Pure, raw, unprocessed honey is a healthier sweetener than table sugar and high fructose corn syrup. It's chock-full of antioxidants, minerals, and vitamins—and only has 21 calories per teaspoon.
Honey can relieve a variety of ailments, including allergies, coughs, fatigue, pain, and stress.
Honey bee's pollinates about one-third of the food we consume including fruits and nuts
Honey Isn't just a sugar here is some other things that honey contains.
Alpha-tocopherol: an essential antioxidant, known as vitamin E.
Enzymes: chemical substances your body produces to help boast chemical reactions in your body.
Flavanols and Flavonols: a group of plant compounds (from flavonoids, a large group of phytonutrients) found in honey that have shown
antioxidant effects that may help lower the risk of developing heart disease, some forms of cancer, and diabetes. Both flavanols and flavonols
can be found in honey.
Oligosaccharides: aids to heart health, by lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, and regularity, by boosting good bacteria in the colon.
Peptides: molecules made up of two or more linked amino acids that may help lower risk of heart disease, too, as well as enhance the
immune system and digestion.
Polyphenols: natural compounds that act as powerful antioxidants to protect your body by trapping the free-radical molecules and getting
rid of them before damage occurs.
Salicylates: naturally produced acid that acts as a protective compound against stress and disease.
Also honey contains at least 181 known substances,
nutrients, such as amino acids, carbohydrates (natural sugars), as well as trace enzymes, minerals (including calcium, fluoride, iron, magnesium,phosphorus, and selenium), vitamins (including vitamin C, folate, and choline), and water Bioflavonoids, flavonoids, and phenolic acids, which act as disease-fighting antioxidants.
Different type's of honey:
Acacia Light
Blueberry
Buckwheat
Goldenrod
Hawaiian Christmas Berry
Manuka
Sidr
Raspberry
Sunflower Yellow;
Wildflower
Honey in some grocery stores and dollar stores
may not be 100 percent pure but instead be “adulterated” (contaminated with tainted elements). This fact is upsetting to people because not
only are we not getting what we pay for, but we also are being duped, as often the honey is tainted with unhealthful, cheaper ingredients such
as antibiotics. This ordeal is making headlines in the news more rather than less and it’s causing concern for both consumers and
beekeepers.
All-natural, 100 percent pure honey will have one ingredient listed on the nutrition label: honey. Imitation honeys, much like quality imitation
dark chocolate, are not a laughing matter in the real world. That means trouble lies ahead for real honey lovers who want to “save the
endangered honey bear.” Honey-flavored syrups, or honey that’s diluted with other ingredients, are becoming more commonplace and being
sold.
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The Healing Powers of Honey
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