Benefits of adding Raw Honey to your diet!
Want to add pureness and nature to your day-to-day diet? Then “Raw Honey” is the best option available. Choosing raw or unprocessed honey over other sweeteners can be considered a healthy option for regular usage at home. The pandemic saw many swapping the regular honey with the indigenous honey varieties sourced from traditional honey collectors.
Let us first know what raw honey is?
- The honey that is extracted in farms and forest areas and not in an apiary is raw or unprocessed/ unpasteurized honey. Raw honey does not contain any pesticides or environmental pollutants. It is only filtered to separate the bits of comb, dead honeybees and then put in glass containers.
Raw honey is so remedial for our body. Here are some of the benefits of adding raw honey to a regular diet –
- The anti-fungal and anti-bacterial quality of raw honey helps in healing the dermal damages soon.
- It is a prebiotic. It nourishes the bacteria present in the intestinal and thereby helping in the digestion process.
- It helps in soothing a sore throat and helps in relieving cough.
- It is rich in antioxidants, such as flavonoids and alkaloids, and thus helps in dealing with chronic diseases.
- Honey contains many minerals and vitamins, including vitamin A, vitamin C, iron, and calcium. There are trace amounts of more than 15 amino acids found in honey but it varies as per the source from which honey is made.
Some of the Varieties of natural honey are Rapeseed /Mustard Honey, Eucalyptus Honey, Lychee Honey, Sunflower Honey, Karanj /Pongamia Honey, Multi-flora Himalayan Honey, Acacia Honey, Wild Flora Honey, Multi and Mono floral Honey. (Ref: APDEA)
So if you are really looking forward to reducing unhealthy sweeteners and yet enjoy the sweetness, do add raw honey and stay healthy!
