Why You Should Ditch Sugar In Favor of Honey By: Sayer Ji

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honey health 300x200 Why You Should Ditch Sugar In Favor of HoneyWhile honey and sugar share similar degrees of sweetness, the differences in the way our bodies respond to them are profound.

Technically, honey and sugar (sucrose) both exist because they are food for their respective species.

In the case of sugarcane, a member of the the grass family (Poaceae) which includes wheat, maize and rice, sucrose provides energy for its leaves and is an easily transportable source of energy for other parts of the plant, such as the root, that do not produce their own energy.

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