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Stefan Stangaciu wrote:
In order to give energy, warmness for example, not only dynamic
> energy, a cell or a group of cells needs also enzymes, vitamins, trace
> elements.
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> Refined sugar has NOTHING from the above mentioned elements my dear
> friends... and it is a "foreign" substance (a "non-self" if you want)
> from the evolution point of view.
It is for this reason that bees store not only honey (energy source) but also
pollen as a source of protein, vitamins and minerals for their total metabolic
needs. For energy, sugars will do just fine, and are what they normally
collect anyway.
Ted Fischer
Dexter, Michigan USA
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