The most popular health benefit of honey is weight control, honey taken with warm lemon water reduces considerable amount of weight and keeps body fit and light. Research has confirmed that one tablespoon honey can offer inverted 64 calories in contrast with natural sugar which offers only un-inverted 50 calories.

Unlike natural sugar which needs to undergo a process during digestion, honey has already accomplished this process and hence it more easily digestible than sugar and thus produces more energy in a shorter time and because of this health benefit, athletes use honey as it helps in sustaining blood sugar levels after hard work out.

Bees make honey by converting nectar into simple sugars that are actually easily and quickly absorbed into the bloodstream. Thus, honey not only gives instant energy, but is ideal for all: young, old, convalescents and people suffering from digestive disorders. The nectar to produce honey turns into half concentrated fructose (fruit sugar) and half glucose. Bees add the enzyme invertase (an enzyme that hydrolyzes sucrose) to convert sucrose to the simple sugars glucose and fructose.

Honey is suggested to be among the best home treatment remedies for allergies triggered by seasonal changes. Locally grown honey, because it’s produced by bees which are from the environment in which you live. It is always best to grow or consume foods from the area in which you live as they contain the immune stimulating properties needed for your body to adapt to its environment.

Amongst the numerous health benefits of honey, most important benefit is as powerful immune system booster. Honey has disease-fighting antioxidants and is rich in anti-bacterial properties. Raw honey is richer in enzymes. The heat from pasteurization destroys these powerful enzymes and some of the active antibacterial ingredients. Honey is a great sweetener that contributes to the health benefit of coffee as well as green tea. It can mask the taste of hard to eat or drink things such as garlic and apple cider vinegar and is a great addition to a ginger stir-fry dinner.

Raw honey is made from the nectars of flowers. Worker bees gather the nectar and place it in their honey sac where it mixes with acid secretions. Raw honey is an excellent source of phytonutrients, including caffeic acid, methyl caffeate, and phenyl ethyl caffeate as well as phenyl ethyl dimethylfaffeate. Researchers have discovered that these specific phytonutrients substances have the ability to help prevent colon cancer in animals by shutting down activity of two enzymes, phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C and lipoxygenase.

Research has been done in both Australia and Japan showing that advanced cases of bone and stomach cancer have been successfully cured. Patients with certain types of cancer are urged to take one tablespoon of honey along with one teaspoon of cinnamon three times a day, for one month.

Research shows that there is a health benefit of cinnamon mixed with honey. A mixture of Honey and Cinnamon can help with most common diseases. A study has shown that patients treated with honey-soaked gauze dressings recovered more quickly than those who got a common solution called Eusol, which is a combination of lime, boric acid, and water.
Researchers have been studying the nutritional value of honey and have found a various vitamins and iron in large amounts and its use strengthens the white blood corpuscles. Raw honey contains many vitamins such as B1, B2, C, B6, B5, and B3 along with several minerals including calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphate, potassium, sodium chlorine, and sulfur. It also contains copper, iodine, zinc, and several kinds of hormones.

Originating in India, Ayurvedic medicine is form of holistic treatment. It was developed by Brahmins about 4,000 years ago. Ayurvedic as well as Yunani medicine have been using honey as a vital medicine for centuries. Scientists of today also accept honey as a very effective medicine for all kinds of diseases.

Really, there is no excuse to forego the experience of enjoying the taste of honey and its various health and gustatory benefits. Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Beekeeping, or apiculture, is a very old activity. Evidence from the Middle East describes ancient beekeeping and honey is also mentioned in the Bible.

I would consider honey to be a miracle food. For over 10,000 years (and maybe more) honey has been used as a staple food and as a medicine. Honey should not be given to children under the age of one year. Personally, whenever I have a sore throat or cough, I especially like to take warm water with lemon mixed with honey which is well-known for its anti-bacterial healing properties.