Wrong Ways Of Eating Honey - Health Tips and Home Remedies

Saturday, 16 November 2013

Wrong Ways Of Eating Honey


Mixing Honey With Sugar :-
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Honey is a great substitute of sugar for the people who are suffering from diabetes or want to lose weight. Glucose contained in honey is absorbed by the body rapidly and provides instant energy. Honey is high in calories so it should be used only as a part of the controlled diet. Substituting honey for sugar in small quantities is good but never mix honey with sugar as it is just like adding poison in the nectar.
Honey with Butter :- -----------------------
Combination of honey with milk or milk products is poison or toxic. Honey contains fructose, minerals, sucrose, glucose and maltose. Bacteria named Clostridium botulinum is also contained by honey. Milk is the best medium for the bacteria growth so eating the combination of honey and milk/milk products increase the number of bacteria and as a result some toxins are produced that are not good for the body.


Honey in Tea and coffee :-
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Many people have habit of adding honey in their tea or coffee instead of sugar. Amino acids, antioxidants, minerals and vitamins contained in honey get destroyed when you add it in tea or coffee. Mixing also decreases the scent and taste of the honey. According to Ayurveda, honey becomes toxic when mixed in hot water/tea. It imbalances the Doshas and leads to energy loss. However, you can add honey in tea/coffee after cooling down them to some extent (below 40 °C).

Honey with Ghee and Oil :-
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Honey with ghee and vegetable oils in equal (1:1 ratio) may act as slow poison. Honey is complex polysaccharide and ghee is a complex chain of fatty acids. Honey needs particular enzymes for its break up while ghee needs emulsification and action of lipase and other lipid breaking enzymes. So, this honey and ghee combination interacts with each other in GI tract and causes indigestion & aama creation which leads to over accumulation of free radicals in the systems. This over accumulation causes many diseases.

Heating Honey :-

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As per Ayurveda, heating honey (above 40 degrees Celcius) makes it toxic. When you heat honey directly, the enzymes present in honey precipitates or can cause glycation and make it poisonous. Heating also changes its structure and destroys its nutrients. So, never heat or mix honey with hot foods. You can drizzle it on any food or beverage after making it cold.

Allergies :-
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Honey can leads to allergic reactions in many people. Constant sneezing, tongue or lip swelling, watery eyes, hives, itchy throat and runny nose are some symptoms of a honey allergy. If you feel any reaction after consuming honey, then suck on the lemon. It will decrease the impact

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