Sunday, October 26, 2014
Bee Healthy With Honey
1:16 PM | 
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Kaplan Center for Health and Wellness
Bee Healthy With
Honey
Raw
honey is perhaps one of the best natural sweeteners that we can make part of
our eating habits. Although there is
some debate about the appropriateness of honey due to it being a sugar source and
high in calories (roughly 60 calories per teaspoon), there are potential
benefits across much of the wellness continuum that can be observed with its
consumption.
1)
Contains antioxidants—As we have seen throughout
the blogging calendar this year, antioxidants are critical to consume to ensure
that we fight toxins and maintain our health.
2)
Could be used as an anti-bacterial agent—Bees actually
aid in hydrogen peroxide manufacturing when they are making honey due to an
enzyme that they produce. Theoretically, honey could be used as a cleansing
agent in the form of something similar to soap.
3)
Cough suppressant—Honey can bring soothing to a
cough similar to that experienced by cough drops. It could be ingested raw or
it could be made as part of a liquid. Honey can work great to use with children
as the sweetness of the taste helps, not to mention, there are no chemicals or
other unnatural preservatives as might be the case with other manmade cough
suppressants.
4)
Blood sugar regulation—Honey can be used as a natural
means to regulate blood sugar. One thing to remember when using it as a
potential tool for blood sugar regulation is that different types of honey have
different glycemic index readings depending from which source the honey was
made.
5)
Skin aesthetics and health—There are properties
associated with honey that can be attributed to improving the aesthetics of our
skin as well as providing it nourishment for overall skin health. It is also a natural
moisturizer.
Honey has many faces that can serve
us in many different ways beyond the scope of just making our foods taste
better. As you can see here, honey provides us balance, beauty, and bolstered
immunity all rolled into one.
Mark Maule
Adjunct Instructor, Health and Wellness
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