Health benefits of honey by opofood

#1 Honey is good for your blood
Honey influences the body in different
ways depending on how you consume it.
If honey is mixed in tepid water and
drunk, it has a beneficial impact on the
red blood cell (RBC) count in the blood.
RBCs are mainly responsible for carrying
oxygen in the blood to various parts of
the body. The honey-tepid water mixture
raises the bloods hemoglobin levels,
which takes care of anemic conditions .
Iron deficiency anemia is a condition that
occurs when dietary intake or absorption
of iron is insufficient, and the oxygen
carrying capacity of the blood is
compromised. The reduced oxygen
carrying capacity leads to fatigue,
breathlessness, and sometimes
depression and other problems. Honey
can negate these issues by building the
oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood.
Building the level of oxygen in the blood
is extremely important because how
healthy the body is and how easily it
rejuvenates itself depends on the level of
oxygen in the blood. Preliminary
research has also shown the positive
effect of honey on hypertension or high
blood pressure. Traditionally, honey is
also consumed to reduce the effects of
hypotension or low blood pressure.
There is also some preliminary evidence
that honey can prevent low white blood
cell (WBC) count in chemotherapy
patients. In a small-scale experiment,
40% of patients at risk of low WBC count
had no recurrence of the problem after
consuming two teaspoons of therapeutic
honey a day during chemotherapy.

#2 Honey is safer than sugar
There has been a lot said about the
negative effects of white sugar on the
body. Honey is a great substitute that is
as sweet but also safe to consume.
Though honey also includes simple
sugars in its chemical makeup, it is quite
different from white sugar in that it
contains about 30% glucose and 40%
fructose – two monosaccharide or simple
sugars – with 20% other complex sugars.
Honey also includes dextrin, a starchy
fiber. This combination helps the body
regulate blood sugar levels.

#3 Honey is good for yoga
practitioners
For those doing yogic practices,
consuming honey brings balance to the
blood chemistry and is especially
recommended. Regular intake of honey
makes the system more vibrant. Taking
tepid water mildly laced with honey in
the morning before beginning the
practice can open the system up.

#4 Honey is antibacterial and
antiseptic
Consumption of honey promotes an
increase is beneficial antioxidant agents,
stimulates antibodies and combats
harmful microbial activity . Several
studies have also looked at honey in
wound treatment. One study used a
therapeutic honey that had undergone a
special purification process, which
destroyed all strains of bacteria in
wounds among the study participants.
Another study treated wounds and leg
ulcers for 59 patients, of whom 80% had
not responded to conventional treatment,
with unprocessed honey. Except for one
patient, all the others’ wounds showed
improvement. What’s more, the infected
wounds became sterile within one week
of honey application.
In traditional medicine, one of the health
benefits of honey includes the treatment
of respiratory infections. Daily
consumption of honey is used to deal
with issues such as excess mucus and
asthma.
Clinical research has also shown that
medical-grade honey can destroy food-
borne illness pathogens such as
Eschetichia coli and salmonella . Honey
has also shown promise in fighting
bacterial strains that have developed
resistance to antibiotics. Research has
shown that honey is effective against
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Honey fights infections on many levels
making it difficult for pathogens to
develop resistance to it. Antibiotics by
contrast, typically target bacteria while
they are growing, giving them an
opportunity to evolve resistance. Honey
is also found to disrupt what is known as
quorum sensing, which reduces the
virulence of bacterial pathogens, and
allows antibiotics to take effect.

#5 Honey is an energy food
One of the important uses of honey in
traditional medicine is as an instant
energy booster. As mentioned above,
honey contains many different kinds of
sugar molecules, especially glucose and
fructose. However, unlike white sugar
where fructose and glucose are combined
as sucrose and require an additional step
in the digestive process, in honey, these
two sugars are separate. Thus, the
glucose acts as an instant energy source.
The United States National Honey Board
recommends consumption of honey
because it contains many vitamins and
minerals in small amounts. A list of these
include: niacin, riboflavin, pantothenic
acid, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium,
manganese, phosphorus, potassium and
zinc.

#6 Honey helps with digestion
Honey helps reduce constipation,
bloating and gas, thanks to it being a
mild laxative. Honey is also rich in
probiotic or “friendly” bacteria such as
bifido bacteria and lactobacilli, which aid
in digestion, promote the health of the
immune system, and reduce allergies.
Using honey in place of table sugar has
been found to reduce the toxic effects in
the gut of mycotoxins produced by fungi.

#7 Honey combats skin and scalp
infections
There are many health benefits of honey
on skin and scalp wellbeing as well. In a
small-scale study with 30 patients that
looked at the effects of honey on treating
seborrheic dermatitis and dandruff,
participants applied diluted crude honey
every alternate day by gently rubbing
their problem areas for 2-3 minutes. The
honey was left in place for three hours
before being washed off with warm
water. All the patients showed
improvement with the treatment. Itching
was relieved and scaling disappeared in a
week, while lesions disappeared in two
weeks. The patients’ hair loss situation
also improved. What’s more, patients
who continued the treatment for six
months by applying honey once a week
did not suffer from a relapse.

#8 Honey helps children sleep
soundly
Preliminary results from several studies
indicate that honey can improve the
quality of sleep in children. Based on
parents’ opinions, the studies concluded
that honey reduced cough among
children during the night and helped
them sleep more soundly.

Points to note
Honeys that are darker in color are
considered to have more antioxidants.
Honey does not rot and can be preserved
for long periods of time when sealed
properly. In fact, archaeologists have
found sealed jars of honey in the tombs
of pharaohs in the ancient Egyptian city
of Thebes and in the tomb of
Tutankhamen. There’s no information on
what the archaeologists did with all that
honey!
Honey should not be given to infants
under 12 months of age due to the risk
that it may contain spores of the
botulism bacteria that can lead to infant
botulism. These spores are found in dust
and soil and could find their way into
honey. An infant’s system is still not
geared to defend itself against this kind
of infection.
Another point to remember is that honey
is not very different from white sugar
when it comes to diabetics. Both
products increase the blood sugar level
and the same care must be taken by
diabetic patients.
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