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What is the difference between honey and sugar?
Honey is honey, and its main components are fructose (molecular formula is C6H 12O6), water, and a small amount of trace elements such as copper, iron and calcium and inorganic salts. It is a refined product of sugar made by bees in the hive. Sweet taste, flat nature, entering the lungs, spleen and intestines. . Honey with the functions of lowering blood pressure, protecting liver and relieving pain is not only a delicious nutrient, but also a good medicine for treating various diseases, strengthening body and prolonging life. Honey is especially beneficial to children who need high-calorie digestible food. Can promote appetite, improve metabolism, make people refreshed and energetic, and improve the body's resistance to diseases.

White sugar is refined sugar made from molasses squeezed from sugarcane and sugar beet. White sugar is white, clean and high in sweetness. Sugar is easily contaminated by pathogenic microorganisms in the process of production, packaging, transportation and storage. In particular, sugar that turns yellow after being stored for more than one year is often polluted by mites. According to the experiment, 1.5 million mites were detected from 500 grams of white sugar. If people eat white sugar contaminated by mites, mites will enter the digestive tract to parasitize, causing abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms, and some even cause allergic reactions. If this contaminated raw sugar is directly added to the food of infants or the elderly, mites can enter the lungs due to coughing and cause asthma or hemoptysis, and it is easy to be complicated with tracheitis or pneumonia.