Honey?
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Fyre
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Here's something I pulled from a book called Total Nutrition, i found it very interesting. Here goes:
Honey is another of those "natural" goods surrounded by more myth and mystique than reality. Actually, it differs very little from sucrose. While table sugar is pure sucrose, honey is a mixture of sugars(fructose,glucose, sucrose, etc.) formed from nectar by an enzyme--honey invertase--present in the bodies of bees.
A tablespoon of Table sugar contains 46 calories, a tablespoon of honey contains 64.
Personally, I think sugar is sugar, it's all calories. If you're going to go by the glycemic index, then fructose would be your choice.
The comparison of the three: Glucose 100(GI)
Honey 87(GI)
Fructose20(GI)
Honey is another of those "natural" goods surrounded by more myth and mystique than reality. Actually, it differs very little from sucrose. While table sugar is pure sucrose, honey is a mixture of sugars(fructose,glucose, sucrose, etc.) formed from nectar by an enzyme--honey invertase--present in the bodies of bees.
A tablespoon of Table sugar contains 46 calories, a tablespoon of honey contains 64.
Personally, I think sugar is sugar, it's all calories. If you're going to go by the glycemic index, then fructose would be your choice.
The comparison of the three: Glucose 100(GI)
Honey 87(GI)
Fructose20(GI)
fructose is bad at replacing muscle glycogen. Honey on the other hand, is great pre workout meal, or post workout solid meal. A sugar is not a sugar, all carbs are sugars, Glycemic index honeslty does not have too much meaning, unless your trying to get in say contest condition. Who here eats just a piece of white bread or a bowl of rice for a meal? Mixed meals drastically change GI.
Fyre
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Oh my, I just read my own post....hehehe...should have elaborated a little on the sugar is sugar thing. I meant to me, a sugar is still a sugar when dieting down, not meaning they are all equal. Whoops, should have mentioned that. I tend to always look at things in the dieting for contest context. Guess i shouldn't do that.
Fyre
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The best type of carb for refueling after a workout is a carb with a high glycemic index. Because high glycemic index foods replenish glycogen best, you should consume at least 50g of these carbohydrates as soon as possible after exercise.
Honey is a good post workout choice. A research study found that combining honey with a protein supplement may boost post workout recovery and help prevent drops in blood sugar after exercise. In this particular study, honey outperformed maltodextrin -a starch that has been the standard among recovery carbs
Honey is a good post workout choice. A research study found that combining honey with a protein supplement may boost post workout recovery and help prevent drops in blood sugar after exercise. In this particular study, honey outperformed maltodextrin -a starch that has been the standard among recovery carbs
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