What are the advantages and disadvantages of drinking honey water?

1, recover from fatigue, especially after staying up late.

Of all natural foods, honey requires the highest energy for brain neurons. Fructose and glucose in honey can be quickly absorbed and utilized by human body, improving the nutritional status of blood.

Step 2 promote digestion

Studies have proved that honey can regulate gastrointestinal function and make gastric acid secretion normal. Animal experiments show that honey can enhance intestinal peristalsis and significantly shorten defecation time. Honey has a good curative effect on colitis and habitual constipation, and has no side effects. Honey can make stomachache and burning sensation disappear, and the values of red blood cells and hemoglobin increase. People with gastroduodenal ulcer often take honey, which also has auxiliary effect.

3. Improve immunity

Honey contains a variety of enzymes and minerals, which can improve human immunity after synergistic action. Honey is often used to treat colds and laryngitis abroad. The method is to add 2 spoonfuls of honey and 1/4 spoonfuls of fresh lemon juice to a glass of water and take 3-4 cups a day.

Step 4 promote longevity

Scholars in the former Soviet Union investigated more than 200 people over 100 years old, among whom 143 was a beekeeper, which confirmed that their longevity was related to eating honey frequently. The mechanism of honey promoting longevity is very complicated, which is a comprehensive conditioning of the human body, rather than simply acting on an organ.

5, improve sleep

Honey can relieve nervous tension, promote sleep and have a certain analgesic effect. Glucose, vitamins, magnesium, phosphorus and calcium in honey can regulate the nervous system and promote sleep. For neurasthenia, a spoonful of honey before going to bed every night can improve sleep. The calming effect of apple honey collected from apple flowers is more prominent.

Second, the disadvantages of honey water

1, honey should be brewed with water of about 35 degrees.

Honey is a natural nutrient with complex ingredients, which contains a lot of protein and acidic ingredients. After exposure to high temperature, these substances will be lost in large quantities. Although the taste will not change much, people will lose their due function after eating it and cannot absorb the original nutrition of honey.

There are a lot of enzymes in honey, but the activity of enzymes will be greatly weakened at high temperature. After entering the human body, it will not play its original role, and people who eat honey will not play its original role.

2, honey water should not be drunk on an empty stomach.

It is easy to increase the acidity in the body, and it will lead to gastric ulcer or duodenal ulcer after a long time. It is suggested to drink honey water after meals 1.5-2 hours, or eat something before drinking. The so-called drinking honey on an empty stomach can also be done. Drink half a cup of warm water before drinking honey, which will not irritate the stomach and absorb it well. You can also put honey on steamed bread or bread to avoid drinking honey on an empty stomach.

Babies under one year old should not drink honey water.

Honey is easily contaminated by Botox during brewing, transportation and storage. Because of weak resistance, babies will multiply in the intestines to produce toxins after eating botulinum, and the detoxification function of the liver is poor, which is easy to cause botulinum food poisoning.

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Identification of true and false honey

First: look at gloss and viscosity.

Distinguish between true and false honey depends first on luster and viscosity. Good honey is clear and bright as oil. When you shake the honey bottle, the vibration is very small. After stopping shaking, the honey hanging on the bottle wall will slowly flow down.

Second: Invert the honey bottle.

High-quality honey has low water content and sticky texture. If the sealed honey bottle is turned upside down, it will be found that the air sealed at the bottle mouth is difficult to float bubbles.

Third: pull "honey silk".

Stir some honey with a spoon or toothpick, and lick it. Real honey can usually pull out thin and translucent "honey filaments", which will automatically retract after being broken, showing a spherical shape.

Fourth: abrasive particles.

If you buy natural "crystal honey" that is milky white or light yellow, you can pick out a small part of the crystal and grind it at your fingertips. The crystal particles of true honey are very fine and will completely melt.

Fifth: taste.

Honey tastes like honey and sugar tastes like sugar. Pure honey is sweet and slightly sour, with a soft and delicate taste, while fake honey has a light taste and a short aftertaste.

Sixth: shelf life.

Natural honey can be preserved in a sealed state in the natural environment for a long time without deterioration. If the bought honey goes bad in the unopened state, it must be artificially mixed with other ingredients.

References:

Honey Baidu encyclopedia