A healing properties of honey: tasty and healthy.
Each of us knows that honey is one of the most popular means of prevention and treatment at the home. He is capable of many things: to relieve colds and preserve youth, to cure the stomach and relieve the person from wrinkles. Official medicine has never refused to honey as medicine. Consider useful properties of this product.
Honey has a high energy value, this is because of the large amount of carbohydrates contained in it. So honey is recommended for people engaged in heavy physical work, convalescent patients and children in the period of intense growth and development.
Honey has an unique antibacterial properties. For example, mildew are not able to live in it, they immediately perish.
Honey is a natural sugar substitute. This may serve as an outlet for people suffering from diabetes of the second degree. But before you enter it in your diet, you should consult your physician.
Some varieties of honey help in the treatment of anemia. For example, buckwheat's honey increases the hemoglobin due to its high iron content. Honey is easily absorbed by the body, improves metabolism, improves the digestive process.
Everybody knows that milk or tea with honey is not only tasty, but also useful. And indeed, this drink is an excellent tool for the prevention of colds and improve the General condition of the body.
Honey causes active regeneration process, so common is its application in cosmetology. For example, as a component of masks for face and hair.
Positive properties of tea with honey depend on the temperature of the water. If you omit the honey in the boiling water, its many useful qualities disappear and he can harm the body. So add it stands at slightly cooled water.
What is the composition of honey is such that he is one of the most healthful foods?
Honey contains carbohydrates (70-80%), water (up to 20%) and proteins (0.3-0.4%), amino acids, minerals, enzymes, volatile, vitamins and fragrant substances. Just there 30-37 elements.
Honey contains fructose, glucose and sucrose. Among minerals are potassium, magnesium, calcium, sulfur, chlorine, sodium phosphate and iron, a small amount of copper, iodine and zinc. Honey is also rich in B vitamins (B1, B2, B6, B3, B5) and vitamins E and C. Honey also contains some natural enzymes and hormones. Concentration of nutrients in honey depends on the quality of nectar, origin of plants and climatic conditions. The aromat of honey depends on plant species, they give it a specific smell.
Calorie of honey depends on grade. For example, light varieties contain approximately 380 cal on 100g of the product, and in 100g of dark honey - already 415 cal. But calorie of honey is not as harmful as of other sweets, because source caloric of honey is fructose and glucose, that is easily digestible sugar.
Besides the huge benefits that honey brings to the human body, there are also contraindications in the consumption of honey:
1. Honey is a strong allergen. Therefore, before using it, please consult your physician to determine whether there is a tendency to allergies.
2. Contraindications the use of honey to children under the age of 18 months, as there is a risk of occurrence of infectious diseases.
3. At high temperatures, doctors advise to refrain from eating honey.
4. Dentists say that honey, and sugar is bad for your teeth. So after consumption of honey should rinse your mouth.
5. Extremely harmful excessive consumption of honey and the daily rate of honey for adults are 100 - 150 gramms.