Amazing Facts about Honey

Honey is the only non-man made sweet and is considered to have healing effects.   Most of the people do not know much about honey and what are the health benefits of honey.  It is very amazing that honey has lot of health benefits which our mother nature has given to us by herself.   By simply adding natural food like honey instead of sugar can make your body feel fresh.  Here are some of the interesting facts about Honey.

Here is a list of the most amazing facts about honey.

• Do you know that honey never spoils and there is no need to refrigerate it.
• Honey is the only non man-made sweet which has very good health benefits.
• Honey consists of 18% of water.  It has a PH level of 3 to 4.  So honey can last for hundreds of years if properly stored.
• Honey can reduce fat deposits in our body.
• Honey is the best choice as a fuel to burn fats in our body during sleep.
• Honey is the simplest possible molecular form of sugar which cannot be broken down further.  This will allow honey to travel directly from small intestine to the blood stream so does not cause any problems to the digestive system like sugar.
• Honey is the best substance for treatment of burns.  
• Some studies have shown that athletes who consumed honey before or after a physical activity recovered  faster than those athletes who never consumed honey at all.
• Honey is the effective and safe solution for childrens' cough and other minor health problems compared to normal medicines.
• Honey bees have been producing the honey for the last 150 million years
• Honey is the only food that includes all the substances necessary to sustain life, including water.
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