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so I had another question from someone

that wanted to know is honey a better

substitute for sugar let’s talk about

that

well regular table sugar refined sugar

is a 50/50 split between fructose and

glucose honey

is 60% fructose and 40% of glucose so it

has more fructose and the rationale that

people use that honey is better than

sugar for a diabetic it’s not going to

affect your blood sugars is because it’s

high in fructose and fructose on the

glycemic index is 19 so it’s very very

low so you’re thinking well it must be

okay but here’s the problem that glucose

goes directly to your liver and your

liver is the organ that has to deal with

it all the other cells in the body can

metabolize glucose but the liver has to

metabolize fructose and this is the

problem so fructose is very damaging on

the liver and it does create insulin

resistance and it does cause a fatty

liver and so no honey is not a good

substitute for sugar the benefits of

honey have to do with the antioxidants

and some of the vitamins and the

phytonutrients that can help people with

allergies and also it can decrease the

complications from diabetes because

vitamins protect the cells but it’s not

an alternative substitute for sugar and

I don’t recommend it and as a side note

because our environment is becoming more

polluted especially with insecticides

okay like glyphosate as in GMOs okay

you’re seeing a decrease in honeybees I

mean recently it’s like 40% less than it

was several years ago and the problem is

one-third of all of our food is

dependent on bees for pollination and

pollen is a fertilization agent to allow

the plant to become more fertile and

give off seeds so we need these bees but

we don’t need the honey all right thanks

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