Two Magical Functions of Honey

Honey is well received by the public for its delicious taste and powerful functions in health care. As we know, honey is rich in nutrition. It is consisted of a large amount of dextrose and laevulose, a variety of vitamins and minerals and various essential organic acids and enzymes. As an effective nutrient and medicine, it provides the human body with necessary substances and is capable of resisting bacteria as well. It is indeed a versatile, which plays an important role in food therapy as well as beauty.

Honey is a good participant in food therapy. Dieticians hold the view that honey together with milk is the most ideal breakfast. Clinical experiments in Germany have indicated that the nutrition in honey can improve the immune system and prevent people from anemia, heart diseases and stomachaches. It is because milk and honey complement each other. More specifically, honey can provide adequate calories that nutritious milk is lacking. As a result, drinking a cup of milk together with honey can make people energetic because it offers enough calories and supplies healthy substances such as vitamins and minerals, which are necessary to maintain the vital activities. Moreover, both honey and milk are good sources of iron that can help increase the hemoglobin and activate cells to cure anemia. But people should have the awareness that honey can also be a poison. Due to the flowers that honey is from, different honey may have different functions. Sometimes unsuitable flowers would do harm to health.

On the other hand, honey can bring beauty to people. Contemporary studies have shown that honey is able to improve the worrying situations of the skin. It accelerates the skin metabolism and strengthens the resistibility and vigor of the skin. As a result, the skin would be smooth and bright, having fewer wrinkles and acnes. Such an effect can be achieved through eating honey or having honey masks. For example, young ladies can eat twenty grams to thirty grams every day. If a sweet taste is not preferred, people can choose to cover the face with honey directly. The dextrose and laevulose as well as proteins and vitamins immediately provide nutrition to promote the growth of cells. Some people like to mix honey with olive oil or milk. After such a mask, there would be fewer winkles and speckles on the face. It also brings whiteness and smoothness to the skin. Besides, honey can be used in bath. What is needed to do is to put 500 grams of honey into adequate warm water and then enjoy it for about twenty minutes. The above methods are useful and harmless. So everyone can have a try if he or she wants to have beautiful skin.