Food: Honey

I have been reading alot on cancer-fighting food. And healthy food that we should incorporate into our lives so we can have a longer lives. 


I think everybody should yearn and strive to put good food into their body. We are already being surrounded by air pollution, chlorinated water, high stress level, insufficient sleep. In order to have a better health, we can control the diet that we take. 


Would like to share some of the researches I did online and reading some health books more importantly, it is for my own references.


So I woke up at 5am, researching on the benefits of HONEY!


As a cancer patient, cancer cells feed on sugar. So I try to eliminate sugar in my diet now (slowly bit by bit). And I was thinking if I can replace honey with sugar.

HONEY HONEY HONEY!

This very good website has a concise information on honey and ways to eat honey. 


According to the website:

Honey is Anti-Cancer!

Honey does not cure cancer but what many people don't think enough of or have overlooked is - honey possesses carcinogen-preventing and anti-tumour properties!


How much honey can I eat every day?


According to website: 


 "not more than 10 teaspoons of honey (which is about 50ml) per day. This is formulated based on advice from some trusted honey stores, and not based on any medical point of view backed by scientific data."


"if all this while you have been taking tea, coffee, or juices with table sugar in all your regular meals, you could straight away replace the sugar with honey. "


LOSING WEIGHT!


IF you are looking to lose weight, can use honey too:)


Honey and lemon: mix one teaspoon of raw honey (unheated) with the juice of two teaspoons of lime or lemon juice in a glass of room temperature or lukewarm water (not boiling water!). Take this remedy as a wake-up drink once in the morning on a empty stomach.


Honey and cinnamon: Dissolve half a teaspoon of cinnamon powder (or ground cinnamon) in a cup of boiling water. Stir the mixture and cover for half an hour. Filter away any big particles and add a teaspoon of honey. Take it in the morning with an empty stomach about half an hour before breakfast.


Honey and Cinnamon Remedy:


This website also strongly recommend honey with cinnamon. Alot of benefits by doing so.



1) HEART DISEASES: Apply honey and cinnamon powder on bread instead of using jam or butter and eat it regularly for breakfast.
2) ARTHRITIS: Apply a paste made of the two ingredients on the affected part of the body and massage slowly.
3) HAIR LOSS: Apply a paste of hot olive oil, a tablespoon of honey, a teaspoon of cinnamon powder before bath, leave it for 15 min and wash.
4) BLADDER INFECTIONS: Mix cinnamon powder and honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink.
5) TOOTHACHE: Apply a paste of cinnamon powder and honey and on the aching tooth.
6) CHOLESTEROL: Add honey to cinnamon powder mixed in boiled water or green tea and drink.
7) COLDS: Make a glass of lukewarm honey water mixed with cinnamon powder to help boost your immune system during the cold season. It may also help to clear your sinuses.
8) INDIGESTION: Cinnamon powder sprinkled on a spoonful of honey taken before food relieves acidity.
9) LONGEVITY: Regularly take tea made with honey and a little cinnamon powder.
10) PIMPLES: Mix honey with cinnamon powder and apply paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash away the next morning.
11) OBESITY: To reduce weight, daily drink a mixture of a teaspoon of honey with half a teaspoon of cinnamon powder boiled in water with an empty stomach in the morning about half an hour before breakfast. Read: Cinnamon and Honey Recipe. <-- Don't Miss It!


Cinnamon has an insulin boosting property (water soluble compounds called polyphenol type A polymers)which have the ability to boost insulin activity about 20 fold and can benefit people who have high sugar levels (obese people, pre-diabetics and diabetics ). Also, read the honey hibernation diet theory to find out how honey contributes to the metabolizing of undesirable cholesterol and fatty acid, provides a fuelling mechanism for the body, keep blood sugar levels balanced, and let our recovery hormones get on with burning body fat stores.


12) BAD BREATH: Gargle with honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water so that breath stays fresh throughout the day.

Ok I am going to eat 3 tablespoon of honey everyday :)

*Note: please do not feed honey to infants less than 1 year old.