Honey v sugar

[Merlin5]

How much healthier if at all, is honey? In my porridge, I've stopped putting sugar in and have been squeezing dollops of Rowse clear honey with a hint of cinnamon.

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=284845510

But typical value per 100g of honey: Carbohydrate 81.5g of which sugars are 80.8g.

That doesn't sound too healthy? That seems to be the same amount of sugar for all honey.

Honey tastes very nice, but if it's no better than sugar, than I might as well go back to sugar as it tastes even better to me in porridge.

 

[D.P.]

No healthier at all really but tastes nice.

 

[Guerrilla]

There really is little difference health wise, if you were to get raw honey there may be a small amount of nutrients in there but doubt it'd be much.

 

[dacads]

Honey is healthy

Does sugar help coughs?

 

[Fuggan]

The main difference is that honey is (depending on the brand) regarded as a 'natural' product, whereas sugar is man-made, processed.

I had the same question a while ago and did a bit of reading about it, this is the link I used: http://www.hiveandhoneyapiary.com/honeyvssugar.html

 

[BennyC]

Honey is healthy

Does sugar help coughs?

Honey is sugar, so yes, yes it does

 

[arknor]

you need to buy raw honey not processed crap

most the money in supermarkets is not the same as honey from bees.

if it's had the pollen removed it's crap

 

[dacads]

you need to buy raw honey not processed crap

most the money in supermarkets is not the same as honey from bees.

if it's had the pollen removed it's crap

this, supermarket you can get cheap stuff for under £5 but the real deal seems to be around £15 and probably even dearer.

 

[Cosimo]

Honey is healthy

Does sugar help coughs?

Depends on how much of the stuff you stick down your throat.

 

[arknor]

mix the sugar into a watery liquid instead of a solid and no doubt it coats your throat just as good as honey.

if the pollen etc from honey is removed it's basically sterilised sugar with all the good stuff killed off

 

[uniQ]

Honey is less processed but also contains slightly more calories per teaspoon. Nutritionally they're much of a muchness.

 

[Merlin5]

The main difference is that honey is (depending on the brand) regarded as a 'natural' product, whereas sugar is man-made, processed.

I had the same question a while ago and did a bit of reading about it, this is the link I used: http://www.hiveandhoneyapiary.com/honeyvssugar.html

Good link. There's enough facts in there that shows honey is quite a bit more beneficial than sugar.

 

[Edinho]

Golden Syrup for me with walnuts, pecans and ginger. Yum yum.