Originally Posted by Jemima
Honey isn't a simple sugar. Here's a quote from one of my favorite books on herbalism, Herbal Antibiotics by Stephen Harrad Buhner:
"Honey, often insisted to be just another simple carbohydrate....
So there.I won't belabor the issue, but since I looked it up...the dried weight of honey is 96% simple sugars. I guess I will leave it up to someone else to decide if it is metabolized differently or has health benefits that outweigh the risk, but it's mostly glucose and other simple sugars witht small amounts of other ingredients.
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