Efficacy and Benefits of Honey

Honey is food containing various nutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, dextrin, plant pigments and Aromatic components. Even from the results of expert research Nutrition and food, honey contains a carbohydrate which is highest among the other livestock products are milk, eggs, meat, cheese and menterga approximately (82.3% higher) Every 100 grams of pure honey is worth 294 calories or the ratio of 1000 grams honey pure equivalent to 50 chicken eggs or 5.675 liters of milk or 1680 grams of meat. From the results of a recent study found the substances or compounds that are in the honey is very complex, which reached 181 species.

Savor the honey has been known since the days of Ancient Egypt. Even Queen Cleopatra has used to maintain health and beauty.

In addition, honey is also used for embalming herb (embalming) to preserve the mummy of ancient Egyptian kings.

The Japanese tradition is to drink honey every night for getting out of bed in a state of fresh and healthy.

One of the unique honey is because honey contains antibiotic substances. This was the result of research Peter C Molan (1992), researchers from the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikoto, New Zealand. According to Honey proved to contain an antibiotic substance active against the attack of pathogens that cause disease.

Efficacy and Benefits of Honey:

Honey can be consumed by all levels, from fetus to parents.

1. Fetus: Honey can strengthen a weak fetus in the womb (uterus).
2. Pregnant Woman: Honey helps maintain stamina and infant health during pregnancy, and help high nutrient intake for the healthy growth of the fetus in the womb during
3. Babies: Helping a baby's brain development, because every day the brain continues to develop until the age of 5 years. For that he needed a high nutrition. Brain growth and development are closely linked to the intelligence of the mind (IQ) and mental intelligence (EQ). It can be seen today various additional food products either milk or formulated infant porridge with honey as Dancow, Frisian Flag, Sustagen, etc.
4. Children: help for increased appetite (the existence of a complete element of B vitamins in honey), so that children grow up healthy, lively and cheerful and disease resistance.
5. Adolescents: Efficacy of honey on baligh puberty teens make grow very fast, good nutrition and regular will make a perfect body growth.
6. Adults: Level of fatigue and stress lead to work piling up so that the body becomes weak and susceptible to disease. In this case the factory workers who worked hard all day (long shifts) without sufficient nutrient-prone diseases such as thypus infected, inflammation, and other bacterial infections so in this case Honey is the best supplementary food.
7. Elderly: Honey is the best food that is necessary for the elderly, because honey is a source of energy and nutrients that can be absorbed directly by the body, which at that age our digestive organs have started to decrease its function.