We know that honey is a natural source of food that all of us want healthy living should consume. Honey is meant to be a great healthy food. It is natural honey no additives, water or extra sugar.
Bacteria will never grow in honey because of its high concentration of sugar, its high acidity, and because it actually contains a very small amount of naturally-occurring hydrogen peroxide, honey is hostile to bacteria growth. Therefore, honey will not get easily spoil.
Honey also act as antiseptic for healing minor cuts, scrapes and especially burns. We recommend you try it instead of antibiotic ointment. Cover as usual with a band-aid, and see how remarkably it cures.
Honey is gyroscopic; it sucks moisture from the air, which is why it is such a great addition to baking. It keeps baked good moist and also adds shelf-life because of its anti-bacterial, or anti-oxidant, qualities.
Honey’s antioxidant properties make it an ideal addition to beauty treatments for the skin.
Honey is a fantastic addition to your work-out. It is a wonderful source of glucose for improved endurance, strength and performance, and many professional athletes eat honey by the teaspoonful to keep them going.
Start drinking honey regularly to enhance our health condition.
How Honey Is Made
Characterized by its thickness and golden, sunny color, honey is produced by hardworking bees from the nectar of flowering plants. They save the honey inside their hive for sustenance in times of scarcity. But how is honey made? Check out the following section.
First, let’s start with the nectar, the sugary liquid that honey bees extract from the flowering plants using their tube-shaped tongue and then store it in their crop, also called extra stomach. And while the nectar is there, its transformation begins because it mixes with the bee enzymes, which change its pH and chemical composition. This process makes the honey more suitable for storage.
When the bees return home, they start passing the nectar to another by regurgitating it into the others mouth, a process done several times until the next substance, which is the partly digested nectar is stored into the honeycomb. And to remove excess water out of the honey, the bees work again to fan the honeycomb using their wings. With this activity, the excess water evaporates from the honeycomb – the time when the bees seal it through the secretion coming out their abdomen.
This liquid hardens and becomes the beeswax. That’s basically how honey is made. With such a system and hard work from the bees, humans can get all the benefits from this wonder product from nature. It is actually the perfect food source for everyone looking to achieve the best of health.
Commercial honey is found and sold in many stores. The process of its manufacture is very different from raw honey. It is heated and pasteurized in many cases, resulting to the loss of antioxidants and enzymes, which are sensitive to heat. A majority of the pollen is also removed from the honey. [Bee pollen is a perfect food from nature with its high antioxidant and amino acid content].
Raw honey is far more beneficial for health because it is unheated, meaning important enzymes, amino acids and antioxidants are NOT destroyed or lost. It is honey in its purest state or condition as it is manufactured by the honeybees. It is unprocessed and unpasteurized, meaning all the important health benefits that humans can get from it are intact, nothing more, nothing less. This kind of honey also contains the highest level possible of bee pollen, loaded with antioxidants and antimicrobial agents. You can just imagine the entire honeycomb into your jar!
Uses
• Improves digestion
• Gets rid of nausea
• Cures acne and skin problems
• Helps in skin exfoliation especially in winter
• Improves blood circulation
• Helps in lowering bad cholesterol levels
• Improves diabetes condition
• Boosts the body’s immunity against germs
• Improves sleep
• Aids in weight loss
• Fights allergies
• Speeds up wound healing
• Moisturizes skin
• Works as a great hair mask
• Reduces inflammation
• Relieves eczema
• Combats UTI
• Relieves sore throat
Now that you know how honey is made and what its uses are, including for weight loss and immunity, it may be time to consider it for your diet and healthy lifestyle. But make sure to buy yours only from trusted sources to ensure its 100% potency in giving you all the benefits mentioned above.
