Is it worth being sweet
The perils of sweetness
Sugar is one of the most underrated addictions in the world. As consumers in the US alone, billions of pounds in sugar is consumed. 11 billion metric tons to be precise for the year 2020–21. Thats a lot of sugar!
“Fructose is one of the most dangerous food components you can put into your body, partly because it’s metabolized by your liver just like alcohol.”
Sugar
According to health.gov , “sugar does not provide nutrients — such as vitamins, minerals or protein — even though many people think of it as a carbohydrate.”
“Honey is approximately 82% sugar, 17% water and 1% other ingredients such as vitamins, minerals, proteins, acids and enzymes. The primary sugars in honey are fructose (38%), glucose (31%) and sucrose (1%). Fructose and glucose make up approximately 85 percent of total sugars.”
Honey, therefore, is around 85 percent sugar; this equates to over half of the amount of sugar found in a can (355 mL) of Coca-Cola. The 35 grams of sugar found in one tablespoon (15mL) of honey is almost three times more than recommended for women and almost four times more than recommended for men.
“When you eat sugar, it gets turned into fat inside your body,” stated Dr. Joseph Mercola. “For example, after one 20-ounce…
