Honey is food containing various nutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, dextrin, plant pigments and Aromatic components. Even from the results of expert research Nutrition and food, honey contains a carbohydrate which is highest among the other livestock products are milk, eggs, meat, cheese and margarine approximately (82.3% higher) Every 100 grams of pure honey is worth 294 calories or the ratio of 1000 grams honey pure equivalent to 50 chicken eggs or 5.675 liters of milk or 1680 grams of meat. From the results of a recent study found the substances or compounds that are in the honey is very complex, which reached 181 species.
Savor the honey has been known since the days of Ancient Egypt. Even Queen Cleopatra has used to maintain health and beauty. In addition, honey is also used for embalming to preserve herbs mummy of ancient Egyptian kings. The Japanese tradition is to drink honey every night for getting out of bed in a state of fresh and healthy.
One of the unique honey is because honey contains antibiotic substances. This was the result of research Peter C Molan (1992), researchers from the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikoto, New Zealand. According to Honey proved to contain an antibiotic substance active against the attack of pathogens that cause disease.
In addition, researchers from the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya in Malaysia, Kamaruddin (1997) also mentions that in the honey contains anti-microbial substances, which can inhibit the disease.
Some diseases are infections by various pathogens that can be prevented and cured by drinking the honey on a regular basis include: upper respiratory infections (ARI), cough, fever, wound ulcer disease, gastrointestinal infections, skin diseases.
At this time the public is more familiar with Arabic Honey, Honey or Honey Kalimantan Sumbawa. Though the quality and the quality of honey depends on nectar from flowers sucked by the bees. So the naming of what is commonly known today is not just another place of origin is produced as mentioned above, but the origin of nectar as Honey Flower Randu (Ceiba petandra), Flower Honey Coffee (Coffea arabica), Honey Flower Klengkeng (Euphoria longana sp), Honey Flower Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum), Honey Various types of flowers (Flower Mix), Honey Flower Durian (Durio sp), Honey Flower Coconut (Cocos nucifera), etc.. Each of the honey from various plant species has a distinctive aroma and efficacy of different.
Content of Honey:
Honey has a chemical component that has the effect of the acetylcholine koligemik. Acetylcholine function for blood circulation and reduce blood pressure. Sugars contained in honey will be absorbed directly by the blood to produce energy rapidly when compared with regular sugar.
Also Honey is rich in antioxidant content. Phenolic antioxidants in honey has a high active power and can increase the body's resistance against oxidative stress.
Besides the high sugar content (fructose 41.0%, 35% glucose, sucrose 1.9%) of honey also contain other components such as pollen and various digestive enzymes. Besides, honey also contains various vitamins such as vitamin A, B1, B2, minerals such as calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, iron, iodine salt is even radium. In addition, honey also contains antibiotics and various organic acids such as malic, tartaric, citric, laklat, and oxalate. Because of that honey is extremely high usefulness.
Efficacy and Benefits of Honey:
Honey can be consumed by any AGE, ranging from Fetus to Old Age.
Strengthening weak fetus in the womb (uterus).
Helps maintain stamina and health of pregnant women because it gives a high intake of nutrients for the growth of a healthy fetus in the womb during.
Helping your baby's brain development, because every day the brain continues to develop until the age of 5 years. For that he needed a high nutrition.
Treating burns. Honey has anti-inflammatory process specification (anti-inflammatory activity)
Increasing appetite Children (any element of a complete vitamin B in honey), and accelerate physical growth so that children grow up healthy, lively and cheerful and disease resistance. (H. Mohamad, 2002).
Restores stamina of fatigue and stress.
The best food that is necessary for seniors who already began to decrease digestive organ function, because honey is a source of energy and nutrients that can be absorbed directly by the body. (Health 2001).
When used for brushed teeth can whiten and healthy teeth and gums, treat canker sores and other mouth disorders.
By using a liquid yield of 90% honey (honey mixed with warm water) every other day in the infected parts in the head, gently massaged for 2-3 minutes, honey can kill the lice, eliminate dandruff, hair lengthen, beautify and soften his and heal scalp disease.
Able to lower blood glucose levels of diabetics because of the element of antioxidants that make it easier assimilation of sugar in the blood so that sugar levels do not seem high. Honey is rich in nutrients vitamins B1, B5, and C in which people with diabetes in desperate need of these vitamins. A small dollop of pure natural honey will increase rapidly and a large content of sugar in the blood, so the cells will stimulate the pancreas to produce insulin. We recommend that diabetics perform blood analysis first to determine the dose that allowed him under the supervision of a physician.
Prevent the occurrence of colitis (colitis), gastritis and peptic ulcers. Honey is a good role to protect the colon from the usual injuries caused by acetic acid and help the treatment of stomach infection (gastritis). At levels of 20% honey could weaken pylori bacteria cause peptic ulcers in the plate experiment.
Highly nourishing, softening the body's natural system, eliminating the unpleasant taste of drugs, clean the liver, improving urination, suitable for the treatment of cough with phlegm. Fruits dipped in honey can last up to six months.
Honey mixed with Habbatus brothers' who had pounded the dough is made after the mixed hot water and drink regularly for days to destroy kidney stones and bladder stones, smoothen urine, menstruation and breast milk.
There is still a view that is wrong or mistaken about the quality of honey. There are who think that honey is good is that caused the eruption when the lid is opened or are not in surrounded by ants. Indeed, honey has been damaged fermented by enzymes and leads to the occurrence of gas and alcohol that is why ants would not go near.
The best honey is the most clear, sharp and white and not the sweetest. Local honey taken from the wild mountains and trees has its own virtue than usual were taken from the nest, and it depends on where the bees hunt food.
