Honey

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What are people's thoughts on honey? As in the negatives.. Benefits.. Sugar content etc.

I'm trying to limit my intake of sugar as I am on a strict fat loss/muscle building diet but I'm finding a tablespoon of hot honey over a salad incredible! It's actually encouraging me to eat more salad..

Stench Blossoms

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What are people's thoughts on honey? As in the negatives.. Benefits.. Sugar content etc.

I'm trying to limit my intake of sugar as I am on a strict fat loss/muscle building diet but I'm finding a tablespoon of hot honey over a salad incredible! It's actually encouraging me to eat more salad..

It's not going to kill you.

If it's encouraging you to eat more salad, then keep it up.

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Stench Blossoms wrote: »

It's not going to kill you.

If it's encouraging you to eat more salad, then keep it up.

Ah yes but more salad means more honey!!

rubadub

Honey is sweeter than table sugar per calorie. So you can use less to attain the same sweetness. I use less too since it is more tasty.

The nutritional benefits over sugar are not meant to be that great, it is better as sugar has everything removed but there is not a lot in honey.

You could probably dilute it into a dressing to make it spread a bit further on the salad.

Chancer3001

Honey is bee vomit.....


Delicious.

But bee vomit!!

Are you using manuka??

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Chancer3001 wrote: »

Are you using manuka??

Nope, just regular honey.

What is Manuka?

Chancer3001

Manuka honey is considered by many to be the best honey to take as it claims many benefits.

A quick google will give yo lots of info.

It is more expensive.

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Great thanks a mill for that into, I'll google it now!

quaalude

Not exactly on topic, but a bit - maple syrup and fresh lemon juice mixed in equal quantities is the best salad dressing I've ever tasted. Like, less than a tablespoon of each for a big salad for two people.

Lepidoptera

quaalude wrote: »

Not exactly on topic, but a bit - maple syrup and fresh lemon juice mixed in equal quantities is the best salad dressing I've ever tasted. Like, less than a tablespoon of each for a big salad for two people.

I was suspicious but tried it for dinner, and it was delicious - thanks! I'd also never thought of just using hot honey on a salad before, which is odd since I love honey mustard...somehow the honey bit hadn't properly registered :rolleyes:

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quaalude wrote: »

Not exactly on topic, but a bit - maple syrup and fresh lemon juice mixed in equal quantities is the best salad dressing I've ever tasted. Like, less than a tablespoon of each for a big salad for two people.

Dying to try this - thanks!

Lepidoptera wrote: »

I was suspicious but tried it for dinner, and it was delicious - thanks! I'd also never thought of just using hot honey on a salad before, which is odd since I love honey mustard...somehow the honey bit hadn't properly registered :rolleyes:

It's incredible! I don't like honey, but I enjoy it hot which is quite strange!

It's so good that I've eaten three bags of rocket today!

Lepidoptera

What do you do to heat it? I'm quite interested in these ideas as I'm eating a lot of salads, but I want to avoid the usual store bought dressings. I've been using the Donegal Honey Mustard, but it would be nice to be able to mix it up a bit and experiment with my own.

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Lepidoptera wrote: »

What do you do to heat it?

I put a tbsp or two of honey into an oven proof bowl and I put it into the oven or under the grill for about 5 minutes until it turns to liquid.

I'd imagine a microwave would be easier and quicker but I don't own a microwave!

hfallada

Chancer3001 wrote: »

Manuka honey is considered by many to be the best honey to take as it claims many benefits.

A quick google will give yo lots of info.

It is more expensive.

Manuk is just savvy marketing by the new Zealand beekeepers. There is nothing to suggest that European or American honey is inferior to it. It's just no one has paid for a massive study. Just buy European honey. Nothing that says a blend of ec and non ec honeys. As that means it contains Chinese honey which the eu banned for a while as it was full of antibiotics. That " irish"
Honey from aldi isn't Irish at all

Mr. CooL ICE

As said, if it means the difference between eating and not eating a salad, then ithe honey you eat is negligible.

My preference for salad is a big tablespoon of hummus and a sprinkling of balsamic vinegar. Completely different end of the spectrum taste-wise, but i recommend trying it

Borboletinha

quaalude wrote: »

Not exactly on topic, but a bit - maple syrup and fresh lemon juice mixed in equal quantities is the best salad dressing I've ever tasted. Like, less than a tablespoon of each for a big salad for two people.

Is maple syrup healthy?

quaalude

Borboletinha wrote: »

Is maple syrup healthy?

We'll, it's a natural one-ingredient food that hasn't been highly processed. It's sugar, sure, but a little goes a long way. So that deffo fits my definition of healthy anyway.

Borboletinha

quaalude wrote: »

We'll, it's a natural one-ingredient food that hasn't been highly processed. It's sugar, sure, but a little goes a long way. So that deffo fits my definition of healthy anyway.

Would it be better than honey you reckon?

Lepidoptera

A quick google search on maple syrup brings up a load of results, most of which seem to boil down to - it's still a sugar, so use in moderation, but compared to other sugars, it's pretty "healthy" as such.

Plus, like quaalude says, a little goes a long way. I only needed a tiny amount to make the dressing suggested, and it was delicious.

Here's the top link on Maple Syrup - that gives what appears to be a decent breakdown of it.

Here's honey on the same site for a comparison

But...that was just the top google hit that wasn't a Daily Mail article or such, so take it with a grain of salt (in moderation, of course )

quaalude

Borboletinha wrote: »

Would it be better than honey you reckon?

I don't know - I imagine they're nutritionally similar? I much prefer the flavour of maple syrup so I eat that rather than honey, but if I liked honey more it'd be the other way around. I believe in making healthy food choices, but I make sure everything I eat is delicious.

Mellor

quaalude wrote: »

We'll, it's a natural one-ingredient food that hasn't been highly processed. It's sugar, sure, but a little goes a long way. So that deffo fits my definition of healthy anyway.

The same could be said for opium, just saying.

quaalude

Mellor wrote: »

The same could be said for opium, just saying.

I did say a "natural one-ingredient food" - opium isn't a food.

Mellor

quaalude wrote: »

I did say a "natural one-ingredient food" - opium isn't a food.

I know it isn't. Where did I say it was.
I was just pointing out that "natural" doesnt mean it is healthy. Despite what marketing depts tell us.
I'm sure you can thing of any number if deep fried foods that are also natural.

I wouldn't attach a healthy label to anything that is basically only sugar. Of course Maple syrup won't do you any harm in small doses. But healthy foods should really be the ones that are good more us to eat often and in decent amounts.