We all want to be healthier. And these days we’re more aware than ever of the critical importance of putting only the most natural and nutritious foods into our bodies. This is probably one of the biggest reasons why raw honey has risen so fast in popularity as a food people look to for a whole range of healthy living benefits.
What is Raw Honey Exactly?
Raw honey is simply honey that is untouched, as it is collected from the beehive. In raw form honey is a purely natural product made from different types of naturally growing flowers, cold-extracted and never heat-treated or pasteurized(raw honey is never warmed higher than 38 degrees Celsius, the natural temperature in the hive)
Why is South African Raw Honey Better Than Regular Supermarket Honey?
Supermarket honey is usually subjected to pasteurization and nano processes that help retain a runny consistency. But these processes compromise taste and texture, as well as removing many of the nutritional benefits we expect from honey. What’s more, mass-produced honeys often suffer the addition of sugars, syrups or compounds that further diminish flavor and texture. In South Africa we produce only half the honey needed to satisfy demand and many imported honeys come from hives where bees are not encouraged to collect pollen naturally, but are simply fed corn syrup or sugar. This honey is then pasteurised, usually resulting in a cheap to produce bland product with many times less the health benefits of raw honey.
Is Raw Honey Healthier?
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Not only is raw honey incredibly nutritious, it’s full of vitamins, great for the immune system and is reported to aid physical performance and resistance to fatigue. It is also believed to increase mental capacity, not to mention its use for centuries in tonics and health products.
South African raw honey is also likely to be healthier as it often comes from environments untouched by intensive farming, pesticides and GMO crop contamination.
Consider how delicious each type of raw honey is and you quickly realise how eating raw honey is one of the most pleasurable ways to contribute to your wellbeing.
What Are the Medicinal Qualities of Raw Honey?
Just about every country in the world has a specific use for honey as a medicine. There have been numerous studies that support the use of honey in treating a whole world of physical diseases and wounds. Commonly, raw honey is used to help with allergies (particularly pollen allergies) and to treat burns, wounds and skin disorders – hence its wide use in skin creams and pharmaceutical preparations.
Raw honey also comes with antibacterial and antioxidant properties, which help to heal wounds, sores and ulcers. Reports suggest that honey gathered from the flowers of medicinal plants confer the plant’s beneficial properties when consumed. There are also claims that certain honeys can be helpful for diabetics and better than normal sugar as a sweetener – particularly South African Buchu and Avocado blossom honeys.
God Almighty speaks about the Bee and mentions the healing properties of honey in the holy Quran.
Surat An-Nahl (Chapter – The Bee)
16:68
And your Lord inspired to the bee, “Take for yourself among the mountains, houses, and among the trees and [in] that which they construct.
16:69
Then eat from all the fruits and follow the ways of your Lord laid down [for you].” There emerges from their bellies a drink, varying in colours, in which there is healing for people. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.
How Can You Recognize Raw Honey?
The fundamental difference between raw honey and the version you might buy in a supermarket is that it has not been exposed to temperatures higher than exist naturally in the hive. Raw honey tends to come with fine sugar crystals and a less clear look to it, often from healthy pollen and propolis residue that has not been filtered out.
Raw Honey is Just Healthier and Tastes Better
Put simply, raw honey is honey as nature intended… unadulterated, untreated and therefore more flavoursome and nutritious. Add to that the incredible diversity of flavours and textures available and South African raw honey wins over mass-produced and imported version by a country mile.
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