Hi, Rick Havers recently wrote. > I have a physician friend (non-customer) who claims that if he eats > honey and exercises shortly thereafter that he gets winded far more > than if he had not eaten honey. I believe he attributes it to the > allergenic effect of the pollen in the honey on his respiratory system. Of course another possible explanation for this is that a sudden big surge of sugar in the blood causes a big surge in insulin to compensate. This often 'overshoots' the correction and causes us to get winded far more quickly. Regards, Gordon