Honey vs. Sugar?

**Honey vs. Sugar

I'm sure from reading my posts, you already know my
stance that artificial sweeteners are pretty much one
of the most evil things you can put in your body.

This leaves many people confused about what to use
to sweeten their tea and other food and drink.

First of all, the less of any sweetener you can use,
the better... if you can slowly over time adjust your
taste buds to enjoy the natural taste of foods and
drinks without the need for heavily sweetening them,
you'll see many benefits for your body.

However, this leaves the question... If I really want
to at least use a little sweetener, should I use sugar
or honey?

The easy answer is that honey is better for you than
refined sugar. Keep in mind that they are both calorie
dense and eating large amounts of honey will still
make you deposit body fat.

However, refined sugar is a "negative" nutrient...it's
literally devoid of nutrition and using it actually
makes your body use up stored nutrients to process it.

Honey on the other hand has many beneficial nutrients,
enzymes, and antioxidants... raw honey is best as
typical honey processing destroys many of the enzymes
and antioxidants that give the benefits.  I won't use
any honey other than raw honey. You can find raw honey
at certain health food stores or online at:

http://healthygrassfed.2ya.com (left menu condiments)

Also, honey has been shown in several studies to
improve the body's ability to process glucose,
whereas refined sugar negatively affects your body's
ability to process glucose over time.

In fact, I don't use refined sugar for anything at all.
It's either raw honey, pure maple syrup (not fake corn
syrup), or stevia for all of my sweetening needs. 
Those are better choices than processed sugar or
artificial sweeteners.

Til next time...

Don't be lazy, be lean.

Jorma Persson
http://vur.me/jorma/EODD