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There have been countless times in the past couple of years during some occasion in which I have been speaking about the health benefits of honey when someone soundly objects, “Oh, I can’t eat honey.  I have diabetes.  My doctor has told me to avoid all sweets.”  Such, unfortunately, is the state of knowledge about honey among the general public and among most health professionals.  The conventional wisdom is that honey and diabetes don’t go together. (Click here to read full article)

Honey - more than just a sweetener, naturally

by Dr. Ron Fessenden, MD, MPH

For centuries honey has enjoyed a positive image as nature’s sweet substance. Biblical references refer to its sweetness. Culinary schools and chefs consider it an alternative to sugar. Grocery stores and health food outlets stock it on the “sweetener” shelves. To most people, honey is simply a sweetener, in a market flooded with sweeteners and sugar substitutes.

However, to include honey in the category of “sweeteners” risks missing a more significant message. To be sure, honey is sweet. But honey is more than just a sweetener. It is a wonderful, natural, historic food containing secrets that have been hidden or ignored for too long in the United States. Soon, honey will be in the cover stories of women’s magazines, culinary publications and health journals across the country, and its secrets will be out. (Click here to read full article)