Honey For Your Health & Beauty

Health Benefits of Honey

Bladder infections

• Two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of warm water as a drink helps to clear bladder infection. Bladder infection tend to occur more frequent in ladies than men, so ladies, monitor your bladder condition with periodic urine check by your medical doctor.
  

Cholesterol

• Two tablespoons of honey with three teaspoons of cinnamon powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea helps to reduce cholesterol level of people who have high cholesterol.
• If it is taken 3 times a day continuously for few days, cholesterol level should be lowered.
  

Cold

• If you are suffering from common or severe colds, mix one tablespoon of warm honey with ¼ teaspoon cinnamon powder daily for 3 days.
• Your cold and sinus should go off.
  

Stomach Discomfort

• Some cinnamon powder with honey in warm water helps to relief stomach pain and gas
  

Heart Diseases

• Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder and spread it on your morning breakfast bread, it helps to lower cholesterol and thus lower risk of a heart attack.
• For patients with history of heart attack, this dietary habit helps to avoid the risk of another attack.
• Consistent taking of this breakfast helps to improve stamina and strengthen your heart.
• Honey and cinnamon has been proven to improve blood flow too.
  

Beauty

• Mixed 3 tablespoons of honey with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder, apply it on pimples area before sleep. Wash off with warm water the next morning. Do this continuously for 2 weeks, your pimples should subside.
  

Longevity

• Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly, helps to delay aging; 4 spoons of honey, 1 spoon of cinnamon powder and 3 cups of water, boil to make like tea.
• When taken ¼ cup for 3 times a day, your complexion becomes softer and more radiant.
• You will notice your skin starts to glow and you definitely look younger within few weeks!
  

Vitality

• If you are in your midlife, taking honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts will help you stay more alert.
• Extensive research has been done by the medical doctors and drew a conclusion that half a tablespoon of honey in a glass of water and some sprinkled amount of cinnamon powder taken in the morning immediately after brushing improves our vitality. This can be repeated in the afternoon around 3.00pm if your energy level drops.

That ends my series on the wonders of honey. I wish to conclude that as honey is a natural supplement, it should be taken on daily basis even if you are free from any sickness all for the your benefits of : Beauty, Health and Longevity.

To you health and beauty success,

Resource :

Janice H.

http://www.stayyoungsecret.com

Honey is best known for great healing. Its natural sugar content and the rich sources of nutrients makes it a great sweetener for coffee and sugar. Let's study closely how it started gaining popularity for the variety of uses ancient people started centuries ago.

HONEY'S NUTRIENTS and HEALING PROPERTIES

Honey's rich nutrients, enzyme and antioxidant content combined with its ability to thwart infections makes it a potent healer. From ancient time, honey has been known for its high nutritional and medicinal value. It is believed to be very beneficial for eyesight, reducing effects of poisoning, stopping hiccups, treating urinary tract disorders, worm infestations, nausea, vomiting, cleansing, healing wounds and many more healing properties.

Honey contain mainly carbohydrates, water, vitamins and minerals, including niacin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium and zinc.

Honey is also rich in enzymes, antioxidants and other phytonutrients. It also contains flavonoids and phenolic acids which act as antioxidants, scavenging and eliminating free radicals. These antioxidants substances found in honey have been responsible for the wound-healing properties of honey. Due to its wound-healing properties, honey has been used widely as an antiseptic therapeutic agent for treatment of ulcers, burns and wounds for centuries.

HOW HEALING of WOUND WORKS By USING HONEY

Due to its contents of glucose and fructose, which attract water, honey absorbs water from wound, drying it out so that the growth of bacteria and fungi are inhibited. Secondly, an enzyme called glucose oxidase found in raw honey, which if combined with water, produces hydrogen peroxide, a mild antiseptic for medication benefits.

BEAUTY BENEFITS Of HONEY

The vitamins, minerals and amino acids found in honey make it a wonderful beauty aid. It provides great nutritional value to the skin and hair and the effects will be seen if taken over a period of time. In fact if taken for longer period of time, it helps our skin to glow more radiantly, helps to reduce wrinkles, thus making us look younger.

Honey is also an excellent moisturizing agent and natural cleanser and therefore, popularly used in wide skin-cleansing formulations. It increases exfoliation or renewal of the skin cells that makes the skin softer and younger.

Other supplementary products of honey which are royal jelly, propolis have been used in beauty saloon as facial mask that command great prices due to its effective results for a more glowing skin.

OTHER HEALTH BENEFITS Of HONEY

Due to its ready availability of carbohydrates, honey provides instant energy sources if taken prior to exercises which improves performances. It helps in muscles recovery faster if taken after an exercises program.

Honey also increases the growth and activity of good bacteria in the gut. Results from recent studies show that taking honey with dairy products such as yogurt can enhance growth and viability of bifidobacteria.

Other benefits of honey are its anti-inflammatory actions which help in treating a sore throat.

HOW To TAKE HONEY As HEALTH SUPPLEMENT

Honey can be taken as it is in one tea spoon without mixing with water first thing in the morning or anytime in the day as you wish. For me I prefer to take honey as it is with royal jelly and propolis in the morning before breakfast and drink. It provides me with energy for the whole day with royal jelly as a good beauty aid and propolis a great antioxidant too. After a short period of time, my complexion improved tremendously with intake of honey and this motivated me to continue taking it knowing that it has high antioxidant and healing power too.

Janice H.

Janice H. is a nutritional expert cum author. Her mission is to share with people around the world on HOW to live agelessly to achieve: Happiness, Health and Youthfulness.