benifits of Honey

honey maple syrup molasses they're all more natural sugars and they're all fine to use in a limited quantity but Mayo Clinic dietician Kate Zaretsky says if you use them it's important to remember sugar is sugar any honey you drizzle on your breakfast counts towards your daily added sugar total which the American Heart Association says should be no more than 100 calories a day for women and 150 calories for men the upside to honey is it's more powerful flavor profile although a teaspoon of honey has slightly more calories than a teaspoon of sugar it's also sweeter and more flavorful so a little bit goes a long way the same goes for molasses and maple syrup in some baking you can use any one of those ingredients to help you actually reduce the amount of added sugar because those sweeteners actually have additional flavors therefore allowing you to use less sugar overall but still have a good flavor for