Eating too much sugar is being increasingly blamed for the Western world’s obesity epidemic, but there is one type of sugar – honey – that is actually really good for your health, according to a study published in the Journal Of Agriculture And Food Chemistry. Subjects who were given honey had higher levels of antioxidants in their blood plasma – and the higher your level, the better your body can combat the cell-damaging free radicals that are behind ageing as well as many diseases. With people consuming an average of more than 70kg of sugar and artificial sweeteners a year, adding honey to tea or porridge instead of sugar could provide multiple health benefits, said the scientists behind the research.
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Honey’s score on the glycemic index, making it a medium GI food unlike other sugars. This makes honey a smart source of post-workout carbs because it doesn’t lead to a big blood sugar spike.