The natural fibers that are specific to the sugar cane help to slow down the absorption of the sugars and do not cause the sharp rise in blood sugar levels associated with refined sugar.
In contrast, refined sugar is devoid of nutrients and built-in enzyme systems that exist in naturally sweet foods. When we eat refined sugar, the body knows that it needs these minerals and the corresponding enzymes that are required by the human body to digest it. When these are not eaten along with the sugar, the body tries to adapt by pulling stored nutrients from its own bones and tissues. For example, when refined sugar is ingested in the absence of the calcium necessary to digest it, calcium is drawn out of the bones and tissues where it is stored. The depletion of calcium from the bones and tissues on a regular, or even daily basis weakens bones and leads to osteoporosis and other degenerative diseases. Doctors often recommend calcium supplements to prevent this depletion, however if body chemistry is not balanced properly, extra calcium in the body can be toxic.
White flour has an even worse effect on the body. It is literally nutritionally deadly and slowly kills you. If you tried to live off of white flour for 60 days, you would literally die. That’s because it lacks the healthy elements found in the whole wheat kernel. In addition to the B-vitamins niacin, riboflavin and thiamine, a whole wheat kernel contains two important fibers — bran and germ — that are necessary for its digestion. These health giving fibers and nutrients are stripped away from the whole wheat kernel during the refinement and bleaching process to make white flour, leading to a product that is so nutritionally depleted that manufacturers are required by federal law to add certain vitamins back in! That’s why we see the word “enriched” on our food labels. They take out nearly 100 vitamins and replace them with synthetic, minute quantities of iron, calcium, B vitamins and vitamin D. Enriched flour is enriched just enough to make sure it doesn’t kill you too quickly with obvious nutritional deficiencies. That way, most people don't notice that white flour is actually killing them by promoting chronic disease and illness.
Because those 100 vitamins, along with the fiber, are missing from white flour products, the body goes into its bones and tissues in an effort to pull stored nutrients that are required for digestion of wheat That’s why refined flour earns one of the top positions on my list of foods that cause nutrient deficiencies leading to upset body chemistry which results in degenerative diseases and obesity. Refined flour is a substance that was never meant to be in the body, and the same is true for refined sugar.