The Polynesians were thought to be the first to discover the use and

manufacturing of sugar and spread it to India. As early as 510 B.C., emperor

Darius of Persia invaded India where he found “the reed which gives honey
without bees.” The Arabs, who invaded Persia in 642 A.D., have learned how
sugar was made and have expanded sugar productions in other lands. Sugar,
practically, had affected the political and economic landscape of the entire
globe. HISTORY FOLLOWS.

After more than two thousand five hundred years; and more than six hundred
generations of people, India has the highest rate of diabetes estimated to be 41
million people as of 2007; followed by China with 39.8 million and USA with
19.2 million. This is the truth!

Here are just some of the dangers of eating sugar (taken from:
http://www.angelfire.com/az/sthurston/sugar_addiction.html)

1. Sugar can suppress your immune system and impair your defenses
against infectious disease.
2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in your body: causes chromium
and copper deficiencies and interferes with absorption of calcium and
magnesium.
3. Sugar can cause can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline, hyperactivity,
anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children.
4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in total cholesterol, triglycerides and
bad cholesterol and a decrease in good cholesterol.
5. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function.
6. Sugar feeds cancer cells and has been connected with the development of
cancer of the breast, ovaries, prostate, rectum, pancreas, biliary tract,
lung, gallbladder and stomach.
7. Sugar can weaken eyesight.
8. Sugar can cause many problems with the gastrointestinal tract including:
an acidic digestive tract, indigestion, malabsorption in patients with
functional bowel disease, increased risk of Crohn’s disease, and ulcerative
colitis.
9. Sugar can cause premature aging.
10. Sugar can lead to alcoholism.
11. Sugar can cause your saliva to become acidic, tooth decay, and
periodontal disease.
12. Sugar contributes to obesity.
13. Sugar can cause autoimmune diseases such as: arthritis, asthma, multiple
 sclerosis.
14. Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast
infections)
15. Sugar can cause gallstones
16. Sugar can cause appendicitis.
17. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.
18. Sugar can cause varicose veins
19. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive
users.
20. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis.
21. Sugar can cause a decrease in your insulin sensitivity thereby causing an
abnormally high insulin levels and eventually diabetes
22. Sugar can lower your Vitamin E levels.
23. Sugar can increase your systolic blood pressure.
24. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children.
25. High sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products
(AGEs)(Sugar molecules attaching to and thereby damaging proteins in
the body).

The Bible tells us the ‘absolute truth’ even before 510 B.C. when the Indians
have started using cane sugar as a sweetener. The book of Proverbs, which was
written in 716 B.C., 24:13 and 25:16 says that honey in the proper amount is
good. It is the truth that not even the wealth, fame, and political power that the
sugar industry has earned, can not refute! In recent findings in science, honey
was found to be helpful in the following:

1. Honey contains vitamins B1, B2, C, B6, B5 and B3 — all of which change
according to the qualities of the nectar and the pollen. It also has small
amounts of copper, zinc, and iodine. Several kinds of hormones are also
present in honey.
2. It is composed of sugars like glucose and fructose and minerals like
magnesium, potassium, calcium, sodium chlorine, sulphur, iron and
phosphate.
3. The antimicrobial properties of honey are good for sore throats as they
sooth raw tissues.
4. Honey promotes the rehydration of the body and more quickly clears up
diarrhea and any vomiting and stomach upsets.
5. Honey may also help in ulcers.
6. Honey is a good source of anti-oxidants; and helps prevents the
development of cancer and heart disease.
7. Low calorie level as that of sugar. Although it gives a lot of energy to the
body, it does not add weight unlike sugar.
8. Honey is a wonderful beauty aid that nourishes the skin and the hair
because of its vitamins, minerals, and amino acid contents.
9. Honey acts as an anti-bacterial and anti-fungal agent and helps disinfects
and speeds the healing process in wounds, scrapes, and burns.
 10. Honey provides energy for the body in the process of blood formation. It
also cleanses the blood; and helps in blood circulation. It also functions as
a protection against capillary problems and arteriosclerosis.

Would anybody dare to refute this truth? To the enemies of the Bible, SPEAK
THAT YOU MAY BE HEARD AND BE JUSTIFIED; OR BE FOUND TO BE
FOOLS AND IGNORAMUSES.

The Bible has an ancient health giving sweetener. Honey is part of God’s
blessings to his chosen people — the Israelites. Before they were liberated out
of Egypt, God promised to bring them to a land flowing with milk and honey.
Literally, this is the land of Canaan, where before they were born is that land
where the Patriarch Abraham and Lot have lived. This is the land where they
have grown prosperously with their flock that necessitates [necessitated]
Abraham and Lot to part ways because of the increasing number of their herds
(Genesis 13:7-9).

“And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdsmen
of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. And
Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and
between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen; for we be brethren. Is not the whole
land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left
hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go
to the left. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it
was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah,
even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto
Zoar. Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and
they separated themselves the one from the other. Abram dwelled in the land of
Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward
Sodom.”

This land was the land promised by God to the Israelites where He intended to
guide and bless His people. It is a land said to be flowing with milk and honey.
A curios mind may notice, why not a land of gold? Or a land flowing with oil,
like the Arabian Desert?

Milk and honey are both complete healthy food. The latter for adults; and the
former for babes. While it is not good for a babe to take honey, equally and
scientifically, it is not good for the adult to subsist in milk. Honey is
recommended by the word of God for adults.

PROVERBS 25:16

“Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled
therewith, and vomit it.”

It must be understood that only an adult can find honey. Scientifically, honey is
not good for babes; but it is good for anybody who has the ‘ability’ to find it.

PROVERBS 24:13

“My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet
to thy taste:”

Time and again, the authenticity of the Bible is being backed up by history and
science. Undeniable evidences that man discovers one by one proves the
accuracy of the Holy Scriptures even before man have started to use
sophisticated equipments and technologies. Indeed, the Bible, which contains
the irrefutable words of God, is a unique and divinely inspired book.

How sweet it is!

“How sweet are Your Words to my taste! More than honey to my mouth!”

Proverbs 119:103