Is Honey OK to eat?!
Question: I am type 2 and I was told honey is ok. Is this true?
Thanks, Willie
Answers: I am type 2 and I was told honey is ok. Is this true?
Thanks, Willie
Hi Willie!! one teaspoon of honey will send my glucose to the moon!! The same as sugar will.
You can eat it if you can get away with it. Nothing is forbidden. We can eat most anything we want. However, we need to be very moderate in the amounts of some things we eat.
Anything with any "sugar" content in it at all is to be taken with great care. Honey has a high sugar content.
yeah honey is ok since it contains
Water 17%
Natural Sugars 79.5%
Fructose 38%
Dextrose 31%
Maltose 7.3%
Sucrose 1.3%
Other Sugars 1.5%
and these generally do not contribute to SUGAR LOAD
all the best
Hi Willie. Visit www.highonlife.co.za and understand what honey and other carbs do to blood glucose levels. The glycemic load (GL) explain the percentage blood glucose raising effect after consuming these different foods.
1 Honey as Good as Another
Effect on Blood Sugar About Same for Different Types of Honey
By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Medical NewsAug. 24, 2006 -- One honey is as good as another -- at least as far as glucose content is concerned.
That's the finding of San Diego State University researchers who investigated claims that some honeys have a better glycemic index than others.
Glycemic index is a measure of a food's effects on blood sugar. Foods with a high glycemic index -- starchy foods, for example -- aren't good for people with diabetesdiabetes, or for people trying to lose weight.
Jennifer Ilana Ischayek, RD, and Mark Kern, PhD, RD, analyzed four kinds of honey. They looked at buckwheat honey from Oregon, clover honey from Oregon, cotton honey from California, and tupelo honey from Florida.
Unlike some earlier studies, they compared apples to apples -- that is, they made sure each honey sample contained the same amount of carbohydrates.
They found very little difference in the honeys' glycemic indices. They ranged from 69.13 to 74.14. All were very close to table sugar's glycemic index of 68.
However, Ischayek and Kern suggest that honey is probably better for you than table sugar. They note that it's sweeter, so you can use less and thus consume fewer calories. And, they say, honey has healthful antioxidant and prebiotic properties.
The study, funded by the National Honey Board, appears in the August issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
It seems like it may be lower than sugar on the glycaemic index but it's not like a free food and should definitely be counted in your intake.
I'm type1 and I've had to use honey on the odd hypo ...it's pretty effective at raising blood sugars even if it's not as fast as glucose (c;
Sweeteners are divided into two categories
nutritive and nonnutritive.
Nutritive means that the sweetener contains some type of nutritional value such as carbohydrates, calories or small amounts of vitamins or minerals.
Nonnutritive means that the sweetener is basically calorie-free and doesn't contribute to the nutritional value of the diet.
Nonnutritive sweeteners include saccharin (found in Sweet'n Low), aspartame (found in NutraSweet or Equal), acesulfame-K (found in Sunett) and sucralose (the newest artificial sweetener on the market, found in Splenda). These "sugar substitutes" may help people with diabetes decrease total carbohydrate intake.
For more information on diabetes
visit http://www.reddiabetes.com
Nutritive sweeteners include sugar, corn syrup and other corn sweeteners, fructose, dextrose, honey, lactose, concentrated fruit juice, and sugar alcohols (such as sorbitol, mannitol and xylitol; often found in sugar-free gum or candy). These sweeteners do not cause blood sugar levels to rise any more than similar amounts of carbohydrates in complex starches, such as breads, cereal and pasta. The total amount of carbohydrates in a food is the key, not the amount of sugar.
Honey and fructose are both nutritive sweeteners; both contain carbohydrates and calories and can be eaten by people with diabetes, but, as with any carbohydrate-containing food, larger amounts may raise blood sugar levels. High levels of fructose have been known to cause diarrhea and may, in fact, raise the levels of blood fats.
Since each person reacts differently to foods containing carbohydrates, your best way of determining the sweetener that's right for you is to test your blood sugar levels before you eat and again two hours later. If you notice a significant increase when you use honey or fructose, try a nonnutritive sweetener instead. This can be a complicated process, and I encourage you to find a registered dietitian in your area who specializes in diabetes to help you plan a diet that meets your individual needs.
NO Honey is sugar.