Honey is the real deal, folks, Unlike table sugar or most other sweeteners, honey contains vitamins B1, B2, C, B6, B5 and B3 in varying amounts based on the quality of nectar and pollen. It’s worth noting, however, is that you’re not likely to consume much of these vitamins from honey alone unless you have the fierce honey-sucking determination and insatiable appetite of Winnie the Pooh. Still, it’s got some nutrients in it, and that’s a good thing. But as with many other natural substances, mass-producers are finding ways to make honey less healthy through incessant processing. honey actually packs in 33 percent more calories than sugar, which means a tablespoon of honey will pump you up with 64 calories as opposed to 48 with sugar. But according to a 2008 study in the Journal of Food Science, scientists found that rats fed a honey-sweetened diet gained 23 percent less weight than those that consumed food sweetened with refined sugar over one year.