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To: T-Bird45

Sounds yummy, but there are some two or three ingredient variations, such as mashed bananas and dry oatmeal mixed together and baked. It makes more of a cookie-like treat, but there’s no sugar in it. But, yeah, good old fashioned banana bread has some sugar in it.
Here’s a recipe that actually IS healthy, and only has 1/2 cup of honey in it. (Has unsweetened applesauce in it, too, to make it taste sweet) :
http://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/2013/11/whole-wheat-oatmeal-applesauce-banana-bread-healthy-vegan-friendly/


51 posted on 04/10/2017 10:55:43 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative
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To: Flaming Conservative; mdmathis6
The specifics of honey vs. sugar:

Your body breaks down food into glucose, its main source of fuel. White sugar is comprised of about 50 percent glucose and 50 percent fructose, the sugar that is typically found in fruits. These sugars are usually found bound together, making the molecule sucrose. Overall, it is broken down very easily, leading to a big surge in blood glucose. One tablespoon of sugar yields about 49 calories and about 15 grams of carbohydrate.

Honey is also mostly sugar, but is only about 30 percent glucose and less than 40 percent fructose. Unlike sugar, these are typically found in the free form, meaning honey is digested a little differently than white sugar. The rest of honey is mainly comprised of about 20 other sugars, some of which are much more complex, and dextrin, a type of starchy fiber. Honey, which is a little denser than sugar, contains about 68 calories and 17.2 grams of carbohydrate per tablespoon. However, because of the fact that fructose is sweeter than glucose, and the molecules are not bound up as sucrose, honey tastes sweeter. Because of this, people often use less of it, negating the slight difference in calories.

From Food Myths Debunked

IOW - honey is sugar. Even unsweetened applesauce is sugar, fructose to be precise.

78 posted on 04/10/2017 12:28:30 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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