Honey Natural Sugar Home Care Path

Honey, just as it comes from the hive is ready to eat. The bee processes the honey and packs it into beautifully made hexagonal wax cells in the honeycomb. The taste of the honey depends on what flowers the bee has visited on its foraging trips. All honeys are a mixture of various flowers so that a pleasant overall taste results. Honey is made of simple sugars so easy for the seniors body to digest. Honey contains some B vitamins through the bee which aides in the digestion process. Some minerals found in honey include iron, copper, sodium, potassium, manganese, calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus. These are all minerals a senior needs everyday. Small traces of natural antibiotics have been found in honey. Note that honey has been used since ancient times, world wide as an ingredient in medicines. To store honey , keep liquid honey in a dry place. Freezing honey does not injure the color or flavor, but may hasten granulation. Avoid damp place for storage, for honey has the property of absorbing and retaining moisture. Do not put honey in the regrigerator. Honey serves best , nutritionally speaking, if you eat it uncooked, just as it comes.