Honey is a unique product that belongs to sweet foods, but at the same time it can be included in the menu with a healthy lifestyle.
Bees get their honey from the nectar of flowers, sometimes these flowers are located within a radius of several kilometers from the hive.
Honey has more calories than plain sugar, but honey has more health benefits!
Honey contains: carbohydrates, minerals, proteins, wax, amino acids, pollen and B vitamins.
Natural honey is considered more useful than industrial honey, which loses some useful substances during pasteurization.
The best honey in the world is considered active manuka honey, which is obtained in New Zealand.
Honey is produced by bees from the nectar of flowers by evaporation of the liquid.
The most fragrant types of honey are: clover, citrus, lavender and raspberry.
Honey is useful for such diseases: acne (pimples), peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, allergies, cough, pharyngoamygdalit, age spots, insomnia, laryngitis.
Chamomile tea with honey and lemon helps with a sore throat.
Honey is characterized by such therapeutic properties: it destroys bacteria, accelerates the healing of wounds and scratches, reduces pain in stomach ulcers, is a natural laxative, and is a quick source of energy to restore tired muscles.
Before mankind discovered antibiotics, honey was used as a disinfectant. Doctors always carried a certain amount of this remedy in the first aid kit.
Due to the content of hydrogen peroxide and propolis, honey destroys bacteria and is used in some types of plasters. This is due to the fact that it disinfects wounds, helping to reduce moisture at the level of the wound and protects against infection by external dangerous pathogens.
Honey accelerates wound healing after surgery in the intimate area in women.
Honey helps with burns and is considered superior to silver sulfadiazinon.
Even in the treatment of eye disorders, honey is used. Most often we are talking about conjunctivitis and chemical burns. Ointments containing honey give positive results in 85% of cases. But use only after consulting a doctor!
Honey improves digestion and is used for various disorders of the digestive system.
The use of honey in gastric ulcer stimulates the development of epithelial cells of the mucous membranes of the stomach and intestines, and also reduces inflammation. Some studies have proven that honey can destroy Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium responsible for many types of stomach ulcers.
The beneficial effect of honey has been seen on intestinal transit. In this case, it works as a laxative.
Honey has contraindications. This means that there are categories of people who should not eat it.
Honey should not be given to children under one year old due to the risk of botulism!
