To bee or not to bee...?

Honey has been used since ancient years as a medicine for its healing and antibacterial effects. It is considered very important for its effect on oxidative stress, wound healing, ageing, inflammation, cancer, diabetes, bacterial growth and atherosclerosis.

Studies have shown a good effect on the reduction of cholesterol and a mild reduction on weight and body fat. It can also have an advantage in the growth of bacteria like Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium. The polyphenols which honey contains are therapeutic.

Contradicting the previous, one could state that we should be careful with honey since there could be some contaminants because of its exposure to toxic environmental elements. Personally, I would say that honey overthrows this. In general, honey has high nutritional and therapeutic values which can depend on the type of honey, the type of bee or the concentration.

Further studies should be conducted and one should not consider honey as the only remedy for everything. Do not forget that balance in your daily nutrition is important for your health and that just one kind of food is not enough to make a difference.

Practical information: Since the polyphenols in honey are the ones which are responsible for the high nutritional value of it, producers should label the phenolic content on their product. So, why not take a look at the label of the product before you buy it?

To choose honey in combination to other nutritional food in one's daily diet would not harm, on the contrary it would have many benefits not to mention the reduction of sweet cravings and absence of the unnecessary sugar in your daily nutrition!

By the way, have you ever tried propolis in order to empower your immunity system?

(Note! Always follow the recommendations of the health care and the state food agency when it comes to small children)

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Source:

https://bmccomplementmedtherapies.biomedcentral.com/...