Honey

[Bobsworth]

Does Honey on cereal raise blood sugars the same as sugar

 

[Docb]

In principle yes. Honey is mostly sucrose and glucose and these will end up a glucose in the blood, just like an equivalent amount of cane or beet sugar which is mostly sucrose.

I am sure the beekeepers associations and the honey selling industry might have a different take but differences, if there are any, will be tiny when compared with the overall effect.

 

[Lucyr]

Does Honey on cereal raise blood sugars the same as sugar

Both the honey and the cereal would raise blood sugars

 

[barrym]

I use honey as a quick, convenient hypo treatment. A teaspoon of 'runny' alone is a rapid rise of 2-3 points for me. YMMV

 

[Drummer]

Cereal? Can you cope with something which is usually very high carb?
Honey as well just compounds the problem, but for an ordinary type two a high carb breakfast causes a spike which can put the whole day into less than ideal numbers.