Just change the type of sugar. Get honey, maple syrup, and fruit.
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Honey and maple syrup are identical to "sugar". They are all a combination of fructose and glucose.
The only difference is that the latter two are syrups, i.e., they are dissolved in water, and because they're biological products they will also contain marginal amounts of other compounds, generally speaking minerals that have nothing special to them and can be gotten from plenty of other places without the associated sugar.
So yes, sure, they have "less sugar" thatn pure solid sugar cubes, but that's like saying that Coke is better than sugar because it has less sugar than sugar cubes... Which makes it also "better" than honey and maple syrup of course.
Clearly you didn’t listen to the podcast episode. 😆
It's called opportunity cost.
If the video says that honey is some magical nectar panacea for all ills, then I would have wasted my time listen to some fraudster selling snake oil.
If the video sticks to scientific facts and explains that honey is just water with sugar, then I already know that, so I'm wasting my time too.
I'd rather use my time doing useful stuff.
Lol. Ok.
If it’s worth the opportunity, the podcaster is a PA turned MD (if you like appeals to authority at all 🤷♂️) and he cites an 8 week study with diabetics where honey had negligible impact. (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/26883464_Effects_of_natural_honey_consumption_in_diabetic_patients_An_8-week_randomized_clinical_trial). Lots of other interesting references too.
Good luck with whatever else you’re spending time on!
Also RE: opportunity cost
Look into listening to podcasts when doing other things, like chores or working out.
If you’re listening to music during your workouts or while mowing the lawn, there’s a huge opportunity missed.
That's exactly what I do every morning during my daily hike. On Fountain.