The benefits of honey have been famous for centuries. Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, regularly applied honey to retain her beautiful face and body. However, honey isn’t only beneficial for the face and body but for our health as well. There are benefits of honey for a healthy heart, such as treating heart disease for example. Heart disease is often caused by the blood insufficiency that provides oxygen to our heart.
The heart disease symptoms are:
- Often dizzy.
- Cold sweat.
- Breathing difficulty.
Although heart disease is the leading cause of death in the world, many overlook its danger. Heart disease attacks our blood vessel system. In this condition, our heart can’t function as it should. The heart muscles are weak and there could be slits between the right atrium and the left atrium.
There are some causes of heart disease:
- Bad habits (smoking, not exercising, etc)
- Bad nutrition.
- Congenital abnormalities.
Honey is both good for preventing and curing heart disease. Honey contains a high content of polyphenols. Polyphenol acts as an antioxidant that defends our cells from damage and free radical. Honey can be consumed alone or mixed with other agents.
The nutrition of honey per 100 g (3.5 oz):
- Calcium: 6 mg (1%)
- Carbohydrate: 82.4 g
- Energy: 1.272 kJ (304 kcal)
- Fat: 0 g
- Fiber: 0.2 g
- Folic (Vitamin B9): 2 µg (1%)
- Iron: 0.42 mg (3%)
- Magnesium: 2 mg (1%)
- Natrium: 4 mg (0%)
- Niacin (Vitamin B3): 0.121 mg (1%)
- Pantotenat Acid (B5): 0.068 mg (1%)
- Phosphor: 4 mg (1%)
- Potassium: 52 mg (1%)
- Protein: 0.3 g
- Riboflavin (Vitamin B2): 0.038 mg (3%)
- Sugar: 82.12 g
- Vitamin B6: 0.024 mg (2%)
- Vitamin C: 0.5 mg (1%)
- Water: 17.10 g
- Zinc: 0.22 mg (2%)
