Both are gotten from natural sources, right?
2006-07-29 10:55:06 · 10 answers · asked by ? 4 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
refined sugar from beeds is almost pure sucrose and there is nothing else in it. It has calories but no nutrition. Also - this type of sugar is digested by bacteria on your teeth and from those processes you can get cavities.
Honey - is a mix of a number of various "sugars", fructose, glucose a bit of sucrose and a few others. Furthermore all kinds of remains from the bee-honey production are in there. Some pollen, lots of enzymes and lots of other substances.
Some substances whic are in honey can kill bacteria or they have other benefits.
Our ancestors knew that for a long time and they were using using honey for example in tee to help cure a cold.
And after all - honey has a real good taste. White sugar is pretty boring, only sweet.
Maybe one more remark: The "beter" honey is the one which is the least processed. Meaning - that there was no heat treatment.
Some honeys - for reasons of cheaper production - have been received by mercilyless heating the honeycomb. The heat destroys a lot of the substances in honey and it becomes a "boring" plain mix of sugars.
So the much "healthier" or better honey is the one which is not using heat in prodcution.
You recognize that honey - it will crystalize faster than the other one.
2006-07-29 11:36:18 · answer #1 · answered by spaceskating_girl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
refined sugar has all of the nutrients taken out of during the process. honey is pretty natural and is not processed as much. you could get a better quality honey called Royal Jelly from health food stores that has more nutrients and vitamins than normal honey. it's the food they feed the Queen that makes her live for 7 years. if you have a sweet tooth, eat fruit. for a natural sweetener that is high in fiber, and is healthy, try Stevia as well. you can buy it at health food stores in powder or extract form. good luck.
2006-07-29 10:58:58 · answer #2 · answered by itskind2bcruel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't. Refined sugar comes from sources other than beets (sugar cane) but the chemical composition is so close there is no practical difference.
2006-07-29 10:59:22 · answer #3 · answered by DelK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For some strange reason this cabi told me, my sister, and my mother that the best way to cure asthsma is to use honey. It worked. This is no lie. I used to be weezy a lot. My sister didn't take the honey and she now still deals with asthma.
Not sure if it works for everyone.
2006-07-29 11:08:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honey has already been digested by bees so its easier on our stomachs and better for us. Sugar is bleached to look nice and thats all i know
2006-07-29 10:59:04 · answer #5 · answered by Jess 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honey is natural
2006-07-29 11:38:54 · answer #6 · answered by kayef57 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well all i know is that honey is a naturel medicine and it can heal colds and sore throughts. like antibiotics except organic and cheaper.
2006-07-29 11:00:29 · answer #7 · answered by Diet and fitness freak 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because your liver processes it much easier.
2006-07-29 11:04:16 · answer #8 · answered by tiger_skratch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doubt if there is any big difference
2006-07-29 10:57:59 · answer #9 · answered by robert w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
beets me! HAHAHA GET IT "BEETS"
2006-07-29 10:58:29 · answer #10 · answered by green person 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋