Honey is produced from the nectar in flowers gathered by bees to feed young bees. Honey also used as energy source for their workers.
Honey bees collect nectar, a sugary solution form nectarines in blossoms and sometimes for nectarines on the leaves or stem of plants.
It has been long recognized as one of the finest of nature’s energy foods.
Nectar may consists of 50 to 80 percent water . Most of the water in the nectar evaporates, when converted, resulting in honey, which is thirty five to forty percent fructose, thirty to thirty five percent dextrose, water 16 to 18 percent and small amounts of enzymes, etc.
The finest and most prized honeys, deliciously sweet and white are likened to fat in color, consistency and sweetness.
Researchers have found that honey is a rich source of disease fighting antioxidants and recommended honey as a healthful sugar substitute.
Honey can be very useful in treating diabetic in many cases: as a means of preventing acetonaemia, for which sugar always has to be a prescribed diet, as a nutritious diet to the diabetic and as sweet taste substance.
Studies also singled out honey as a key nutrient to be used in endurance exercise, providing blood sugar restoration and extra staying power.
Honey also found to contain an anti-hemorrhaging factor, which suggest the presence of vitamin K.
Hippocrates was said to have prescribed honey for longevity and general good health.
The Romans also believed that honey belonged in the diet of those who desire a long and healthy life.
Honey is specially useful in providing energy and heat to the body in old age.
Honey is best taken in a water solution, because in this form its component are easily absorbed and reach the blood stream and thence are transport into the tissues and cells of the body.
Honey and Health
