Honey is not a healthy product, how it is represented for the past many centuries. In fact, it is even worse than sugar, according to nutritionists from the UK.
Traditional refined sugar (sucrose) is processed by our body in insulin, which is produced by the pancreas. Honey is 55% fructose, or fruit sugar, which is metabolized by the liver. Despite this difference, our bodies still react to honey the same way as regular sugar. So talk about the benefits of honey based on nothing.
The level of sugar in blood after consumption of honey increases, and this causes the pancreas to produce insulin, which leads to the fact that the body begins to store fat and gain weight. By eating excessive amounts of foods that contain fructose, the person is at risk of becoming a victim of obesity, heart disease and liver. The probability of this is exactly the same as when you eat foods with plain sugar.
Other studies have shown that fructose takes the minerals necessary for our body. In addition, honey is saturated with calories, and there are more of them than regular sugar. So in a teaspoon of honey, which you can buy in the store, contains 22 calories and a teaspoon of sugar is 16. Many people who are changing the sugar to honey, add it in yogurt and herbal teas, sincerely believing that consuming less fat. In fact, they eat more of them. So what is the use of honey?
Unlike natural raw honey straight from the apiary, the one that is sold in the store contains small amounts of useful vitamins and minerals such as Niacin, Riboflavin, thiamin and vitamin B6. To store their honey only 2%. It is known that honey is harmful to teeth, because it often causes in children, the destruction of tooth enamel and leads to caries.
Harmful honey for skin is glucose, fructose and carbohydrates contained in this product, damage the collagen. Added sugar has no nutritional benefits. In the UK is considered safe if the amount of sugar in the daily diet of the person is not more than 10% (50 grams or 12.5 teaspoons per day for women, 70 grams and 17.5 teaspoons a day for men). However, the experts of the world health organization recommends to reduce the amount of added sugar to 6 teaspoons a day.
