The Honey Revolution

Dr. Fessenden is retired from active medical practice and spends most of his time researching and writing about honey and health. He is the co-chairman for the Committee for the Promotion of Honey and Health in America, a non-profit organization devoted to educating the consumer with regard to the healthful benefits of honey and promoting the honey and health message based on good science. Here is an excerpt from one of his articles at livinghoney.biz (His book goes into more detail.)     "Could it be that the answer to [many]  health problems is as simple as eating honey and eliminating much of the refined sugar and high fructose corn syrup in our diets? The body’s response to low blood sugar ...after eating carbohydrates...is to release adrenalin and cortisol, “stress hormones” that force the breakdown of muscle protein for conversion to glucose for fuel. Over time, this repeated overdosing on sugar and high fructose corn syrup (both refined sugar and HFCS are “toxic sweeteners”