HONEY: features and uses
Hello steemians,
Today, I want us to look into this nature's natural sweetener, HONEY.
Honey is one of the products that are gotten from one of nature's chemist, the HONEY BEE, which through enzymes activities and dehydration are able to produce from nectar, a fascinating supersaturated food. Honey is one of the most used products around the world, and this is due to its wide range of applications which we would look into.
Features of honey
- Honey is a viscous liquid with varying densities due to temperature and water content variations.
- It has a varying colour ranging from colourless to dark brown.
- It is hydroscopic in nature, meaning it has the ability to absorb moisture from the surroundings.
- It contains mainly the monosaccharides, fructose and glucose.
- It is acidic in nature with pH ranging from 3 to 4.
Uses of honey
- As an additive to food, Honey serves as natural flavour booster, complimenting and enhancing varieties of food and flavours.
- It contains carbohydrates which are the major source of energy for the body, and is thus, an energy booster.
- Being an humectant, it attracts and retain moisture, thus when applied on the skin as a skincare or body moisturiser, it gives a natural glow.
- It can also act as a cough suppressant by coating the throatand keeping it calm, thus relieving the irritation of the cough.
- With the lots of antioxidants in honey, it is useful in helping the brains functioning and boosting the immune system.
- With honey's antimicrobial (antifungal, antiviral, antibacterial) properties, its a good ointment for reducing allergies and curing eczema and acne.
- The natural antibiotic nature of honey makes it useful in soothing and treating wounds and burns.
- Honey has a characteristic tonic property that cleanses the arteries and bowels of impurities, also opening obstructions of the kidney, bladder and liver.
- It can also serve as a preservative
- Honey has been proven effective for stomach pains and gastric or peptic ulcers.
- It is also a safe sweetener for diabetics, and people with heart diseases.
Though honey has a variety of healing effects, certain precautions must be taken, to prevent cases such as infant botulism in children below one year.
Conclusion
Honey is a food of great nutritional value. Although being characterised as an impure, supersaturated solution of sugar, the chemistry of honey is beyond that, and thus leaves it one of the most valuable food source, sweetener, and ointment.
*Thanks for reading* @mcyusuf
There is so much benefits in nature that the mind of man cannot comprehend. Honey is one the best gift from nature. A regular use can make much difference in your health.
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i did not know that honey could cure stomach pains. ill surely give it a try next time i get an upset
Thanks bro, sure give it a try mixing honey and lemon juice at an equal ratio.
This is lovely. Thanks.
The benefits of honey I can say is quite innumerable and I just learned much about it on this post, especially that is has been proven to be effective for stomach pains and gastric or peptic ulcers, also serve as a preservative. So, how can honey serve as a preservative? I mean what sort of food can it preserve?
Good read @mcyusuf! I have just folowed you to see more of your interesting posts, so you can do same @starbele.
Thanks for the wonderful comment.
Honey's antibiotic nature gives a preserving effects on food from animal and vegetable sources, such as meat, fish, fruits and the likes.@starbele followed.
I never appreciated honey until i had an accident some years back.I was asked to come to the hospital for dressing of the wound.But someone told me to stop going there, instead i should get the original honey and use.That wasvwhat healed the wound that was stitched 3 times.Since then honey has never left my house.I use it for so many things.Thanks for telling everyone. @adore-eu
Okies. Thanks for the wonderful contribution.
Honey is a must-have at home.
The importance of honey in diet can't be overemphasized. Thanks for the post
I really love what you did with d editing of ur work. It really lovely. I was surprised to see this as a fresher.. Nice post.
Thanks bro.
Nice post @mcyusuf Honey is very essential for our healthy life living.
Honey is the drink of the gods, a gift from nature with many health benefits but one challenge I have always had, is getting the original and unrefined honey. Kudos for a wonderful write-up.