Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Honey Vs Sugar

Dr Sharma posted on this topic, and got me thinking.
Consider a 100 gms of honey:

Caloric Density 3.57
Nutritional Density ~ low 
Sugars
74.3
g
 
Sucrose
990
mg
 
Glucose
32554
mg
 
Fructose
37884
mg
 
Lactose
230
mg
 
Maltose
2680
mg
 
Galactose
0.0
mg


Just shy of 75 grams or 32/75 ~ 43% glucose,  and look at lactose in honey, but wait, this is MacDonalds honey...

Lets look at Alta Honey
Sugars
82.1
g
Sucrose
890
mg
 
Glucose
35744
mg
 
Fructose
40934
mg
 
Lactose
~
 
 
Maltose
1440
mg
 
Galactose
3100
mg


total 82.1 grams, and a caloric density of 3.04
but Galactose is a fun mono, it is a polymer sugar with a bunch of forms, and is converted to glucose by what? gut fauna in some people, to lactose in others, a slow process.

Consider 100 gms of sugar:
Caloric Density ~ 3.8 
Nutritional Density ~ low 
Sucrose is 99.9% sucrose, that is one glucose, one fructose bonded, 50% fructose, 50% glucose and 100 grams. It splits easily with an enzyme, and is usually absorbed about a fast. 

Maltose is 2 glucose, bonded. It requires a enzyme maltase to split, but it is not glucose until it splits, if you happen to have enough maltase to split it or will be split by gut fauna. 

So isoglucidic means what, measured in Kcals? How do you get equal calories and equal glucose
What did the breakfast consist of? Some kind of fiber mixed with sugar or honey similar to what we feed rats? and was it equal protein?

Keep in mind that fructose is converted into fat make-ins by the liver, independent of the insulin demand. Insulin also interferes with leptin signaling. Fructose and glucose are caloric equals, but not taste nor metabolic equal.   

Either way, until I am at my ideal weight, I will avoid all of these, and avoid developing a sweet pallet.

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