Honey is a very precious natural food in daily life, its taste is sweet, and it is also very rich in nutrients, and eating some honey regularly has a lot of benefits for the body. Therefore, there will be people around us who always have honey at home, and they will buy a lot of catties.
I believe that anyone who has stocked up on honey knows that some honey will crystallize after being stored at home for a period of time, which makes many people confused.
So, is it better to buy honey to crystallize or not? Maybe many people still don't understand.
In fact, if it is real honey, the crystallized one is better than the non-crystallized one, and the crystallized real honey has many nutrients in it, and the nutritional value is also very high, which is better than the non-crystallized honey.
This is mainly because there is a lot of fructose and glucose in honey, and when the outside temperature drops to 13 degrees, the honey will slowly produce glucose crystals. The higher the proportion of glucose in real honey, it is easier to crystallize.
However, the crystals of real honey are more transparent than those of honey with added sugar, and the crystals of real honey are soft and easy to crush with your fingers, and if you put the crystals in your mouth, they will melt immediately. However, fake honey is the opposite, the crystals are thicker and not easy to crush, and even if you put the crystals in your mouth, they are not easy to melt.
Therefore, if you find that the honey you bought has crystallized, don't throw it away in a hurry, you can check whether the honey you bought back is real honey.
So, how do you melt honey when it crystallizes?
If you are not in a hurry to eat it, you can put the honey in a cool, dry place, and wait until the summer when the crystals in the honey will slowly dissolve.
If you are in a hurry to eat honey, you can use the method of slowly heating to melt the crystallized honey. Add cold water to the pot, put the crystallized honey in the pot along with the bottle, turn the fire to the minimum, then heat it slowly, and when the water temperature reaches about 50 degrees, you can turn off the heat, and after a few hours, the crystals will slowly dissolve.
Drinking with honey has many benefits for your health, however, many people don't know the correct brewing method, so let's introduce it to you:
Prepare warm boiled water at about 50 degrees, then add an appropriate amount of honey, stir well, generally, only need to add 1-2 teaspoons of honey to a glass of water. The honey should be put slowly, and then mixed slowly.
It is worth reminding everyone that you can't use people who brew honey at too high temperatures, because the fructose, glucose, enzymes, vitamins and other components in honey will be affected by high temperatures, not only the taste will become sour, but also the health care effect will be reduced a lot.
So, when is it better to drink honey water?
When you wake up in the morning, drink a glass of warm honey water to help remove toxins from the body, which is good for food digestion and metabolism, and can also provide the body with the energy it needs.
In addition to morning, evening is also a good time to drink honey water, because honey has a certain soothing and relaxing effect, which helps to improve the quality of your sleep, if you have sleep disorders, you can also add a spoonful of honey to warm milk before going to bed, stick to it for a while, it can relieve anxiety and stress, and help you fall asleep quickly.
In fact, it is also suitable to drink a small amount of honey 1 hour after a meal, because it contains nutrients that can reduce the production of stomach acid, which is conducive to digestion and reduces the burden on the stomach.
Of course, there are also precautions for drinking honey water, such as children under 1 year old, the digestive system is not fully developed, so children at this age can not eat honey, and diabetics and hypoglycemic patients should consult a doctor before drinking honey water and drink it under the doctor's advice.
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