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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr Bilal" data-source="post: 374701" data-attributes="member: 67939">Hello all,as previously mentioned, the subject of honey is very debatable and there is a lot of research going on right now. The problem with honey is that it has a lot of cultural and religious significance, and for that matter a lot of people take it as a curative potion and the other lot doesn't accept it because of its religious/cultural background. The problem is that both of these two opposing groups don't have much scientific evidence to prove their believes. First of all honey is very variable depending on where it is made and from what flowers it is made. Different origins have different contents and different levels of glucose and fructose. Glucose is ofcourse the major concern in diabetes mellitus. There are honeys that are particularly low in their glucose content, for example Acacia honey.Coming back to the topic, what we know so far from scientific trials in various parts of the world is that honey doesn't raise the blood sugar levels after lunch as much as sucrose (sugar) does. Bangladeshi honey was found to raise blood sugar levels upto 9 mmol in the first 2 hrs after lunch in diabetics whereas same amount of sucrose raised them to 11 mmol. In another study honey also lowered the lipids like LDL in the blood which reduces complications in the longer run, this study however revealed an increase in HbA1c of patients after 3 months. So what I advise my patients currently is to use honey if they want to, on a daily basis, but in very modest amounts</blockquote>

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