Consuming
Thoughts
by
Fay Strickler
J enn State Extension Home
Economist For Berks Co.
Consumers often substitute
honey for refined sugar thinking
that honey is so much healthier.
But is it?
The mistaken reasoning is
simple; since refined sugar is a
processed food, it’s unnatural.
Honey, on the other hand, is a
natural food, produced by bees
and except for the processes of
collecting it, untouched by
human hands.
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Many people believe natural
is better than processed food, so
they conclude that honey is bet
ter than refined sugar.
To the palate, refined white
sugar ana honey are quite dif
ferent. To the chemist, they’re ,
practically identical. Honey is
made of approximately equal
amounts of two sugar chemicals
(monosaccarides), glucose, and
fructose. Refind sugar is made of
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the same two monosaccarides,
but they’re joined to form the
disaccharide sucrose. In the
body, though, both sugar and
honey are the same after diges
tion.
Nutritionally, honey has no
real advantage over sugar.
Despite claims it’s a “wonder
food,” honey contains only a
trace amount of protein, calci
um, iron, vitamin A, thiamine,
riboflavin, niacin or Vitamin C.
Natural and less refined sug
ars like honey do contain
chromium, a trace metal which
seems to offer a little protection
against moderate amounts of
natural sugar by enhancing
insulin function. It’s doubtful
however, if chromium offers pro
tection against large quantities
of sugar, no matter how unre
fined.
There are plenty of reasons
for liking honey, but medicinal
value and nutrition are not two
of them. And although bee
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pollen and royal jelly do wonders
for bees, there is no scientific
evidence they do anything out of
the ordinary for humans.
Honey is a source of energy
(calories) It differs from sugar
in the way that it provides ener
gy. Cane and beet sugars must
be broken down into simpler
sugars by digestive juices before
they can be absorbed into the
bloodstream and assimilated
into the tissues. Honey is made
up of simple sugars so little
digestion is necessary and
absorption takes place quickly,
producing almost instant ener
gy. For this to be of importance
to you however, you’d have to be
a marathon runner or long dis
tance bicyclist. For the everyday
average athletes, honey’s
“instant energy” isn’t a factor.
The only other significant dif
ference between sugar and
honey is the number of calories
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per spoonful. Sugar has fewer
calories because sugar is less
dense than honey. Crystals of
sugar take up more space than
liquid honey. When honey is
used in place of sugar in cook
ing, less liquid is needed and
more browning will take place.
Honey, as well as other sug
ars, plays a role in dental cavi
ties. It may be of particular con
cern since it is sticky and stays
in the teeth longer.
Honey may contain a bacte
ria, C. botulinum, that, under
the right conditions can cause
illness and death in infants. C.
botulinum, the organism that
causes botulism, is a bacteria
found widely in nature. It isn’t
harmful unless it’s allowed to
grow and form a toxin. C. botuli
um may grow and form the toxin
in the large intestine of infants,
so honey isn’t recommended for
infants under the age of one.
From a nutritional stand
point, it matters little how you
take sugar, as white table sugar,
brown sugar, raw, fructose or
honey The main reason for sub
stituting honey should be
taste—not nutrition or health
It’s really wonderful on hot bis
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Legg Represents
Lackawanna County
MONTROSE (Susquehanna Co ) -
Eleven Lackawanna County 4-H textile
science members recently attended the
multi-county 4-H fashion revue in
Montrose Four members from the
Glenburn Sewing Club lead by 4-H lead
ers, Hilda Lewis and Ann Northup,
received recognition for their outstanding
work Those members were Amy Cruciam
of Clarks Summit, winner in the junior
wearable year one division, Julhan
Castellano of Dickson City, winner in the
junior wearable year 3 and up division,
Teresa Toth of Blakely, runner up m the
junior wearable year 3 and up division,
and Melissa Legg of Jermyn, winner in the
senior wearable division
As a winner m the senior division, Legg
will be representing the county at the
State Fashion Revue contest on August 5
at Penn State University She will be com
peting against members from across the
state for the top 10 places. During the
revue, Legg will attend workshops and
model her hand made garment forjudging.
She will be judged on appearance, fit,
design, modeling ability, and construction
of the garment
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