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Likewise, HFCS has about the same blend of sugars as honey, yet it is considered unhealthy and honey is considered healthy somehow. I'd like someone to explain
by m0zg 6y ago
Likewise, HFCS has about the same blend of sugars as honey, yet it is considered unhealthy and honey is considered healthy somehow. I'd like someone to explain how that works.
- rsanek 6y agoFWIW, I don't think honey is considered healthy. In any nutrition recommendation I'm familiar with, it is considered a part of added/free sugars, aka something to limit.
- manmal 6y agoMaybe, if HFCS were consumed in equal amounts as honey, it would also be considered healthy. Hormesis is a strange thing - too much of a good thing will turn it into a bad thing.
- dreamcompiler 6y agoHoney is only considered "healthy" by people who know nothing about nutrition but who think "natural" is automatically good [0]. Honey is no better for you than HFCS, but no worse either (except in infants because honey often contains botulism spores that infants cannot fight [1].) [0] https://www.glycemic-index.org/high-fructose-corn-syrup-vs-sugar.html https://www.glycemic-index.org/high-fructose-corn-syrup-vs-s... [1] https://www.fda.gov/food/alerts-advisories-safety-information/honey-pacifiers-suspected-texas-infant-botulism-cases https://www.fda.gov/food/alerts-advisories-safety-informatio...
- RealityVoid 6y agoThe observation is, I think, based on the top level post mentioning: > ban all added sugar, except (real) honey in reasonable proportions. As if there is something "magic" about honey that makes it OK as opposed to all other sugars. There is not.