Diabetic patients consuming high amounts of honey (up to 180+ grams/day) in a study lost weight and became more insulin sensitive, despite an increase in hemoglobin A1c.

“in the past i've actually shown studies where they gave honey to diabetics and their insulin sensitivity improved their blood sugars weren't up but their insulin sensitivity got better with honey”

“in the past i've actually shown studies where they gave honey to diabetics and their insulin sensitivity improved their blood sugars went up but their insulin sensitivity got better with honey so i don't think honey is pushing you in the wrong direction”

“though honey increases a1c slightly in diabetics it improves insulin sensitivity so you can give honey to a diabetic and their blood sugar is going to go up a little bit which most diabetics rightly so are a little bit apprehensive regarding but it improves their metrics of insulin sensitivity”

“do I think a diabetic person have a tablespoon of honey a day yeah and I think that even for diabetics having some carbohydrates in the diet is probably beneficial”

“it's important to note that in those studies A1C goes up meaning that yeah blood glucose goes up if you eat honey whether you're diabetic or not but what we're really worried about is the fasting blood sugar and the fasting insulin which are giving us a sense of insulin sensitivity”

“if you give honey to a diabetic giving honey to a diabetic that's crazy you can't do that their insulin sensitivity improves their hemoglobin A1c goes up because the blood sugar is going to go up but they're fasting insulin and fasting glucose go down”

“I talked about how diabetics don't do worse with honey they actually do better yes blood sugars go up hemoglobin A1c goes up remember that the main metric in diabetes is your insulin sensitivity and that is improving along with lipids I think the long term that A1C will come just down gradually as your body learns to handle that glucose”

“back to this study hemoglobin A1c went up from 7.1 to 7.7 in the honey group not surprising you give people more honey their blood sugar is going to go up but they're insulin sensitivity got better their fasting blood glucose went down”

“they lost weight and they became more insulin sensitive”

“look at the hemoglobin A1c went up in the control group 7.1 to 7.3 this is a difference of in the honey group The End fasting blood sugar average was 167 in the control group 157 10 milligrams per deciliter difference overall and the fasting blood sugar improved significantly in the honey group they got more insulin sensitive and they lost more weight than the control group so giving them honey had positive effects”

“hemoglobin A1c went up from 7.1 to 7.7 in the honey group not surprising you give people more honey their blood sugar is going to go up but their insulin sensitivity got better their fasting blood glucose went down”

“I think if you'd made other changes in these people's diets they would have improved the hemoglobin A1c and over time that hemoglobin A1c is going to come down because there's no way that somebody who's getting more insulin sensitive is going to have a rising hemoglobin A1c long term”

“I don't think carbohydrates are bad for diabetics they will raise your blood sugar if you are diabetic or not but there are good studies with large amounts of Honey over 100 grams per day in diabetics showing that these lower fasting insulin and fasting glucose leading to improved insulin sensitivity which is what you want they do raise blood sugar and in that study the hemoglobin A1c at the end of the trial was slightly higher in the group that got honey than the group that didn't but the group that didn't get honey didn't have any improvements in fasting glucose or fasting insulin and the difference was only about 10 milligrams per deciliter average between the two groups”

“don't cause insulin resistance even in diabetics you can have a lot of Honey — and it's it's going to improve overall insulin sensitivity”

“They give diabetics like an increasing amount of honey. And I think in the last 2 weeks of an 8-week trial, they gave them 125 or 150 g of honey per day, and the diabetic group saw lower blood glucose and lower metrics of insulin resistance, lower fasting insulin.”

“there are studies in diabetics given 125 to more than 125 grams of honey per day who improved their insulin sensitivity based on fasting glucose metrics and other metrics of insulin sensitivity”

“there are studies in diabetics given 125 to more than 125 grams of honey per day who improved their insulin sensitivity based on fasting glucose metrics and other metrics of insulin sensitivity”

“Honey is delicious and it's a healthy carbohydrate. Sometimes when I talk about honey, people say, "Isn't that going to raise your blood sugar?" And I say, "It might raise my blood sugar in the short term, but I'm insulin sensitive." And even if you're not insulin sensitive, honey has been studied in diabetics at doses of 125 to 150 grams a day and shown to improve glucose tolerance.”

“Honey has even been studied in human randomized controlled trials in diabetics and found to lower fasting blood glucose. Yes, I said lower fasting blood glucose in an eight week trial. Patients were given up to 125 to 150 grams of honey per day at the end of the trial, and they ended up with lower fasting glucose at the end of the trial. Now, notably in this trial, the hemoglobin A1c, an average reflection of the blood sugar was slightly higher, about seven to 10 milligrams per deciliter higher blood glucose equivalents in patients getting the honey, which is not surprising when you give a diabetic more carbohydrates, their blood sugar would be slightly higher, but their fasting blood glucose was lower, suggesting improved insulin sensitivity.”

“And I suspect that even in diabetics, moderate amounts of honey could be used long-term without any detrimental effects, potentially positive effects.”

“there are studies in diabetics given 125 to more than 125 grams of honey per day who improved their insulin sensitivity based on fasting glucose metrics and other metrics of insulin sensitivity”

“In a head-to-head study, they took diabetics and they fed them an increasing amount of honey over eight weeks. I've seen the study. Yeah. At the end of eight weeks, they were eating I think 125 grams of honey a day. So 125 grams. It's like a lot of honey. That's a quarter of right. I eat more than that a day. You're you're still got rookie numbers. You got to get those numbers up, bro. But I ate it out of the I ate it out of the hive. Just Okay. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. So like a quarter of this jar, you know, that's what they're eating a day. And their blood sugar goes up some. I think it was an average of like seven milligrams per deciliter per day versus the non-honey group, maybe 10. but their insulin sensitivity improved.”

“There are studies with honey up to 125 grams a day over eight weeks in diabetics that actually improved insulin sensitivity and glucose handling.”

“And then honey in a I believe it's an eight or a 12-week study actually improved insulin sensitivity and glucose handling in diabetics.”