Next Time You Cut Yourself While Cooking, Here’s Why Doctors Say You Should Pour Sugar On The Wound

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Specifically, table sugar comes from sucrose, a natural substance found in plants. Within sucrose are fructose and glucose molecules. The body can break up sucrose, mining it for glucose that’s turned into energy right away. So, when you eat a bit of sugar, you provide your body with an instant boost of power.

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