Sugar, cake

[french frank]

I won't mention my diet as there will be those who will say, 'Thought as much'. I discovered a couple of days ago that the only thing I added sugar to has a name if you add honey instead - ταχινόμελο .

[amateur51]

I won't mention my diet as there will be those who will say, 'Thought as much'. I discovered a couple of days ago that the only thing I added sugar to has a name if you add honey instead - ταχινόμελο .

My diabetes maven tells me that honey is just as bad for you as sugar.

Dons tin hat

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

My diabetes maven tells me that honey is just as bad for you as sugar.

Depends whether you're swallowing it or putting on a cut.

[Nick Armstrong]

Depends whether you're swallowing it or putting on a cut.

The Health budget reductions are really biting in Yorkshire then?

[french frank]

My diabetes maven tells me that honey is just as bad for you as sugar.

Bad for me or bad for you?

[Radio64]

Lots of links to Prof Lustig's lectures on You Tube.

Prof. Lustig porn.

[Anna]

They're both sugars! A teaspoon of honey contains 23 calories and 6g of sugar, compared with a level teaspoon of sugar, which contains 16 calories and 4g of sugar – although honey is sweeter so you need to add less to get a sweet taste. Honey also contains trace elements, so overall it's a healthier option. And, as ferney says, useful as a standby for burns or infections (very good for sore throats mixed with a tot of whisky as well)!

As to lo-fat foods, yogurts in particular, they have various sweetening agents but generally the various sugars like fructose, sucralose but also Aspertame and Ace K which is not good news for those concerned about the effects of artificial sweeteners.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

The Health budget reductions are really biting in Yorkshire then?

So are the Whippets.

[Nick Armstrong]

So are the Whippets.

And as for t'ferrets....

[Honoured Guest]

Just eat and die.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Just eat and die.

The worst Trust House Forte advertising campaign ever.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

My diabetes maven tells me that honey is just as bad for you as sugar.

That depends. Honey is invert sugar - the monosacharised fructose and glucose are separated, whereas cane/beet sugar is a disaccharide, effectively combining the two, and for some people the latter can be an irritant.

[jean]

As to lo-fat foods, yogurts in particular, they have various sweetening agents but generally the various sugars like fructose, sucralose but also Aspertame and Ace K which is not good news for those concerned about the effects of artificial sweeteners.

There are no sweeteners of any kind in low fat natural yogurts, but the cheaper ones may have starch thickening.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Honey is invert sugar - the monosacharised fructose and glucose are separated, whereas cane/beet sugar is a disaccharide, effectively combining the two

I love it when you talk dirty, Alpie.

[Anna]

There are no sweeteners of any kind in low fat natural yogurts, but the cheaper ones may have starch thickening.

Yes, natural yogurts but the majority of people (children in particular) eat flavoured ones (I don't, I always have natural except occasionally vanilla) Yogurts are marketed as healthy but add fruit gloop - for example Muller Corner Strawberry (according to their website) has 22.4g of sugar per 150g pot and 168 kcals. As for fizzy drinks, would the proposed sugar tax (increasing the price of a large bottle of pop by 20p) really deter people from buying it?