The delicious golden color of honey instantly makes me want a warm cup of green tea. In fact honey is a great and natural way to sweeten a variety of foods and beverages including cocktails and sweet potatoes.
But before you start adding honey to your favorite not-so-sweet dishes, it would be in your best interest to get honey nutrition facts first. Keep reading to find out what nutritional value honey has to offer!
Major Nutrients Found In Honey
Aside from calories and sugar you can see there is very little bad about a little bit of honey in your diet. Although there are 64 calories per tablespoon, you’ll only need one tablespoon to sweet your hot tea for example, compared to multiple tablespoons of sugar.
Honey is a fat-free and cholesterol free food that has very little sodium, so you don’t fret over your diet just to sweeten your favorite dish or drink. With 17.2 grams of sugar, it is important to monitor your sugar intake if you consume lots of honey daily.
Honey nutrition facts also reveal 6% of your recommended daily value of carbs and less than 1% of your daily value of fiber and protein. So while honey won’t help you lose weight, it won’t help you gain weight either, if consumed in moderation.
Storing/Selecting
When choosing honey, be sure to select all natural honey, organic if possible, to limit unknown substances in your honey. Make sure you purchase honey in a glass or plastic containers to maintain the pure taste of honey. Wooden or metal containers may transform the traditional taste of honey.
Store honey in dark area free from humidity. Honey can keep for quite a long time, so be sure to close the cap properly and keep the opening free from foreign substances.
Eat It With:
Honey can be eaten with a wide variety of foods to enhance the flavor. Use honey as your sweetening agent in baked goods like breads, biscuits and cakes or add it to your favorite tea or cocktail instead of sugar.
{Honey and biscuits make good partners in your mouth!}
Make your own barbecue sauce or mustard by adding natural honey or add honey to a spicy sauce to give it a hint of sweetness and take down the heat factor.
Burn Off Calories In Honey
To burn off the calories in honey you would need to do;
- 18 minutes of walking
- 9 minutes of golf.
- 4 minutes of kickboxing.
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