FOOD: HONEY

FOOD: HONEY

So you are just dying for something really sweet, but don’t want to kill your calorie intake?? I have recently started to become really fond of honey. The sweet flower nectar that created by those busy ultra smart bees.

It is not a super low calorie treat, but it is also tastes very sweet and might keep you free eating a big piece of pie.

Here is the lowdown on the calorie count

1 tablespoon – 64 calories, 0 fat, 17 carbs, 1g protein.

Honey is 80% natural sugar, which makes it a bit sweeter than table sugar. The vitamins present in honey are B6, thiamin, niacin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid and certain amino acids.

Honey is considered as a complex carb or good carb as I discussed in my workbook. It will take much longer to digest than plain sugar, so it has a slow burn instead of instant crash.

Just like everything else though, too much honey is not a good thing. If you ate 4 tablespoons, then that is a 200 calorie snack.

My favorite thing to do is to eat it with one of my fruits – a banana! One tablespoon of honey and one of freebie bananas for the day and that is only counting 64 calories against my calories in that period. It is also good to eat with FAGE yogurt. I almost thing these two things were MADE for each other!! Add the tablespoon and you got your 200 calorie snack!!

I am a big supporter of local Farmers’ Markets or local vendors for honey. Take a moment to see if someone in your area makes this sweet treat and support them. It might cost a bit more than you would buy in the grocery store, but is fresh and made my bees and your local community!