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Health Benefits Of Honey To The Body by globalwaly(m): 11:18pm On Dec 21, 2013
The dangers of sugar have been so widely publicized that lots of people mistakenly think whatever “sweet” equals bad news with the body.

What is Honey made of?

Honey consists of glucose, fructose, and minerals for example iron, calcium, phosphate, salt chlorine, potassium, magnesium.

Below can be a typical honey profile,

Fructose: 37. 2%
Glucose: 31. 3%
Maltose: 7. 1%
Sucrose: 1. 3%
Drinking water: 17. 2%
Higher sugar: 1. 5%
Ash: 0. 2%
Other/undetermined: 3. 2%

1.Honey helps you in losing weight fast

Drinking warm water together with lemon and honey while on an empty stomach, first thing in the morning. Doing this on a daily basis is one of the top ways to cleanse your liver, remove toxins, and flush fat on the body.
Pure honey


For optimal positive aspects, add 1 tablespoon of honey as well the juice of one lemon to tepid to warm water every morning before lunch. This is a very soothing and satisfying drink to end the day with, also.

2. Honey is used for treating allergies

There is some research to suggest that honey may be useful in minimizing seasonal allergies. The Guardian reported that honey even ‘beats cough medicine’ at alleviating and reducing the frequency of cough.


One placebo-controlled study which included 36 people with ocular allergies, found that participants responded preferable to treatment with honey when compared to placebo. However, a third of all of them reported that eating any tablespoon of honey daily was hard to tolerate because of its overly sweet taste.


3: It soothes indigestion.


For those who suffer from indigestion, the antiseptic properties of honey relieve acidity in the stomach and alleviate food digestion. Honey also neutralizes fuel, becoming the ultimate stomach soother on the subject of overeating.

4. Anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-fungal:
“All honey is antibacterial, because the bees add an enzyme that makes hydrogen peroxide,” said Peter Molan, director of the Honey Research Unit at the University of Waikato in New Zealand.

5. 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.

6. Reduce cough and throat irritation:
Honey helps with coughs, particularly buckwheat honey. In a study of 110 children, a single dose of buckwheat honey was just as effective as a single dose of dextromethorphan in relieving nocturnal cough and allowing proper sleep.

Read more: http://healthsaveblog.com/health-benefits-of-honey/

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