The Healing Power of Raw Honey

RAW HONEY

One of Nature's Ultimate Cure's

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Honey is a natural product formed from nectar of flowers by honeybees.

Honey has been used by humans since ancient times. Most ancient populations, including the Greeks, Chinese, Egyptians, Romans, Mayans, consumed honey both for nutritional aims & for its medicinal properties.

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Honey includes main compounds, such as proteins, vitamins, amino acids, minerals, and organic acids.

Pure honey also consists of flavonoids, polyphenols, reducing compounds, alkaloids, glycosides, cardiac glycosides, anthraquinone, and volatile compounds.

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All of the water-soluble vitamins exist in honey, with Vitamin C being the most frequent.

Approximately 31 variable minerals have been found in honey, including all of the major minerals, such as phosphorus, sodium, calcium, potassium, sulfur, magnesium, and chlorine pic.twitter.com/2hcHX1ISMX

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Evidence indicates that honey can exert several health-beneficial effects including:

- antioxidant
- anti-inflammatory
- antibacterial
- antidiabetic
- respiratory
- gastrointestinal
- cardiovascular
- nervous system protective effects pic.twitter.com/w7ZByEHV0s

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Honey is an absolute cure. It reduces chronic inflammation, improves healing of chronic ulcers and wounds, and improves immune status; the opposite of these are risk factors for cancer formation.

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Its anticancer activity has been proven against various types of cancer:
- breast
- colorectal
- renal
- prostate
- endometrial
- cervical
- oral pic.twitter.com/NYpImQzGUa

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Honey has the potential to reduce cardiovascular risk factors in normal healthy individuals. It reduce systolic blood pressure & level of triglycerides and VLDL.

In a RCT, lower incidence of acute respiratory symptoms was observed in individuals who took honey on a daily basis.

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Studies suggest that honey is quite valuable in reproductive health.

It is shown to improve spermatogenesis and improve sperm count and motility.

It protects against vaginal and uterine atrophy and improves the normal estrus cycle.

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Polyphenols present in honey have been proven to play vital roles against different neurological disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Depression, etc.https://t.co/nQ6iWS4XDQ

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Honey & atherosclerosis protection:
- scavenging radical species
- suppressing lipid peroxidation
- strengthening enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant systems
- stimulating/inhibiting proinflammatory markershttps://t.co/0kEZAkDiCu

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Gastrointestinal infections such as gastritis, gastric and duodenum ulcers caused by bacteria and rotavirushave been treated and protected by oral honey. In addition, diarrhea and gastroenteritis are quickly alleviated by honey.

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Honey has also been shown to reduce asthma-related symptoms and prevent asthma induction. In allergic rhinitis, it was found that the simultaneous consumption of honey with the standard medications improves the overall symptoms of the diseasehttps://t.co/gzSWxpFoKU

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By affecting on multiple targets, honey interferes with cancer cell’s signaling pathways, including apoptosis induction; mitochondrial pathway activation; insulin signaling and oxidative stress modulation; inflammation amelioration; cell proliferation.https://t.co/JXtUFRh4XH

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Children Development
Some studies have shown that honey-nourished infants have improved memory and enhanced growth, as well as being less anxious and showing better performance as they grow

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Brain Health

four main brain health benefits, which are memory booster, neuroprotective effect, anti-stress, and anti-nociceptive potentialshttps://t.co/8E26bv6REu

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Cardiometabolic risk factors

Honey, especially robinia, clover, and unprocessed raw honey, may improve glycemic control and lipid levels when consumed within a healthy dietary pattern.https://t.co/esRDCyHTDI

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Honey and Bone Health

Honey can protect the bone via its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, primarily through its polyphenol content that acts upon several signalling pathways, leading to bone anabolic and antiresorptive effects.https://t.co/emwcfJlSjA

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Therapeutic Potential of Bioactive Compounds in Honey for Treating Osteoarthritishttps://t.co/p5ByFV9oq9

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Honey and Obesity

Honey reduce blood sugar levels, improve insulin sensitivity and lipid metabolism by reducing triglycerides, and reduce total cholesterol and LDL levels while increasing HDL levelshttps://t.co/quZFXz8rVF

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There are about 320 different honey varieties with variable compositions, depending primarily on botanical origin. Of course, the source matters.

Honey color ranges from light brown to dark brown.

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Several studies have shown that honey's antioxidant potential strongly correlates with the concentration of total phenolic compounds and color.

Dark-colored honey is reported to have higher total phenolic content and higher antioxidant capacity.

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Raw honey and store-bought, commercially refined honey might as well be polar opposites.

Contaminants including pesticides, antibiotics, heavy metals, and other toxic materials can all be introduced from beekeeping practices and the environment

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For added context here are a few other tweets highlighting the healing benefits of honey:

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