum energy

Sugar Cane (Saccharum barberi or officinarum) are tall perennial grass, characterized by a succulent stalk and jointed internodes. Sugar cane is cultivated world wide, with an estimated 23 million tonnes production every year, Brazil contribute about 47% of world sugar cane production. The sugar in cane is sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose units joint together by "alfa-1-4-glycosidic linkage. sugar cane is processed in mills into sugar beets, syrup molasses, and the white crystalline solid, which is easily soluble and sweet to the taste.
-Benefits of consuming sugar cane...
Ever wonder why the average northerner is very strong and most suited for heavy duty activities?...not only its no coincidence, sugar cane is a house hold name in the north, as every nuke and krany is drizzling with its peel, it is consumed by chewing the stalk and then extracting the juice.

Sugar cane juice is sold in some out lets, and it cost just a few bucks depending on the quantity in demand. Sugar cane has an energy value of 111.13kj (26.56kcal) per  28.35grams consumed, it contains an estimated 27.51g of carbohydrate, 26.98g of sugar, 0.27g protein, and it also contains the following minerals: 11.23mg of calcium, 0.37mg iron, 41.96mg potassium, 17.01mg sodium. (nutrient information is gotten from ESHA research). Sugar cane is definitely an all rounder, it's energy values which varies according to amount consumed is a lot to keep you active throughout the day, and also born out stress. Sugar cane when consumed has been found to improve mud, and its also a taste enhancer (stimulating the taste buds), especially during illness. As a biochemist, i would prefer an arms length of sugar cane, than being served shawarma or pizza or even burger to prep me for a hard day's job.

Researched and compiled by el'tahir...
(information sourced from wikipedia).