The unique composition of honey and its amazing properties

Man began to use honey for a long time before the appearance of sugar in its pure form. This useful, viscous and fragrant delicacy was previously extracted in a barbarous way, destroying whole colonies of unfortunate wild bees. Later, man learned to breed these useful and hardworking insects, and only in the twentieth century the unique composition of honey was studied. However, making his artificial analogue as useful, elastic and fragrant, no one could. The industry was able to achieve only external similarities, as well as aroma, but it was not possible to balance the composition and include unique enzymes in it.

What is in the composition of honey?

A fragrant treat contains:

• Water (no more than 20% depending on the age of honey);
• Sucrose;
• Fructose;
• Glucose;
• Protein and amino acids;
• Enzymes;
• Pollen;
• Minerals;
• Vitamins;
• Microflora;
• Coloring and flavoring.

The chemical composition of honey is very similar to human blood, so it is so actively absorbed by the body.

Types of honey and their useful properties

All kinds of this useful substance are divided into two types:

• Monoflerny;
• Polyflora.

Honey, the composition of which includes pollen from several varieties of plants, belongs to the second category. If in its composition only pollen of one plant, then it is called monoflern. Within the framework of this article, we will only consider natural honey. Beekeepers distinguish it also according to the honeycombs:

• lime;
• Acacia;
• buckwheat;
• floral;
• and others.

More often on sale it is possible to meet honey lime. It has a characteristic smell, quickly comes to a solid state, in which it acquires a creamy shade. Liquid lime honey - viscous, has a greenish color. Lime subtype is used to treat colds and respiratory infections. Any of the variants of this sweet product has bactericidal properties, since the composition of honey includes acids and a huge amount of sugars. For the first time these properties were discovered by Dutchman Kettel.

Buckwheat bee sweetness is also called a female product. It is rich in iron and is very useful for blood loss, anemia and general weakness. The chemical composition of honey from the pollen of buckwheat is so different from other species that it can be determined by appearance. It is a very dark, thick mass with a brownish-red hue.

Acacia honey is suitable even for the youngest children, since it is a hypoallergenic product. Its distinctive property is the ability to remain liquid for a long time. The composition of acacia honey includes a large number of vitamins and speeds up metabolic processes, normalizes pressure, digestion, helps to overcome stressful conditions. This product is recommended for diabetes, heart disease, neurotic conditions, as well as eye diseases.

Hawthorn honey has a characteristic aroma and bitter taste, and cornflower blue differs in green. Known is also a kind of bee delicacy, like heather honey. Its composition is special, so it is extremely difficult to extract from honeycombs, and sometimes it is impossible to do it at all. Heather pollen gives it an amber shade and unique healing properties.

Beekeepers also distinguish:

• (Bright and very valuable);
• Dyagile (viscous, with a caramel flavor);
• Honeysuckle (light honey);
• Kiprejny (from the pollen of the Ivan-tea plant);
• Maple (light and very tasty);
• Clover (does not smell and is used in gynecology);
• Chestnut (powerful immune stimulant);
• Sunflower (with a weak aroma, rapidly crystallizing);
• Cotton (colorless).

In conclusion, it should also be said that honey beekeepers are distinguished by the bee breed, as well as by the area of the growth of the honey plants:

• mountain;
• Meadow;
• forest;
• field.

It is interesting that an increasing number of allergists come to the conclusion that there is no allergy to honey, as such. Some people have a reaction to artificial components in fakes, as well as a specific type of pollen. Natural allergies are treated with bee products.