Honey, and sugar too, are sweet!

Roses are red, Violets are blue, honey is sweet, and sugar too is sweet. Honey and sugars are a good source of energy to maintain body warmth and to empower body movement. Sugar is the mainstay of such energy source. And, of the sugars, in this regard, glucose is 'the king'. Take note that the body can fully oxidize sugar to water and (CO2), or carbon dioxide is the only chemical waste bi-product. This is efficient energy capture.

Let us submit, teleologically, that the body was intended to homeostatically balance the energy intake with the actual energy need, or use of. Within this schema, then, hunger is a servo trigger to eat, and satiety is a trigger to stop eating. Observation suggests that these two trigger sensations are obtuse, or, let's say the threshold in each case is fuzzy. Let us adduce another principle - eating may be engaged in for pure pleasure without a regard for specific need.

Honey & sugar are sweet, so are pleasant to eat, so pleasant it's addictive. Why might this be of concern?

We've noted that sugar is an excellent energy source. Let us note too that when the glucose level in the blood drops too low you lose conciousness - the brain needs its glucose fix. In this case conciousness is regained by giving glucose intravenously.

From the above it seems enigmatic to suggest that refined sugar should be held to a minimum in your diet. Sugar adds the risk that caloric intake will exceed the need and weight gain results. Sugar has no nutrients, empty calories only. If too high a portion of your caloric intake is refined sugar then will nutritional deficiencies ensue unavoidably. The diet must supply the essential amino acids, vitamins, minerals, essential fats, and refined sugar provides non of the above. Many fruits and some vegetables are replete with natural sugars, but they are not just a single pure sugar and consist of other food substances. Some sugars in vegetables and fruits even carry nitrogen, are amide sugars, and these foods also contain proteins, fats and fiber. Hence, fruits and vegetables do not carry the caution against use, they are less addictive and are co-mingled with other nutrients, this contrasts with refined sugar and (honey).