Listly by Rajashri Venkatesh
The beneftis of honey can be seen in your weight loss program as well. If you are trying to lose weight, honey can be of great help to you. Before we move on to the benefits of honey in weight loss we should address the concerns people have regarding honey.
Honey is nature's antiseptic and also functions as a humectant. The end result is a soothing and healing substance that is readily available. Your skin will thank you for the extra moisture and improved appearance. Honey is even noted to help fight acne due to its' antibacterial properties that help wound healing.
Hair is pretty incredible. Although technically dead when it is outside of your scalp, it can still be “healthy” or damaged. Today we put so many products into our hair, apply high levels of heat to it, just to sculpt it a certain way, achieve a certain look, without second thought about what we’re actually doing. In my opinion, beautiful hair is healthy hair, and healthy hair is not the product of what you find on the shelves in stores, but rather in your own kitchen.
Honey can be used to gain weight effectively but first you need to understand the way energy is used up in your body. Energy is stored in the body in the form of fat and sugar. Sugar is needed for short and intense energy requirements, such as those required by weight lifters, while moderate and prolonged activity use up your body’s fat reserves. That is why exercise can help you gain weight as it uses up the stored up sugar in your muscles, which you can replenish to a larger capacity. Alternatively, honey can also be used to overload your body with sugar that forces it to store it up as fat.
When it comes to diabetes, you might feel that anything sweet should be banned from your diet. However, this may not necessarily be true. While sugar is a strict no-no for you, there are many innovative ways to replace your dietary sugar with healthy alternatives. One such healthier replacement is honey (but beware anything in excess is harmful).
If you are among those who tend to get dizzy when you stand up quickly, you may have low blood pressure. Low blood pressure means not enough blood, but most importantly, not enough oxygen reaches the brain. If you feel dizzy when you put your head down, it could be because you have high blood pressure. Either because of high blood pressure or due to lack of oxygen you feel dizzy. Consuming honey evens out these imbalances.
Drinking tea or warm lemon water mixed with honey is a time-honored way to soothe a sore throat. But honey alone may be an effective cough suppressant, too.
Honey is a very good sore throat remedy. How so? Well, honey is proven to have antibacterial and anti-fungal properties. Also, due to the consistency of honey, it is very soothing for sore throats, coughs and bronchial ailments. It has been used for centuries by Greeks, Italians and Hungarians. So honey for sore throats is not a new concept.
Super-food honey is said to contain the sleep inducing amino acid tryptophan that is useful for overcoming insomnia. Thus, to promote sleep, some people have inculcated the habit of mixing a teaspoon of honey into a glass of herbal tea or warm milk before bedtime. And for children who have bed wetting problems, taking a teaspoon of honey before bed is believed to be helpful as honey aids water retention, and promotes relaxation of the body.
Honey is a nature secret of cosmetic product which not only helps to treat acne but also treats many other beauty problems. It has many properties like natural antibiotic, sticky nature, full of antioxidants, anti-inflammatory, essential vitamins and minerals, antiseptic, moisturizing, osmotic effect, anti-bacterial and fast healing properties which treats acne naturally and very effectively than any other remedies.