honey how annoying

allaboutthecake

Skinny Bees + sucking down on skinny flowers = less sugar in their poop = lower calorie honey.

There ya go....

Oi_Sunshine

Skinny Bees + sucking down on skinny flowers = less sugar in their poop = lower calorie honey.

There ya go....

Honey isn't bee poop. It's more like vomit. Yummy yummy bee vomit. I eat it with a spoon.

lynn1982

Just eat the honey. Bees work really hard to make it so yummy. Peanut butter would be lonely without it and so would ma heart.

I love this response.

RLMsFitnessPal

If you can get it, I think locally produced honey sold at a farmers' market would be your best bet.

Honey is sugary because the nectar bees use to make honey is a sugar. That's not going to change no matter the source. That's just the way it is. I think demonizing sugar is silly. Like all foods, eat it in moderation, and you should be fine. A health condition like diabetes would be about the only exception, but let your doctor make that determination.

The big benefit of locally produced honey is that it can help a person build immunity to local allergens. I don't know if store bought processed honey has added sugar, but local honey doesn't have added sugar so far as I know. I'd consider that fact a secondary health benefit.

Jessie24330

She said that there are 68 calories in 20 g of honey, not that she only needed 20 g of honey. She probably just stated it that way because that is how it is listed on the nutrition label. I only have one recipe for sauce with honey and it uses 1/2 a cup which is around 500 calories and even divided among four people, that is a significant amount of calories. That would by why I haven't make said recipe in a long time even though it is one of our family's favorites.

Myhaloslipped

LOL @ using prunes instead of honey to save 20 calories

That could be a sticky situation!

PennyVonDread

If its low calorie honey, it isn't honey. It would have to be artificial. I've seen recipes for sugar free maple syrup, but never honey.

All the foods that are bad for you are high in calories.

Honey isn't bad for you

Thank you. Antioxidants and natural sugars courtesy of nature? Yes, please. Get it local and it's supporting local farmers, contributing less transportation related pollution, fair trade, and unrefined. Cool. I use honey sticks to fuel me when running more than 6 miles. It's not bad for you. It's just an energy source.

allaboutthecake

Skinny Bees + sucking down on skinny flowers = less sugar in their poop = lower calorie honey.

There ya go....

Honey isn't bee poop. It's more like vomit. Yummy yummy bee vomit. I eat it with a spoon.

:laugh: :laugh: Regurgitation should take even MORE calories out of a skinny bulimic bee!!!

demorelli

While it's high in sugar, honey is amazing for you. Raw honey is even better for you. It's more calories per gram since there's no water added (honey companies won't tell you they add water, but if it's sold in the grocery store and flows like syrup, it's been heated and watered down), but it's so much stronger a flavor that you won't need to use as much. Find out about local honey farms, they'll sell the best quality raw honey. I'm lucky to live a few blocks from a local honey farm owned and run by my state's leading bee expert.

myfitnesspale3

Use half the honey in the sauce. And then one fourth the next time. Eventually you will get used to not having the honey at all.

Seriously - excellent technique.

Eudoxy

If you can get it, I think locally produced honey sold at a farmers' market would be your best bet.

Honey is sugary because the nectar bees use to make honey is a sugar. That's not going to change no matter the source. That's just the way it is. I think demonizing sugar is silly. Like all foods, eat it in moderation, and you should be fine. A health condition like diabetes would be about the only exception, but let your doctor make that determination.

The big benefit of locally produced honey is that it can help a person build immunity to local allergens. I don't know if store bought processed honey has added sugar, but local honey doesn't have added sugar so far as I know. I'd consider that fact a secondary health benefit.

I have tree and grass allergies, the local honey sounded good to me but I never noticed it helping. I later read somewhere that it was a myth; honey is made from flower pollen which doesn't generally cause allergies. Claritin helps.

jmv7117

If its low calorie honey, it isn't honey. It would have to be artificial. I've seen recipes for sugar free maple syrup, but never honey.

All the foods that are bad for you are high in calories.

:noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway:

jmv7117

So annoyed I never realized how many calories were in such a small amount of honey.

Been making a sauce for dinner tonight to discover there's 68 calories in 20g of honey, I am surprised but not to the point I need to re make another sauce tonight but tomorrow will adapt to make a healthier sauce.

Anyone know a low calorie honey?
I'm in Australia

Honey is a natural product so the answer to your question is no.

ils_1231

If you are using 20g honey at 68cal in your sauce. I imaging you are making at least a 4 serving sauce...so 68 divided by 4 is so minimal its barely worth worrying about...enjoy it.

i was just going to post that the OP would not be eating the entire 20g but would be divvied up!

jkwolly

If its low calorie honey, it isn't honey. It would have to be artificial. I've seen recipes for sugar free maple syrup, but never honey.

All the foods that are bad for you are high in calories.

You have a very demonizing view on food. It's pretty sad.

Totally agree

Bumping this response. The initial response is at best a dangerous one.

Still waiting..........

KarenJanine

LOL @ using prunes instead of honey to save 20 calories

That could be a sticky situation!

I hope we're not heading into pantastrophe territory again!

OP: eat your honey. If you're looking for something with fewer calories then you could try an sugar substitute like Stevia but it most definitely will not taste as good.

civilizedworm

You could try agave.

I think agave's slightly lower in cals per serving.

AllOutof_Bubblegum

If its low calorie honey, it isn't honey. It would have to be artificial. I've seen recipes for sugar free maple syrup, but never honey.

All the foods that are bad for you are high in calories.

No foods are bad for you. Calories are not "bad". They are fuel. The way you ingest them and to what extent you moderate them is what makes it "good" or "bad".

MysteriousMerlin

All the foods that are bad for you are high in calories.

is that a joke or????

Yeah...I actually snorted at that. Like, whaaaaaaa?

eggomylegos

All the foods that are bad for you are high in calories.

OP - If you want honey (and have not been instructed to avoid it by a doctor), fit it into your caloric intake for the day. Eat the real thing.

whitebalance

I eat my peas with honey... I've done it all my life.
It does taste kinda funny, but it keeps them on the knife.





... What? It makes more sense than "All the foods that are bad for you are high in calories."