Benefits of Raw Honey

Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.

Honey has been popular over the last few decades. Not only because of its rich and earthy taste, but also because of the amazing health benefits it offers.

Besides antibacterial property, honey is also rich in antiviral, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. Many people use this honey for wound healing, soothing sore throat, preventing tooth decay and improving digestive issues.

Are you curious of the other amazing health benefits of raw honey?

?Let’s discuss each of these amazing benefits.

It’s a sweetener, just like any other honey. You can use it to bake cakes, spread it on a sandwich, dribble it on pancakes, and stir it in your tea etc. - anything you do with any honey.

What you definitely cannot do with it: Cure cancer, make the lame walk or the blind see. Like many honeys, it does have some antibacterial properties, but don’t believe the hype; so far,

Honey has only shown actual results in a laboratory setting.

It contains Methylglyoxal, which is synthesized from the nectar and pollen of the plant; however, I could not find actual peer-reviewed studies showing any positive effects on humans, only lab measuring of bacteria cultures in petri dishes.

Raw honey has not been pasteurized.

If you let bees do their thing, they will evaporate the honey below, I think it’s 18.2% moisture content. Once that’s done, the only way honey can go bad is if you add water to it.

Large honey producers will harvest honey from thousands of hives at the same time, before it’s all below 18.2%.

Hence they pasteurize.

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Honey extraction is a process.

Combs are generally warmed to make the honey more liquid, then spun to extract the honey.

Some beekeepers simply slice open the combs and let the honey drip out by gravity. This takes overnight at least.

Filtering to remove pollen, legs, wings, whole bees, etc is another process. You can coarse filter to get the big stuff and leave the pollen, or fine filter for the clear honey - without pollen - that some people prefer.

So you can have raw honey that has the pollen filtered out, raw honey with just pollen in it (cloudy), or you can go full nature boy and have raw honey with legs, crunchy crystals, chunks of wax, wings, pollen and dead bees in it.

That’s your unprocessed honey. It might even have bits of propolis, which is good for you but tastes like earwax.

PS: The warming is optional, but it prevents crystallization, which a lot of people think means the honey’s gone bad. It hasn’t, but most people won’t buy crystallized honey.

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Healing Wounds

Similar to other types of honey, is also able to help healing wounds. All forms of honey are acidic and they have a pH between 3.2 to 4.5.

This property has been helpful to promote healing. The acidity of honey also blocks enzymes that break down the protein and peptides the body needs to repair itself.

Besides, the high concentration of sugar also helps to protect the wounds from getting infected.

Honey is low in moisture and gets rid of fluid from a wound. As a result, it helps remove waste and speed the healing process.

Promoting Oral Health

To keep your gums healthy and prevent tooth decay, it is very important to minimize bad oral bacteria which can cause the formation of plaque.

However, the good oral bacteria shouldn’t be totally wiped out as it is responsible to keep your mouth healthy.

Soothing Sore Throat

Honey is one of the best cures for soothing sore throat. It provides some relief from a sore throat. Its antiviral and antibacterial properties are in charge of reducing inflammation and attacking bacteria causing the pain.

Not only attacking the harmful bacteria causing sore throat, raw honey is also able to coat the inner lining of the throat for an effect of soothing.

Sore throat can be cured by several remedies.

Treating Skin Infection

The ancient people have understood the advantages of applying honey to the skin. It has been used as a beauty treatment and serious skin disease.

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Nowadays, modern science is exploring the specific advantages of honey in skincare products. There is a research, some skin disorders are treated well though they are often quite small.

Honey has antifungal properties which make is an effective way to treat fungal diseases, such as ringworm and tinea infections.

Besides, it also helps improve some serious skin disorders, such as dermatitis.

Curing Stomach Ulcers

Raw honey is packed with flavonoids, which can help preventing the formation of gastric ulcers. It was also shown that raw manuka honey was able to inhibit the growth of H pylori in vitro..

Acne Treatment

Hormonal changes usually cause acne, though sometimes it can also be a reaction to poor diet, stress or bacteria growth in clogged pores.

Raw honey has an antimicrobial property which is very effective to fight acne when it is combined with a low-pH product.

Honey is able to keep your skin free of bacteria which is able to expedite the healing process. The inflammation associated with acne can also be reduced by its anti-inflammatory properties.

Though it has a lot of amazing health benefits, consulting with the doctor will be better. For people who suffer from diabetes should really pay attention to the use of honey.

Honey may affect the blood sugar level. Also for the people who are allergic to bees or honey, there may be some allergic reactions after ingesting or applying it.

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