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Can T[emoji638]s Eat Honey?

SaskiaKC

SaskiaKC

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A friend just told me I can eat honey. Friend is not diabetic but has a daughter who is a nurse. I just Googled my question but only got a Google AI "answer." I also searched "honey" here and got nothing. So I thought I would ask real people. So, can we or can't we?
 
Honey is just liquid sugar, it depends on your dietary choices if you decide to eat it or not. Slathered all over something probably not, i definitely wouldn’t. I do use honey very occasionally but very sparingly. Such as half a teaspoon in a salad dressing that is going to serve 6-8 people

You are right not to trust AI :)
 
lovinglife said:
Honey is just liquid sugar, it depends on your dietary choices if you decide to eat it or not. Slathered all over something probably not, i definitely wouldn’t. I do use honey very occasionally but very sparingly. Such as half a teaspoon in a salad dressing that is going to serve 6-8 people

You are right not to trust AI :)
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Thank you.
 
SaskiaKC said:
A friend just told me I can eat honey.
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Hi @SaskiaKC I eat honey a couple of times a month about 1/2 a tee-spoon each time tastes great with Greek full fat yoghurt or full fat cream as part of a breakfast or desert.

The argument, as far as I know it, :bookworm:
Honey contains a high amount of fructose making it much sweeter than sugar meaning you can use less.
The fructose is metabolized mostly in the liver = a slower and lower blood Glucose spike compared to sugar.
Honey contains beneficial antioxidants and enzymes which have anti-inflammatory effects.
An anti-inflammatory diet is one way to help tackle the effects of insulin resistance, which causes inflammation.

Over all there are benefits to honey.
I don't believe they outweigh the detrimental effect if over used.

I think as with most things it comes down to how it effects you individually. Do you have a way of eating honey and testing how it effects your BG levels?
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SaskiaKC said:
A friend just told me I can eat honey.
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Are you trying to keep down to a certain number of carbs? If so, how many will influence whether you want to eat honey or not. I am trying to keep to 10-20g carbs a day so all sugar is off the menu for me. Some argue that fructose is worse for our health than other sugars BECAUSE it is processed by the liver.
 
Thanks, everyone.
I don't actually even like honey, but I had heard that it's less bad for us than sugar. I'm not gonna throw my bottle away; thank goodness honey keeps forever, so if I get a craving for something sweet it'll be here to have myself half a teaspoonful.
 
SaskiaKC said:
A friend just told me I can eat honey. Friend is not diabetic but has a daughter who is a nurse. I just Googled my question but only got a Google AI "answer." I also searched "honey" here and got nothing. So I thought I would ask real people. So, can we or can't we?
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Be wary of anything coming from an AI. Unreliable.

You can eat anything: you may not like the impact it has on your BG. It's just another sugar. Depends on what you're aiming for and he impct it has on you, which might not be the same as anyone else.

Personally I wouldn't eat (eg) bread and honey on account of the sugars/carbs in both the bread and the honey. But that's my choice.
 
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