【Health Tips】 The efficacy and identification of honey

Benefits of Honey:

　　(1) Prolong life

　　Former Soviet scholars have surveyed more than 200 centenarians, 143 of whom are beekeepers, and confirmed that their longevity is related to the frequent consumption of honey. Speaking of honey, it is a natural food, containing simple sugars that make it very easy for the human body to absorb, so it has a good health effect on women, children, especially the elderly, so it is called "milk for the elderly". The mechanism of honey to promote longevity is more complex, it is a comprehensive conditioning of the human body, rather than simply acting on an organ.

　　(2) Eliminate fatigue and relieve alcohol

　　It can also eliminate fatigue, especially after staying up late or having insomnia. It plays a role in tonifying qi, strengthening the spleen and stomach. In addition, it can also moisturize the lungs and relieve dryness, so honey is also used as an excipient for cannon cough medicine, and it also has a good effect on the intestine. Therefore, having some honey at home is still very helpful for the daily life of the family.

　　The composition of honey mentioned above is a monosaccharide molecule, which is also conducive to quickly decanting and relieving headaches after drinking. The specific usage is: eat 50 grams of honey or a few pieces of honey-coated biscuit bread before drinking alcohol, and drink honey water after drinking.

　　(3) Beauty

　　Modern research shows that internal or external use of honey can effectively improve the nutritional status, promote skin metabolism, enhance the vitality and antibacterial power of the skin, reduce pigmentation, prevent skin dryness, make the skin soft, white and delicate, and can reduce wrinkles and prevent skin diseases such as acne, playing an ideal role in beauty;

　　Direct consumption: honey has a strong antioxidant effect, every morning and evening to take 20 to 30 grams of natural mature honey, warm boiled water flushing, you can enhance the physique, nourish the face, so that ladies are healthier and more beautiful.

　　Direct application: honey is applied to the skin surface, and the glucose, fructose, protein, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, etc. in the honey act directly on the epidermis and dermis, providing nutrients for the cells and prompting them to divide and grow. The usual method of application is: after diluting the honey with 2 to 3 times water, apply it to the face daily and massage it appropriately. You can also use gauze to impregnate honey, gently wipe your face until there is a slight heat sensation on your face, and then wash it with water.

　　Honey Olive Oil Mask: Take 100 grams of honey and 50 grams of olive oil and mix, heat to 40 ° C, stir so that it mixes well. Apply the blend to gauze, cover the face, remove and wash after 20 minutes, 2-3 times a week. This mask can prevent skin aging, eliminate wrinkles, moisturize and remove spots, especially for those with dry skin.

　　Honey Milk Mask: Take 10 grams of honey, 10 ml of fresh milk, 1 egg yolk and stir well, make a paste, wash your face and apply it to your face, wash off after 20 minutes, once a day. This mask nourishes the skin, prevents wrinkles and promotes the skin to be white and tender.

　　Honey bath beauty method: can be used honey 500 grams, fresh chrysanthemums 100 grams (dry products 25 grams), first add chrysanthemums to water decoction, two boiling after the slag to get juice, and honey added to the bath water, soak the whole body for about 20 minutes after rinse with water, every 3 to 5 days bathe once, can make the skin smooth and delicate, and have the role of beauty, perfume.

　　(4) Finally, honey with ginger can also effectively remove age spots.

　　Chinese medicine believes that the production of age spots and poor operation of qi and blood have a certain relationship, ginger has a sweating table, warm vomiting, warm lungs cough, detoxification and other effects, its warm temperature divergence effect can promote the operation of qi and blood; modern medical research has also shown that ginger contains the spicy ingredient "gingerol" has a strong antioxidant effect, can quickly remove free radicals, inhibit the production of lipid peroxide in the body, thus preventing or reducing the deposition of lipofuscin, its antioxidant effect is more than the most commonly used antioxidants at present - The effect of vitamin E is stronger.

Identification of honey:

　　Take a look

　　Ordinary consumers should carefully look at the outer packaging and buy first-class products when purchasing.

　　Two inverts

　　Due to the low water content, high-quality honey is very viscous. If the sealed bottle is reversed, it is obviously more "laborious" to float on the air sealed at the mouth of the bottle.

　　Three pulls

　　Stir up some honey with a toothpick and pull it outward, good honey can often pull out a thin and transparent "golden wire", and some can even be as long as 1 foot and continuously.

　　Four hot

　　When the naked eye cannot distinguish, consumers can take a red-hot wire and examine it. If it is good honey, after the wire is inserted, you can see the smoke coming out, but you can still smell the fragrance of melons and fruits. If it is mixed with white sugar, it will emit a burnt smell.

　　Five mo

　　If you buy milky white or pale yellow "crystalline honey", just pick it out and gently rub it on the back of your hand for a while, and those particles that are slightly finer than edible refined salt will dissolve. Such a method can also be used to "test" royal jelly.

　　Six tastings

　　After being rinsed into warm water, the high-quality honey water will turn into a flocculent milky white liquid. If you taste undiluted honey directly, you will even feel "greasy" when swallowing.

　　Seven products

　　General fake honey is made of white sugar, in order to prevent white sugar precipitation, in the production process will add some alum, with chopsticks dipped on the tongue, sweet past, if you can taste astringent, is a fake, try not to eat.