Discover the benefits of honey.
Once again, author Cal Orey found herself sitting in her study writing a Healing Powers book. This time around, she was drinking tea infused with tupelo honey, savoring a honey chocolate truffle, and feeling the softness of her fingers from honey soap as she worked on the keyboard. Oh, and honey apple muffins were baking in the oven. In the Healing Powers of Honey—and this interview–Orey shows you how and why this “nectar of the gods” will transcend your awareness of the honey bee and its remarkable gift to you.
What are some short-term health benefits of consuming honey?
Honey can relieve a variety of ailments, including allergies, coughs, fatigue, pain, and stress, as well as boost libido.
What are some long-term benefits of consuming honey?
Eating honey can help lower the risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes—even help reduce body fat and unwanted weight!—and increase longevity.
How much honey do you recommend people eat daily or weekly?
Most home cures call for one or teaspoons of honey for an ailment. The American Heart Association recommends 6 teaspoons of added sugar daily for women, no more than 9 teaspoons for men. Translate that number to honey—and added sugar—and 5 teaspoons of honey for women, 8 teaspoons of honey for men, is just about right… A typical day: One teaspoon of honey in tea twice a day, drizzle a teaspoon in a cup of plain yogurt (healthier than artificially sweetened fruit yogurts), another teaspoon on poultry, whole grain bread or fresh fruit and savor a dark chocolate honey caramel.
Are there major differences between raw honey and the commercial varieties?
Pure, raw, unprocessed honey contains more antioxidants than commercial varieties but both are a healthier sweetener than table sugar and high-fructose corn syrup. Honey is chock-full of minerals and vitamins—and only has 21 calories per teaspoon.
How can you use honey in your beauty routine?
Ah, let me count the ways of honey beautifying treatments. You can enjoy a milk-and-honey bath; manuka honey drizzle body masque; orange blossom and body wrap; manuka honey drizzle pedicure; cucumber honey eye nourisher; and stimulating camphor and eucalyptus honey foot soak. And there’s so much more!
The bottom line: Super “bee foods” (including nutrient-rich bee pollen, propolis, and royal jelly) are used and touted for their healing powers by beekeepers and medical experts in the present day. You’ll also enjoy eco-friendly beeswax household uses—all made with the amazing honey bee’s gifts!
About The Healing Powers of Honey (October 1, 2011, Kensington Books)
The Healing Powers of Honey
Drawing on the latest honey buzz and interviews with medical doctors, beekeepers, and researchers, this charming and enlightening book (sweetened with stories about honey bees and humans) reveals 30 healing honey varieties, health improvements, heart-health recipes such as Honey Custard French Toast and Filo Pear and Honey Tarts, and provides more than 50 home cures. Purchase The Healing Powers of Honey
Cal Orey is an accomplished author and journalist specializing in topics such as health, nutrition, science and pets. Her books include The Healing Powers of Chocolate, The Healing Powers of Vinegar, The Healing Powers of Olive Oil, 202 Pets’ Peeves and Doctors’ Orders. She lives in Northern California. Her website is www.calorey.com.
You can also use raw honey as a face cleanser as well. Love that stuff.
Honey is indeed a magic which if you take everyday, it will make your immunity stronger. moreover, you can simply apply it on your face to get smoother and glowing skin.