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I’m a type-2. Is it ok for a diabetic to take honey? Is taking honey akin to taking

sugar? Yep.  Basically the same thing in terms of affecting BG.  That doesn’t mean you can’t have either one.  You just have to account for it in your diet. — Type 2 http://users.bestweb.net/~jbove/ Julie Bove, posting from new account

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m a type-2. Is it ok for a diabetic to take honey? Is taking honey akin to taking sugar? Thank you.

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I’m a type-2. Is it ok for a diabetic to take honey? Is taking honey akin to taking sugar? As diabetics we watch and count carbs.  Have you got a carb counting book? They are invaluable.  Yes honey is like taking sugar.  A quick rise in bg, handy for hypos.

 I thouht honey was a lot lower on the glycemic index scale than sugar. Something to consider when treating a hypo.  –Jeremy

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text —— Original Message —– Newsgroups: misc.health.diabetes Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 9:07 PM says… Is it ok for a diabetic to take honey? Is taking honey akin to taking sugar? Tough question to answer.  But I will try,  Backwards. Yes, honey contains a lot of sugar, As I understand it volume for volume it has about 1/2 the carbs of table sugar… It also has 1/2 the sweetness so you tend to use twice as much and the net effect is zero. ZERO??? Don’t you mean the net effect is the SAME as sugar? If the net effect WAS zero, I’d be pouring it into coffee like there was no tomorrow, because it would have ZERO effect. You need to spend more time on getting things right than getting them written dwon in words we can’t understand John. Confusion like this isn’t needed. That said.  No where is it written that you can’t use either honey or sugar, IN MODERATION… Just don’t empty the entire jar in one day But better you DON’T use it, don’t you agree? Beav

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I’m a type-2. Is it ok for a diabetic to take honey? Is taking honey akin to taking

sugar? In a word:-) Honey will do as much damage as sugar, or it’ll do as much GOOD as sugar, depending on what your blood sugar level is at the time you use it. Avoid it like the plague, unless you’re hypo. Beav

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I’m a type-2. Is it ok for a diabetic to take honey? Is taking honey akin totaking sugar? As diabetics we watch and count carbs. Have you got a carb counting book?

I’m a type-2 also, were can you get such a book? Thanks Jim

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I’m a type-2 also, were can you get such a book?

Any bookstore or online through Amazon or Barnes & Noble.  Try Corinne T. Netzger’s Complete Book of Food Counts (paperback, $7.50 from Barnes & Noble).

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says… Is it ok for a diabetic to take honey? Is taking honey akin to taking sugar?

Tough question to answer.  But I will try,  Backwards. Yes, honey contains a lot of sugar, As I understand it volume for volume it has about 1/2 the carbs of table sugar… It also has 1/2 the sweetness so you tend to use twice as much and the net effect is zero. That said.  No where is it written that you can’t use either honey or sugar, IN MODERATION… Just don’t empty the entire jar in one day (As for how much you can take in a day…. I’ll leave that up to the experts) —               John F Davis in Delightful Detroit        Remove the obvious parts if replying via E-mail    Diabetic?  Visit http://go.compuserve.com/diabetesforum     No membership needed to read, AOL-IM members can post

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I’m a type-2. Is it ok for a diabetic to take honey? Is taking honey akin to taking sugar? Thank you.

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I’m a type-2. Is it ok for a diabetic to take honey? Is taking honey akin to

taking sugar? As diabetics we watch and count carbs.  Have you got a carb counting book? They are invaluable.  Yes honey is like taking sugar.  A quick rise in bg, handy for hypos.

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