How Honey is Healthy for Your Body.

The saying goes, as sweet as honey is common among us. Do you know that honey has important health benefit to your body?

Don't think much about it because am here to tell you in details the health benefit of the bee product.

Honey is sweet liquid made by bees from nectar and exists in refined and non-refined forms.

Study shows that around 600 thousand bees travel for about 55 thousand miles to gather nectar to make honey.

Well said, the sweet liquid has been in use in early times of Greek and Roman and received praise from holy Scriptures ( Quran and Bible).

Honey has significant health benefit to your body.

HEALTH BENEFIT OF HONEY.

1. Energy booster.

Honey sugar as the highest percentage content.

It contains carbohydrate that prevents the body from fatigue. Similarly, glucose is absorbed thus maintaining body strength.
Spreading it on toast bread is a good start.

2. Honey builds your body immune system.

Presence of antibacterial quality helps the body fight infection faster.

Enhance the digestive system.
In this case you can mix honey with lemon juice and with a cup of warm water.

3. Fight cancer and heart disease.

Interesting,isn't it? Honey has carcinogen which prevents growth of tumour in the body cells.

4. Treatment of burns and wounds.

The sweet liquid has antiseptic property that helps wound to remain clean and prevent further infection.

5. Clean your throat.

Do you have issues with your throat? I got the solution for you here.
Honey helps you clean your throat and soothes it.
It kills bacteria causing the infection.

6. Reduce allergy.
Honey has anti-inflammatory effect on the body.

7. Boost memory

The liquid has antioxidants which helps prevent damage of cellular brain cells.

Calcium in honey is said to help proper decision making.

8. Suppressor of cough.

2012 study published in the journal of pediatrics, honey will be the remedy for endless coughs.

9. Improves sleep.

Usually honey release substance called serotonin which improves mood of a person.

The released substance will in turn be converted by the body into melatonin,this regulates the length of your sleep.

With all this health benefit of honey, it is not recommended for infants.

Honey contain botulism spores and this will affect the weak digestive system of infants.

"Do not let babies eat honey" says foodstrategy.gov a website of the US Department of Health and Human service.

Honey is harmless to adults but with much caution, must never be given to infant less than a year.