On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Dori Zook wrote:

> And I learned something nice about honey just yesterday.  One tablespoon of
> honey is a mere 16g carbohydrates.  I say 'mere' because the same amount of
> sugar is *46* grams.  I was stunned to learn that.  I mean, I knew it was
> bad, but...  That and I thought honey would be awful, too.  But according to
> my honey's label and my food count book, the aforementioned numbers are
> correct.  Well, I'll be danged!

Hmm... I just checked granulated sugar at USDA, and it lists a
teaspoon of sugar as 4.2g of carb.  Since one tablespoon = 3
teaspoons, that would be 12.6g.  Fitday.com gives me the same
result.  Incidentally, they list 17.3g for honey.

Todd Moody
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