Hi All
 
I have come under a bit of flack for a post a while back where I
mentioned that I sold honey to diabetics.
 
In this respect I do not believe it is safe for them to eat it.
 
I understand that honey contains sugars, be they in whatever form,
and that this will raise blood sugar levels.
 
I know (it is in my course material for this year) that eating honey
if one is on a sugar excluding diet due to reasons of a diabetic
nature will in fact raise blood glucose levels. To lower these more
insulin will have to be taken, which is really stupid as this will in
turn increase the rate at which cholesterol is deposited in the poor
diabetics blood vessels etc.
 
But: this does not change the fact that these people have GP's who
have either told them it is OK, or have decided to do what they feel
like, and hence seeing as I sell a good product which is cheaper than
that on the shelves it is bought.
 
One thing I do guarantee, looking back at the post, and I gather this
is where people have become confused is that the honey has no added
sucrose.  By this I mean that I have not personally taken table
sugar, dissolved it in water and added it to the honey. There are
many people who are not diabetics who are cane sugar sensitive. This
is due to the nature of proteins trapped in the sugar, not the sugar
itself. (I am of this group)
 
So in conclusion I do not in any way think that a diabetic should eat
sugar including that in honey, unless they have consulted with their
GP and then told their specialist what he said and follow the
specialists advice.
 
Keep well
 
Garth ---
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3rd year Biochemistry/Microbiology    Rhodes University
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