Monday, September 28, 2009
Too much of anything is bad for you and this is where the issue is a problem for
white sugar. The Western diet now contains pounds and pounds of sweeteners (this
includes white sugar, high fructose corn syrup, glucose syrup, dextrose, honey, maple syrup and other edible syrups). As of 1999 Americans were consuming just over 147 pounds of these sweeteners per year!
Replacing honey for white sugar is really no better for you, for instance. In fact, a
tablespoon of honey has 64 calories and a tablespoon of granulated sugar only 49 calories.
The honey might be better for you than the granulated sugar (there’s really no scientific proof that it is) but it still has more calories.
There is no difference as far as your body is concerned between more refined sugars and more natural products (table sugar vs. honey, for example). Calories are calories and the way to eat healthier is to eat fewer calories.
