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5 Health Benefits of Raw Honey
Can Raw Honey really be beneficial to health?You bet'cha... In fact, when looking through history, we can see that it has been used for many differentthings over the past several thousand years.Check it out... Honey has been used since ancient times both asa food and as a medicine. It was reported that archaeologistsfound 2000 year old jars of honey in Egyptian tombs and theystill tasted delicious!Also, Apiculture, the practice of beekeeping to produce honey,dates back to at least 700 BC.And for many centuries, honey was regarded as sacred due toits wonderfully sweet properties as well as its rarity.Today, Raw Honey can be gathered from fields of wildflowers in nature that have not been sprayedwith pesticides or fertilizers.Have you tasted the Raw Honey difference yet?The bees choose the color, flavor, and texture of the honey by the varieties of wildflowers and herbsthey forage and the flavor is unique to the flowers used.With your first taste, you'll know you are eating something extremely extraordinary.While the average consumer wants a good, clear strained honey,which is fine, however for health reasons, raw honey is what weneed.Raw Honey is never strained, never filtered, and never heated. Inthis way it will retain all of its nutritional value which is where themany health benefits of Honey are stored.However, keep in mind that the health benefits of honey - like allfoods - will always depend on the quality of the honey.One word of caution about Raw HoneyDo not feed honey-containing products or use honey as a flavoring for infants under one year of age;honey may contain Clostridium botulinum spores and toxins that can cause infant botulism, a life-Shawn King – Wellness Coachwww.Shawn-King.comwww.OnYourPathOfWellness.com
 
threatening paralytic disease. Honey is safe for children older than 12 months and adults.So with that in mind, here is a taste of 5 health benefits of consuming Raw Honey:
1) Raw Honey has been shown to be an Anti-Bacterial, Anti-Viral, and Anti-Fungal substance
.In this respect, it can be very beneficial to your immune system and may assist in a wide variety of common ailments.
2) Aids stomach and digestion
In digestive disturbances honey is of great value. Honey does not ferment in the stomach because, being an inverted sugar, it is easily absorbed and there is no danger of a bacterial invasion. The flavor of honey excites the appetite and helps digestion. The propoma of the ancients, made of honey, was a popular appetizer.
3) For healing ulcers and burns
Many years ago, a study by Robert Bloomfield, published in the Journal of the American MedicalAssociation, reports "Applied every 2 to 3 days under a dry dressing, honey promotes healing of ulcersand burns better than any other local application. It can also be applied to other surface wounds,including cuts and abrasions..."
4) Honey has anti-cancer properties.
Recent studies by Gribel and Pashinskii indicated that honey possessed moderate anti-tumor and pronounced anti-metastatic effects in five different strains of rat and mouse tumors. Furthermore, honey potentiated the anti-tumor activity of chemotherapeutic drugs such as 5-fluorouracil andcyclophosphamide.-- Gribel, N.V., and Pashinskii, V.G. Antitumor properties of honey. Vopr. Onkol., 36:704-709, 1990.C.V. Rao at the American Health Foundation in Valhalla, New York found caffeic acids in propolis areinhibitors of colon cancers in animals. Other research shows hive products have the ability to preventand halt the spread of malignant diseases. Earlier research by M.T. Huang also published in Cancer Research found caffeic acids effective in inhibiting skin cancer tumors in mice.-- American Bee Journal, June 1994
5) A Spoonful a Day Keeps Free Radicals at Bay
Daily consumption of honey raises blood levels of protective antioxidant compounds in humans,according to research presented at the 227th meeting of the American Chemical Society in Anaheim,Shawn King – Wellness Coachwww.Shawn-King.comwww.OnYourPathOfWellness.com
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