re: Who here adheres to the recommended sugar daily intake?

Honey is no different than regular table sugar.

Sugar is sugar. And honey is (mostly) sugar. But if you're choosing between the two from a health perspective, err on the side of the sticky stuff.

Your body breaks food down into glucose in order to use it for fuel. The more complex a food -- namely a carbohydrate -- is, the more work it takes to break it down. Sugar is made of 50 percent glucose and 50 percent fructose, the sugar typically found in fruits, and is broken down very easily, leading to a surge of blood glucose. What your body doesn't use right away gets stored as fat. Honey is also made mostly of sugar, but it's only about 30 percent glucose and less than 40 percent fructose. And there are also about 20 other sugars in the mix, many of which are much more complex, and dextrin, a type of starchy fiber. This means that your body expends more energy to break it all down to glucose. Therefore, you end up accumulating fewer calories from it. One of many articles

Sugar is empty calories. Honey has a few more benefits.

I use only honey as a sweetener in anything I can control. Otherwise, i am hosed with whatever is in what I snatch to eat.

You can't avoid sugar completely. Practically all lifeforms, including human beings, need sugar.

Honey is a better option than refined sugar, imo.

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Any real scientific proof that sweeteners are bad for you? How much is too much?

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I'm not even sure. I think anything used in excess can be bad. Try Stevia, it's natural.

I meant to say nutritional label.

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I use Splenda in my coffee, tea, cereal, etc.

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I switched to vanilla soy milk a few years ago and haven't needed any additional sweeteners for (hot or cold) cereal or coffee since

I keep it close. MyFitnessPal is key to this.

My current goal is less than 50 total net carbs per day. Not necessarily easy at all.

I don't believe that pic. It appears to be equal amount of mass for the soda and sugar