honey maple syrup molasses they're all
more natural sugars and they're all fine
to use in a limited quantity but Mayo
Clinic dietician Kate Zaretsky says if
you use them it's important to remember
sugar is sugar any honey you drizzle on
your breakfast counts towards your daily
added sugar total which the American
Heart Association says should be no more
than 100 calories a day for women and
150 calories for men the upside to honey
is it's more powerful flavor profile
although a teaspoon of honey has
slightly more calories than a teaspoon
of sugar it's also sweeter and more
flavorful so a little bit goes a long
way the same goes for molasses and maple
syrup in some baking you can use any one
of those ingredients to help you
actually reduce the amount of added
sugar because those sweeteners actually
have additional flavors therefore
allowing you to use less sugar overall
but still have a good flavor for the
Mayo Clinic News Network I'm Jeff Olsen
