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[ironfistx]

Many people say honey is really good for you but it's basically completely sugar.  Are we supposed to have it or would it serve us more efficiently to stay away from it?

[joelcairo]

It's not completely sugar. Honey has a lot of interesting nutrients in it such as chrysin. But yes it's primarily sugar, and excessive sugar is a significant poison in our diet. Better to limit honey and take a propolis supplement instead, IMO.

[sativa]

With balance factored in, honey is fine. Ensure its real genuine honey and not HFCS or glucose syrup etc...

[Believer]

Sugar is not bad. Read the studies and don't be a mindless robot following fads.

But if you really want to remove the sugar you can simply use yeast fermentation. Takes a short while and then you got yourself everything but sugar.

[Nate-2004]

Sugar, Honey, and HFCS are all to one degree or another the exact same chemical structure containing more fructose than glucose. Sugar has about 60 different names. It all has the same problems from the impact on cognition, to the impact on blood sugar and resulting glycation, to the impact on insulin sensitivity, fat storage and other dysfunctions. 

 

Best bet is to avoid it, but good luck with that, I have a hard time doing it as do most people.

[dazed1]

Sugar, Honey, and HFCS are all to one degree or another the exact same chemical structure containing more fructose than glucose. Sugar has about 60 different names. It all has the same problems from the impact on cognition, to the impact on blood sugar and resulting glycation, to the impact on insulin sensitivity, fat storage and other dysfunctions. 

 

Best bet is to avoid it, but good luck with that, I have a hard time doing it as do most people.

 

Ok, what will be the visual - visible effects of someone using lots of sugar in their diet?

[Nate-2004]

Glad to see that ill informed people think I'm ill informed but sugar, especially enough fructose to spike the blood sugar beyond the point that insulin can handle it, is what leads to glycation and the formation of crosslinks that produce collagen and elastase disrupting glucosepane and pentosidine in the extracellular matrix. I really shouldn't have to link to references for this stuff, it's some of the most basic knowledge on the causes of aging.

 

https://www.healthli...-sugar#section5

 

It's all some variation on fructose and glucose, regardless of how it's made or what people call it.

 

Honey, Agave, Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, sucrose, it's all the same variation on sugar with more or less fructose.

 

You'll see on that link above that plain corn syrup is pure glucose. Glucose isn't that sweet but it is what our body uses for energy, not fructose.

 

Here is more info:

 

 

 

Edited by Nate-2004, 12 February 2018 - 02:41 PM.

[Jiminy Glick]

I don't really know honey, what do you think sugar?

[dazed1]

Glad to see that ill informed people think I'm ill informed but sugar, especially enough fructose to spike the blood sugar beyond the point that insulin can handle it, is what leads to glycation and the formation of crosslinks that produce collagen and elastase disrupting glucosepane and pentosidine in the extracellular matrix. I really shouldn't have to link to references for this stuff, it's some of the most basic knowledge on the causes of aging.

 

https://www.healthli...-sugar#section5

 

It's all some variation on fructose and glucose, regardless of how it's made or what people call it.

 

Honey, Agave, Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, sucrose, it's all the same variation on sugar with more or less fructose.

 

You'll see on that link above that plain corn syrup is pure glucose. Glucose isn't that sweet but it is what our body uses for energy, not fructose.

 

Here is more info:

 

 

 

Ok, can you please answer me? would eating many fruits damage your health, and how can one notice it? will he gain fat or?