Isn't honey healthier than sugar?

Answer 1

Honey is a sweet and viscous fluid produced by honey bees from the nectar of flowers. "The definition of honey stipulates a pure product that does not allow for the addition of any other substance. This includes, but is not limited to, water or other sweeteners," according to the United States National Honey Board 2003 and other nations' food regulations. This article refers exclusively to the honey produced by honey bees (the genus Apis); honey produced by other bees or other insects has very different properties.


Honey is used for helping the paitent to build up some immunity to whatever they are allergic to.

Honey is also being used as a wound dressing in Australia because of its antimicrobial properties, sometimes working better than topical antibiotics against difficult to treat bacteria.

For a child under twelve months of age, there is a risk of botulism from eating honey and it should be avoided.

Sugar refers to sucrose (also called "table sugar" or "saccharose") — a white crystalline solid disaccharide. We most commonly use sucrose as their sugar of choice for altering the flavor and properties (such as mouthfeel, preservation, and texture) of beverages and food. Commercially-produced table sugar comes either from sugar-cane or from sugar-beet.

Rotting teeth once seemed the most prominent health hazard from the use of sugar, first the growth in the usage of rum (a sugar-cane derivative) and then the predominance of concerns about diabetes and obesity gradually came to prominence.

As Honey has anti-oxidants and has been shown to improve cholesterol and other blood lipid levels and some alternative medical practitioners use large doses of honey to relieve allergy symptoms.

Because of these anti-oxidants available in honey, we can that honey is the best choice for use as a sweetener.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Not really. Honey is largely a strong solution of sugars called fructose and glucose, which affect teeth only very slightly less than ordinary sugar (sucrose). There is nothing specially healthy about honey. The traces of micronutrients it contains are too small to make any significant contribution to our diet.

Answer 4

According to the Institute of Food Science and Technology honey is largely a strong solution of sugars called fructose and glucose, which affect teeth only very slightly less than ordinary sugar (sucrose). There is nothing especially healthy about honey. The traces of micronutrients it contains are too small to make any significant contribution to our diet.

Answer 5

yes honey is definitely better & healthier than sugar. Honey can also be used as several medication

Answer 6

Yes, try honey in your oat meal instead of sugar. Much better! p.s. The Ancient Egyptians use to use Honey on flesh wounds to prevent infections.

Answer 7

Well yes. Both honey and sugar have high chalories but honey has minerals and acts as a antis septic and so helps maintain health while sugar dose'nt.

Answer 8

No.

Honey has a higher glycemic index than does sugar. That means that it's digested faster than is sugar, and that's never a good thing.

Further, honey should never be given to a child under 12 months. There are no such restrictions for sugar.

Answer 9

Natural is always better than man made. So yeah honey over sugar.

Answer 10

Yes, it is because it is a simple sugar and your body can digest simple sugars. Your body cannot digest complex sugars like granulated sugar.