Honey vs Sugar in my morning Oatmeal
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honey has sugar in it ...they are one in the same..
use whatever fits into your goals for the day.0 -
Keep in mind that 90% of commercial honey isn't even real honey anymore though... so unless you buy the local stuff, it's probably the same.
My Target-brand honey, which is decidedly not local, is labeled "Pure Honey" and apparently doesn't even need an ingredients list because it is labeled as such. No CS, HF or otherwise, in there, as far as I can tell.
Is Target lying to me? (I would have bought the local stuff, but it was all gone...)0 -
Keep in mind that 90% of commercial honey isn't even real honey anymore though... so unless you buy the local stuff, it's probably the same.
My Target-brand honey, which is decidedly not local, is labeled "Pure Honey" and apparently doesn't even need an ingredients list because it is labeled as such. No CS, HF or otherwise, in there, as far as I can tell.
Is Target lying to me? (I would have bought the local stuff, but it was all gone...)
"Pure" according to the u.s. gov means the food has one ingredient. Most likely your honey is all honey and nothing else.0 -
Keep in mind that 90% of commercial honey isn't even real honey anymore though... so unless you buy the local stuff, it's probably the same.
I call humbug.
http://www.beekeeping.com/articles/us/honey_quality.htm
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beemerphile1 wrote: »Raw honey will have some nutrients that granulated white sugar does not have ....
Yeah, and it may also be contaminated with botulism.0 -
It does help to know the beekeeper. My local honey guy has deals with farmers and places his hives in various orchards and fields to help the farmers get a better fertilization rate. The honey guy then knows where his bees have been and the honey takes on the flavor of the pollen they have been collecting. My favorite is his pumpkin honey which has a slight pumpkin taste to it. Also his chokecherry honey which is a touch sweet-sour. If his bees have been all over or he can't distinguish the pollen, it goes under the generic heading "wildflower" which is the majority of what his bees produce.0
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chivalryder wrote: »However, 1.5 tsp of sugar is 3g and 1.5 tsp of honey is 10.5g, so the actual amount of micro nutrients you are receiving is negligible.
This is what I see as the key point. It makes no difference.
Personally, I prefer it with just berries or bananas and without any sweetener. (The fruit adds more calories than some sugar would, but I like bigger breakfasts anyway.) If I'm going to add something with a little sweetener my personal choice currently is a vanilla whey protein (and the berries), which has the added benefit of, well, protein.0 -
chivalryder wrote: »Well...
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So, yes, honey is significantly healthier for you than granulated sugar.
However, 1.5 tsp of sugar is 3g and 1.5 tsp of honey is 10.5g, so the actual amount of micro nutrients you are receiving is negligible.
Source: http://nutritiondata.self.com/
Thanks for the nutritional comparison.
Weight to volume comparison is incorrect.
1.5 teaspoons honey weighs 10.62 grams.
1.5 teaspoons granulated sugar weighs 6.75 grams.
Honey is a little heavier than sugar but not 3 1/2 times heavier.0 -
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OP--sorry--honey for me. Tastes better in oatmeal IMO. But maybe you'll like both.0
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Keep in mind that 90% of commercial honey isn't even real honey anymore though... so unless you buy the local stuff, it's probably the same.
This. I find local honey in the summer, at an insane price, and I always buy one container as a treat because I like the taste of it. But that's all it is-a taste preference thing.0 -
Sarasmaintaining wrote: »Keep in mind that 90% of commercial honey isn't even real honey anymore though... so unless you buy the local stuff, it's probably the same.
This. I find local honey in the summer, at an insane price, and I always buy one container as a treat because I like the taste of it. But that's all it is-a taste preference thing.
Really? I get it for about $8 a pint. I don't use it much (not a huge fan of the taste but I do use it in my whole wheat bread) so a pint lasts me all year.
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Sarasmaintaining wrote: »Keep in mind that 90% of commercial honey isn't even real honey anymore though... so unless you buy the local stuff, it's probably the same.
This. I find local honey in the summer, at an insane price, and I always buy one container as a treat because I like the taste of it. But that's all it is-a taste preference thing.
Really? I get it for about $8 a pint. I don't use it much (not a huge fan of the taste but I do use it in my whole wheat bread) so a pint lasts me all year.
Last year I think I spent $12 for a small container of local, raw honey and it did not last long lol.0 -
beemerphile1 wrote: »Raw honey will have some nutrients that granulated white sugar does not have ....
Yeah, and it may also be contaminated with botulism.
If you read the article, it says it can only have an effect on infants.0 -
Keep in mind that 90% of commercial honey isn't even real honey anymore though... so unless you buy the local stuff, it's probably the same.
I call humbug.
http://www.beekeeping.com/articles/us/honey_quality.htm
That's a European article.
This is a couple years old but heck
http://www.naturalnews.com/040520_honey_supermarkets_counterfeit_food.html0 -
Keep in mind that 90% of commercial honey isn't even real honey anymore though... so unless you buy the local stuff, it's probably the same.
I call humbug.
http://www.beekeeping.com/articles/us/honey_quality.htm
That's a European article.
This is a couple years old but heck
http://www.naturalnews.com/040520_honey_supermarkets_counterfeit_food.html
LOL@NaturalNews.
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FunkyTobias wrote: »Keep in mind that 90% of commercial honey isn't even real honey anymore though... so unless you buy the local stuff, it's probably the same.
I call humbug.
http://www.beekeeping.com/articles/us/honey_quality.htm
That's a European article.
This is a couple years old but heck
http://www.naturalnews.com/040520_honey_supermarkets_counterfeit_food.html
LOL@NaturalNews.
Haha well, yeah. I know. But it was based on other articles from other sources, so there's that.
I would love to find a more recent article though.0 -
Keep in mind that 90% of commercial honey isn't even real honey anymore though... so unless you buy the local stuff, it's probably the same.
I call humbug.
http://www.beekeeping.com/articles/us/honey_quality.htm
That's a European article.
This is a couple years old but heck
http://www.naturalnews.com/040520_honey_supermarkets_counterfeit_food.html
Then there is this: npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/11/25/142659547/relax-folks-it-really-is-honey-after-all
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FunkyTobias wrote: »Keep in mind that 90% of commercial honey isn't even real honey anymore though... so unless you buy the local stuff, it's probably the same.
I call humbug.
http://www.beekeeping.com/articles/us/honey_quality.htm
That's a European article.
This is a couple years old but heck
http://www.naturalnews.com/040520_honey_supermarkets_counterfeit_food.html
LOL@NaturalNews.
Haha well, yeah. I know. But it was based on other articles from other sources, so there's that.
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None of them reputable.
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Personally I prefer honey over sugar just because I think it tastes better. If I use sugar I will use brown sugar for the same reason. Maple syrup is another good sweetener option. I also use honey in my tea. There are also more trace minerals in honey that sugar doesn't have but I don't think it's a deciding factor.
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I tried using honey for my tea but wasn't really satisfied. I prefer brown sugar for flavor.
I do keep some honey around for recipes and for homemade scrubs.0 -
spacequiztime wrote: »I tried using honey for my tea but wasn't really satisfied. I prefer brown sugar for flavor.
I do keep some honey around for recipes and for homemade scrubs.
I prefer demerara sugar which is in between. Brown sugar is too strongly flavored for tea, as is honey, but the demerara gives a little extra richness compared to table sugar.
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Keep in mind that 90% of commercial honey isn't even real honey anymore though... so unless you buy the local stuff, it's probably the same.
I call humbug.
http://www.beekeeping.com/articles/us/honey_quality.htm
That's a European article.
This is a couple years old but heck
http://www.naturalnews.com/040520_honey_supermarkets_counterfeit_food.html
Then there is this: npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/11/25/142659547/relax-folks-it-really-is-honey-after-all
Ok well that would be nice. I wish there were more reputable links though, it's hard to know what to believe...0 -
spacequiztime wrote: »I tried using honey for my tea but wasn't really satisfied. I prefer brown sugar for flavor.
I do keep some honey around for recipes and for homemade scrubs.
Oooh, I never thought to use brown sugar in my tea, going to try that next time
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Keep in mind that 90% of commercial honey isn't even real honey anymore though... so unless you buy the local stuff, it's probably the same.
I call humbug.
http://www.beekeeping.com/articles/us/honey_quality.htm
That's a European article.
This is a couple years old but heck
http://www.naturalnews.com/040520_honey_supermarkets_counterfeit_food.html
Then there is this: npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/11/25/142659547/relax-folks-it-really-is-honey-after-all
Ok well that would be nice. I wish there were more reputable links though, it's hard to know what to believe...
Considering it was a direct rebuttal to the "Food Safety News" article claiming that grocery store honey isn't really honey and, to quote from the article "We talked to honey companies, academic experts, and one of the world's top honey laboratories in Germany. The closer we looked, the more misleading the story in Food Safety News seemed" it seems to have a little more authority than the original article.
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I prefer honey for the taste
Maple syrup (not the fake kind!) is also really good in oatmeal. 0 -
I prefer brown sugar. I put two tablespoons in my oatmeal the other day and it was great. I don't think I'd like honey as much. It's up to you; I don't consider one better than the other. Depends on your goals. If you are simply trying to lose weight just monitor your calories for the day as usual!0
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I use agave nectar. I always assumed it was healthier that white sugar. I'm going to look into it in more detail now.
Eta I compared 8g of each. 26 cals in nectar compared to 28 in the honey. 6.2g carbs in nectar compared to 8g in honey.
For the record I love golden syrup in my oats but not enough to use so many calories.0 -
Karen_libert wrote: »I use agave nectar. I always assumed it was healthier that white sugar. I'm going to look into it in more detail now.
Eta I compared 8g of each. 26 cals in nectar compared to 28 in the honey. 6.2g carbs in nectar compared to 8g in honey.
For the record I love golden syrup in my oats but not enough to use so many calories.
Agave nectar has a profile similar to HFCS, just a little higher in fructose.
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