{"id":24890,"date":"2021-04-16T09:15:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T01:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nourhealth.sg\/?p=24890"},"modified":"2021-04-16T09:15:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T01:15:54","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-about-honey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nourhealth.sg\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-honey.html","title":{"rendered":"EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HONEY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Honey is a sweet liquid made by bees using the nectar from flowers. It is graded by color, with the clear, golden amber honey often fetching a higher retail price than the darker varieties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The flavor of a particular type of honey will vary based on the types of flower from which the nectar was harvested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both raw and pasteurized forms of honey are available. Raw honey is removed from the hive and bottled directly, and as such will contain trace amounts of yeast, wax, and pollen. Consuming local raw honey is believed to help with seasonal allergies, due to repeated exposure to the pollen in the area. Pasteurized honey has been heated and processed to remove impurities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Honey has high levels of monosaccharides, fructose, and glucose, and it contains about 70 to 80 percent sugar, which provides its sweetness. Honey also has antiseptic and antibacterial properties. Modern medical science has managed to find uses for honey in chronic wound management and combating infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
History of honey in traditional medicine and explains some of its potential health benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fast facts on honey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Modern science is finding evidence for many of the historical uses of honey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1) Healing wounds and burns<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n People have consumed honey for thousands of years for its supposed health benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been some cases in which people have reported positive effects of using honey in treating wounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Honey might be able to help heal burns. Topical honey is cheaper than other interventions, notably oral antibiotics, which are often used and may have other deleterious side effects.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, there is a lack of evidence to fully support this claim. In fact that applying medical-grade honey to the wounds of patients has no advantage over normal antibiotics among patients undergoing dialysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Honey should never be given to young infants as it can cause\u00a0botulism, a rare but severe type of\u00a0food poisoning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Honey it has been shown to decrease the severity and duration of\u00a0diarrhea. Honey also promotes increased\u00a0potassium\u00a0and water intake, which is particularly helpful when experiencing diarrhea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n honey has also shown the ability to\u00a0block the actions of pathogens\u00a0that commonly cause diarrhea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Honey can reduce the upward flow of stomach acid and undigested food by lining the esophagus and stomach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This has helped to reduce the risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). GERD can cause\u00a0inflammation,\u00a0acid reflux, and\u00a0heartburn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n2) Reducing the duration of diarrhea<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
3) Preventing acid reflux<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n