Honey is a sweet liquid produced by honey bees using nectar from flowers through a process of regurgitation and evaporation. Honey is so good we have included it in our list of power foods that should be in your kitchen right now. Health Benefits:
1. Prevent cancer and heart disease : Honey contains flavonoids, antioxidants which help reduce the risk of some cancers and heart disease.
2.Reduce ulcers and other gastrointestinal disorders : Recent research shows that honey treatment may help disorders such as ulcers and bacterial gastroenteritis. This may be related to the 3rd benefit.
3. Increase athletic performance: Ancient Olympic athletes would eat honey and dried figs to enhance their performance. This has now been verified with modern studies, showing that it is superior in maintaining glycogen levels and improving recovery time than other sweeteners
4.Reduce cough and throat irritation : Honey helps with coughs, particularly buckwheat honey. Research shown honey works as well as dextromethorphan, common ingredient in over the counter cough medications, to soothe cough and related sleeping difficulties due to upper respiratory tract infections in children.
5. Blood sugar regulation : Even through honey contains simple sugars, it is NOT the same as white sugar or artificial sweeteners. Its exact combination of fructose and glucose actually helps the body regulate blood sugar levels.
6.Heal wounds and burns : External application of honey has been shown to be as effective as conventional treatment with silver sulfadiazene. It is speculated that the drying effect of the simple sugar and honey's anti-bacterial nature combine to create this effect.8. Properties of honey : Honey is made up of glucose, fructose and mineral such as iron, calcium, phosphate, sodium chlorine, potassium, magnesium. Fructose : 38.2%, Glucose : 31.3%,
Sucrose : 7.1% , Water : 17.2%, Higher sugars : 1.5%, Ash : 0.2% Other/undetermined : 3.2%.
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