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>>92452
No, apples are mostly water. Then sugar. Then a bit of acid.
Honey is just pretty much bee vomit made of sugar.
>>92431
To answer OP: No, honey is NOT the best substitute for refined sugar, nor should anyone try to substitute refined sugar instead of simply reducing it from their diet anyway.
Like most common allergens, overconsumption of honey (and therefore sudden overexposure) can cause you to become allergic to it (and also incidentally beestings). Remember, honey is gathered alongside pollen, from fields of flowering crops that may or may not have been sprayed with various insecticides and fungicides.
It is also notoriously difficult to measure just exactly how much sugar is in a batch of honey, and therefore how much honey you can use to substitute sugar. Generally, because honey seems to taste less sweeter than sugar, people overcompensate. And I seriously dare you to even contemplate baking with honey instead of measured sugar.
If you like the taste of honey, go ahead, a couple tablespoonfuls a day won't kill you. However, it does not have any health benefits (except for maybe manuka honey) and all you're doing is jumping on the holistic health bandwagon.
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