While household sugar is often demonized, honey is perceived as a healthy natural product.
Is that true or is it a persistent myth?
White
table sugar
has a pretty bad image: artificial, unhealthy and fattening foods.
That is why more and more people with a sweet tooth are turning to alternative sweeteners from coconut blossom sugar * to syrup and syrup.
Many people like to use
honey
instead of table sugar
for sweetening
- on the assumption that the sweet natural product is healthier than refined sugar.
But is that true?
Honey instead of sugar for sweetening: is it healthier?
Unfortunately we have to disappoint you. There is little difference between the two sweeteners, so honey isn't really any healthier than table sugar. It consists of around 80 percent sugar (
fructose and glucose
) and 20 percent water. For comparison: with 302 kcal / 100 g honey has slightly fewer calories than white sugar with 400 kcal / 100 g. After all: Since the proportion of fructose in honey is slightly higher than in sugar,
honey
tastes
sweeter
- This means that you need less of it to sweeten food.
Still, that doesn't make him healthy.
Firstly, the fructose it contains stimulates the appetite, and secondly, honey damages teeth just like sugar: Due to its sticky consistency, it sticks to them even longer than granulated sugar and can thus promote tooth decay.
So honey should be consumed in moderation, as should table sugar.
Also read:
Without sugar: Those with a sweet tooth will still be happy with these variants.
Tip: baking with honey
If you want to replace sugar with honey when baking, note that honey contains up to 20 percent water.
Therefore, other amounts of liquid in the recipe must be reduced and the baking time should be shorter.
The purported healing powers of honey: you should know that
And when it comes to the positive effects of honey, you shouldn't overdo them.
Honey only contains tiny amounts of
vitamins, minerals, and anti-inflammatory enzymes
, according to the magazine of the Academy for Sport and Health.
The sad truth: The much touted hot milk with honey is actually ineffective, as these anti-inflammatory enzymes in honey become ineffective from 40 degrees Celsius.
The same is true if you sweeten your hot tea with honey.
But: Honey can still provide relief for coughs and hoarseness: Let a spoonful of pure honey dissolve very slowly on your tongue.
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