Benefits of Honey 🍯

Honey is food made by bees for bees, but many people also enjoy it. Humans have prized honey for its sweet taste for many thousands of years. Some researchers say honey is more than a sweetener. It may also have health benefits, though there is little evidence for some of its medicinal uses. Raw honey comes straight from a beehive. Some honey producers pass the substance through a coarse filter to remove foreign matter, but it remains unprocessed food. Most of the honey sold in stores goes through a heating process to make it less sticky and easier to filter. High temperatures pasteurize honey and destroy yeast cells in it that can cause unwanted fermentation. Nutritional information: 1 tablespoon of honey contains: Calories: 64g Fat: 0g Proteins: 0g

Carbohydrates: 17g Fibre: 0g Sugar: 17g Iron, Zinc and Potassium are also present in trace quantities. Health benefits: • The antioxidants in honey have an anti-inflammatory effect on body against the action of free radicals. Free radicals can cause aging, heart attack and also cancer. Honey prevents the cause of these diseases by enhancing the elimination of the free radicals. • The propolis present in honey have a antifungal and antibacterial effect. Some types are also being researched for their therapeutic effects against candida associated infections. • Honey has been a treatment for the major cause of stomach ulcer, viz., Helicobacter pylori. • It is also used in cases of sore throat and cough by adding them to tea or lemon water. How to use honey? Honey can be added in lemon water. It can also be substituted to sugar and used as sweetner in foods. How to store honey? Natural honey does not expire and has a really long shelf life. Few things that can be done to prevent it from being contaminated is by closing the lid properly and storing it away from direct sunlight. Sometimes when the climate it cold, natural honey crystallises and it is completely normal. Crystals can be melt down by boiling it in very low heat.