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I'm skeptical that honey consumption among hunter gatherers would come close to matching a diet with processed foods and hidden sugar, let alone the non-so-hidd

I'm skeptical that honey consumption among hunter gatherers would come close to matching a diet with processed foods and hidden sugar, let alone the non-so-hidden sugar. Do you have a source?

throw_away 5y ago
(1) https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/food-matters/honey-makes-up-nearly-20-percent-of-diet-in-tanzanian-group/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/food-matters/honey-make... (2) https://www.angelesinstitute.edu/thenightingale/daily-sugar-intake https://www.angelesinstitute.edu/thenightingale/daily-sugar-... By (1), 20% of a 2000 cal diet (assumption) would be 400 cal, or 100g sugar. By (2), average US sugar intake is 71.14g/day