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The New Daily
John Elder

‘Surprise finding’: Two spoons of honey improves metabolic health

Honey is 80 per cent sugar. But the other ingredients can make for powerful medicine. Photo: Getty

Honey gets a great rap from wellness gurus, who talk up the sticky stuff’s healing properties, while nutritionists tend to write it off as just another sugar.

In between these two extremes, scientists have been slowly beavering away on countless research papers that give a more measured view of how and why honey might be good for us.

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