Wounds:
Modern sterilized waters, gauze strips and pomades are available for cuts, burns occurring on the skin however, if your are in a place where you can’t reach at these and if you have honey at your hands, you can apply this on the wound thus it would ensure protection against microbes and by this way you can make it easier the wound to get healed. Don’t forget to refresh the honey every 12 hours until the wound gets healed.
Antioxidants:
Honey which is rich in “polyphenols” present in vegetable origin food and shown among the most effective antioxidants, provides protection by neutralizing the free radicals which open the way to various diseases. In case, you don’t have to keep the blood sugar under control due to diabetes, you can reduce the risk of facing serious helath problems such as, cancer, heart diseases by consuming honey instead of refined sugar.
Energy:
If you think that you are not sufficiently energetic during exercises requiring effort, 1 tablespoon of honey can provide you the energy you need. Honey which is rich in antioxidants, too, in addition to its content of fructose and glucose, can be consumed as a natural energy source instead of energy chocolates, carbohydrate powder or energy drinks.
Cough:
By adding into hot water 2-3 teaspoons of honey you can consume honey which offers an effective solution to heal the cough. However, specialists never recommend honey for babies younger than 1 year-old. The reason for this is that it causes botulism which is a serious food poisoning and seen in babies although very rare.
Cholesterol:
Honey can be consumed as a natural alternative to reduce LDL cholesterol known as “bad cholesterol”. In studies carried out on this subject, it is being specified that consuming honey regularly reduces total cholesterol in an average rate of 5%.
Benefits for the skin: Due to its structure preventing infection and cleaning bacteria, honey occupies the first line among natural products recommended for treatment of pimples occurring on the face. While honeyed face masks prevent accumulation of bacteria triggering formation of pimples, acne, these also help the present pimples to get healed in a shorter time. Moreover, these trap the humidity hence they ensure the skin to become softer.
Caution: Benefits of honey are many for children, too, however, it is being recommended babies up to 1 year-old not to let them eat honey.