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Honey is not just a delicious product from bees that goes perfectly on toast with peanut butter, or drizzled on your morning cereal; it also has health benefits that make it sweet to the tongue, while benefitting the rest of your body.
1. Antioxidants
Antioxidants remove potentially damaging oxidizing agents in a living organism. In plain words, they stop your body from absorbing too much oxygen, reducing oxidization (the same process that causes rust on metal). According to WebMD, the antioxidants found in honey have been associated with lowering the risk of heart disease and cancer
Antioxidants have also been linked to lowering high blood pressure, and we consider the taste of honey to be naturally relaxing.
2. Sugar Alternative
Even people who jokingly argue that sugar is a vegetable because it grows as a plant realize that reducing white sugar intake is beneficial to your health. If you have a sweet tooth, try substituting honey in your tea, baking and in your cereal to satisfy your sweet tooth, and reduce your white sugar intake.
3. Natual Throat Coat
Next time you feel that tickle in your throat, before reaching for your cough syrup with a list unpronounceable ingredients, enjoy a teaspoon of honey. The honey tastes delicious while moisturizing and coating that sore or irritated throat.
If you’re experiencing vocal fatigue from speaking or singing, a teaspoon of honey in warm water is the perfect way to comfort your throat, loosen your vocal chords and reduce irritation from dry spots.
4. Burn Treatment
After rinsing a burn in water, apply a small amount of honey to cover the surface area of the burn. It’s not entirely clear how honey specifically aids in burn treatment, but the US Natural Library of Medicine shows a reduced healing time.
Their findings when applying honey to the wounds of burn victims:
Honey dressings make the wounds sterile in less time, enhance healing, and have a better outcome in terms of hypertrophic scars and postburn contractures, as compared to other dressings.
The full article is available here
5. Local Honey May Counter Allergic Reactions to Pollen
The theory is this: Honey naturally contains pollen, and local honey specifically contains many of the pollens that you may be reacting to. Like a booster shot or anti-venom dose, allowing your body to consume the pollen causing a reaction (in small doses through honey) creates a resistance to the reaction.
Healthline points out both a study that showed no difference in small amounts of honey intake and a study that showed a reduced reaction over an 8-week period.
While we can’t say for sure and the results have been varied, whether you experience relief or not, you’ll enjoy the flavour during the process.
Every one business of residence that hosts a hive receives honey from their own backyard each season. If you don’t have the space to host a hive, you can order honey from The Great Canadian Honey Company!
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