Tuesday, December 05, 2006


counter easy hit


Honey



Honey: is another wholesome food that offers antioxidant benefits. Studies performed at University of Illinois-Urbana, found that honey’s antioxidant content varies, depending on the nectar’s source. Generally speaking, darker honey has a higher antioxidant content. Dark Illinois buckwheat honey has 20 times the antioxidant levels of California sage honey, which is light in color. Sweet clover honey, also light colored, is, however, rich in antioxidants. Honey is reported to contain a number of antioxidants, such as alpha-tocopherol, ascorbic acid, beta-carotene, flavonoids and the antioxidative enzymes catalase and peroxidase.

Honey, besides, supplies the organism with substances for the formation of enzymes and other biological ferments to promote oxidation. It has distinct germicidal properties

Honey is predigested by bees and if you have weak digestion, especially in those who lack invertase and amylase and depend on monosaccarides, the work is already done, thanks to the Bees, who deposit specific enzymes to break down the sugar for us. This saves the stomach additional labor, to break down sugars to the level of where they need to be utilized. Honey does not ferment in the stomach because, being an inverted sugar, it is easily absorbed and there is no danger of a bacterial invasion. Honey contains: All of the B-complex, A, C, D, E, and K, minerals and trace elements: magnesium, sulfur, phosphorus, iron, calcium, chlorine, potassium, iodine, sodium, copper, and manganese

Here are some of the therapies that honey has actually been used for….It has cured many hopeless cases of gastric and intestinal ulcers with honey and without operations… People who have frequent migraine attacks, should sip a dessert spoon of honey dissolved in half a glass of warm water at the start of the attack. Repeat after 20 minutes if needed. Its effective as migraine is stress related. Long lived people are regular users of honey. Beekeepers are known to suffer less from cancer, arthritis than any other working group worldwide.