Honey types and properties

If you drink, eat honey. Honey activates the elimination of up to 35% alcohol, because it activates liver metabolism. It is also good to eliminate toxins and to protect the liver from drugs and an unbalanced diet. The best is the honey that sweetens without caries. Natural honey does not cause tooth decay by the action of an enzyme that removes plaque. Although you should not overdo it.

It increases natural energy. If you notice more tiredness every day and you do not recover well, eat honey to prevent and cure of anemia, fatigue, stress during exam times and / or heavy training. The most suitable are rich in minerals, or dark colour as buckwheat and heather.

Honeyed hearts, healthy hearts . Honey invigorates the tired heart and helps to eliminate fluid retention in heart affected people. Choose diuretic honey such as heather, lavender honey and hawthorn.

Do you have difficult digestions? Honey is an apredigested food  by the bees so it is rapidly absorbed,it relieves burning and sore . The most suitable are rosemary honey, lime and thyme.

Honey, sweet antibiotic. Honey is a treat for the sweet tooth that helps you keep away infections. It contains energy sugars, vitamins, minerals, active enzymes, amino acids, organic acids, antibiotic substances (inhibin, formic acid), pollen, acetylcholine and water. Use it daily but without abusing (very caloric) to sweeten your tea, drinks and meals. Grandparents knew what they were doing. Honey with lemon is the best remedy to relieve throat problems, healthy natural remedy. Wounds and burns heal with honey. The antiseptic and healing properties of honey prevent infections and accelerate healing of damaged skin. All are healing, but lavender is the best.

Cough and soothes the throat. Try to make a broth to reduce swelling and relieve cough: Boil for 30 minutes, half a litre of mineral water with three onions, three carrots and 3 celery sticks. Strain the resulting broth and add three tablespoons of  rosemary honey. Pour yourself a good warm bowl before bed and in the morning on an empty stomach.

Relieves allergies. A glass of warm water with local honey, a spoonful of pollen and two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar before allergy season helps you naturally vaccinated.

Sleep soundly. Linden honey and orange blossom are very effective in curing insomnia, stress and anxiety. For this reason it is traditional to drink a glass of warm milk sweetened with this type of honey before bedtime.

A matter of regularity. Honey has laxative effects and it is very effective against constipation if you take a spoonful on an empty stomach with a glass of water. The best is acacia honey.

Get smooth skin. Try to put honey on the face and body areas with rough edges and roughness as elbows, knees and feet. Two tablespoons of honey diluted in a tablespoon of olive oil and let stand the mask for at least 20 minutes. The results are amazing, especially in the "suffered" foot runners.
It is a good antioxidant. A new study from the University of Illinois (USA) has found that honey has antioxidant properties thanks to its high content of phenolic acids and enzymes such as catalase and glucose oxidase are able to protect cells from free radicals. Honey is a very varied food and its properties can be higher if the pollen chosen has a good quality. To achieve it choose honey of natural origin with more anti-free radical action.

Energize during the race. in long races,prepare at the aid stations green tea with  rosemary honey. Not only it can help you to prevent the risk of hypoglycemia, also it favors fat oxidation and releases of glycogen and helps you eliminate accumulated toxins from the effort.

Prebiotic food. We just discovered that honey is a prebiotic food, it contains oligosaccharides that  increase the population of bacterial flora (bifidobacteria and lactobacillus) naturally, improving digestive and immune system health.

Stronger bones with calcium and honey. If you need to take calcium supplements, do it with a teaspoon of honey, because this natural sweetener is able to increase calcium absorption helping to increase bone mass. Researchers have found that honey  increases33.6% calcium absorption in rats, probably by the carbohydrate as glucose, fructose and raffinose.

Anticancer honey. Another new study has found that natural honey and its derivatives (propolis, royal jelly, etc.) come to decrease tumor growth and prevent metastasis, when injected into tumors in laboratory mice, which would make a sweet anti-tumor treatment.
How much honey should be taken?

Two or three teaspoons a day is the right amount to sweeten without gaining weight, but if you have an infection or feel free energy ,change to 2 or 3 tablespoons.

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