A lot of people feel that way especially since “Honey” is promoted as a cure-all for a host of ills. But in reality, there is nothing special about honey except its price that ranges from the exorbitant to the outrageous in some health rood stores.

Honey is nothing more than a solution of sugars. Experts say it is 70 to 75 %  glucose (grape sugar) and fructose (fruit sugar), two percent sucrose (cane or beat sugar), 0.2 percent mineral salts, 0.1 to 0.4 percent organic acids, and 22 to 26 percent water with some traces of vitamins which are too slight to be of any use in the diet.

We do get a little energy from honey since it supplies three calories per gram. But we can get the same amount from jam and more energy from sugar which has four calories per gram.

“In reality, the vitamin and mineral content of honey is insignificant, and it cannot be considered superior to sucrose in that respect,” according to Kurt Butler and Dr. Lynne Rayner of the University of Hawaii in “The Best Medicine.”

The reason for honey’s popularity as a sweetener is because sugar wasn’t available in many countries until the late nineteenth century. Being expensive, sugar was used only by the rich. Since honey is collected by bees from the nectar of flowers, our forefathers though there was something magical about it. Even now, some health food stores are making a profit out of this ancient nonsense.

“Despite the fact that honey is only pleasant flavored sugar, many claims are made for it, and entire books have been written on its benefits. It is said to increase human endurance and sexual prowess, as well as having many other virtues, none of which is true,” revealed Arnold Bender in “Health or Hoax?”

Honey is sometimes promoted as a slimming agent and is said to be non-fattening. This is not true. In fact, one health food chain called the Organic Food Service was required by the Advertising Standards Authority in London to remove its fraudulent claim that honey spends up the burning of fat.

If they really want to be honest, health food stores should tell their gullible customers that honey can be fatal. Several cases of food poisoning in New Zealand between 1962 and 1967 were traced to honey made from the Tutu plant (Cariaria arborea) which was infested with the passion vine hopper (Scolypopa Australia).

Another poisonous substance called grayotoxin is also been found in honey that is lethal when injected in rats.

“Honey should not be fed to infants less than one year old because there is a slight risk of botulism poisoning in them,” said Butler and Rayner.

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About the Author: Janet Martin is an avid health and fitness enthusiast and published author. Many of her insightful articles can be found at the premiere online news magazine http://www.thearticleinsiders.com.
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