Monday, April 22, 2013

Facts and Honey


Today I would like to post an article about honey. I got this inspiration after I read post about it and title is the interesting fact about honey from kompas.com, they found that honey is food resource because honey contains antioxidant, vitamin, mineral and also water. Honey can make body healthy because honey contains certain of enzyme that can help body to digest food and to keep the system immune did well. Honey can also heal allergic, infection, and burn.

You know, honey is good for beauty, especially to heal acnes; I have some tips for it because I have tried before, and it worked. That is a mask from honey; you need honey and orange squeeze. Heat the honey and orange squeeze to low heat, stir to combine or just honey comes to warm. And let it cool to room temperature, after that you can put the mask on your face just for 20 minutes, you also can do lightly message except the area around your eyes. And rinse with warm water and cotton, do it regularly and you will find the acnes recover thoroughly.

Honey produced by bees using nectar from blooms, honey is sweet because it contains monosaccharide, fructose and glucose. You know that honey has low water activity; it is just 0.6 that is way most microorganisms do not grow in honey. Even so, occasionally honey contains dormant bacterium, named Clostridium botulinium. Scientists found that bacteria can be dangerous to children less than one year because the bacteria can lead babies to illness and even death. Even though the risk to infant health is small, it is not suggested to take the risk (Infant Botulism and Honey).

In history, it seemed that humans began hunting for honey no less than 8000 years ago, as proved by a cave painting in Valencia, Spain. In early Egypt, honey was used to make sweeter cakes and also biscuits, and many other dishes. Ancient Egyptian and Middle Eastern peoples used honey for preserving dead body, or often called embalming.
Honey in religious meaning, especially in Islam, the Qur’an advances honey as a nutritious and healthy food. According to hadith, Prophet Muhammad SAW strongly suggested honey for healing purposes (Sahih Bukhari). 

There is Quran Surah Al-Nahl which means the honey bee. Here is the English translation of those specific verses.
And your Lord inspired the bee(s) saying: “Take your habitations in the mountains and in the trees and in what they erect. Then, eat of all fruits, and follow the ways of your Lord made easy (for you). “There comes forth from their bellies, a drink of varying color wherein is healing for mankind. Verily, in this is indeed a sign for people who think. (Q.S Al-Nahl: 68-69).

Here is a table of nutrition, courtesy of Wikipedia 



Honey in classification by packaging and processing, divided into several kinds. Those are: Crystallized honey also called granulated honey or candied honey. Pasteurized honey is honey that has been heated in a pasteurization process. Raw honey is often labeled as raw honey. Strained honey is like propolis. Filtered honey, Ultrasonicated honey, Creamed honey, Dried honey, Comb honey, and Chunk honey. 

Truly, I just know there are so many sorts of honey. Well, that is all I wanted to say. Honey is good for health, so why don’t we eat honey now.