Honey is the most known useful product with unique curative properties.
There are many its versions differing in taste, color and a smell depending on a species of melliferous plants.
Acacia honey very tasty and fragrant, we will consider its features and useful properties.
Description and distinctive features
Akatsiyevy sweet nectar is considered one of the best grades. It light and very fragrant, with slow crystallization.
Color
Fresh honey from a white acacia almost transparent, crystallizes and becomes white over time. From a yellow acacia light-golden nectar with a small greenish shade turns out.
Smell
The flower smell of akatsiyevy nectar distinguishes it from other grades. Aroma of an acacia very thin and pleasant.
Taste
The gentle and delicate taste differs in moderate sweet and lack of excessive sweetness and bitterness.
Whether you know? For production of 100 g of honey the bee needs to collect nectar from 100,000 flowers.
Crystallization
Crystallization happens very slowly, nearly two years remain liquid and fluidity. The consistence gentle and uniform, does not change over time. The thing is that akatsiyevy nectar consists of a large amount of fructose, and sucrose in it is not enough.
What the bee product is rich with
Bee nectar contains 40.35% of fructose and 35.98% of glucose. Fructose is several times more sweet than some sugar and is easily acquired by an organism.
Caloric content
100 grams of a bee product contain 317 kcal, and these are 15% of average standard daily rate for the person. In one teaspoon about 12 g of honey — 38 kcal. The product is rather high-calorie, it is impossible to abuse it.
Whether you know? The word "honey" originates in Israel and in translation means "magic charms".
Nutrition value
"Sweet amber" is a natural source of carbohydrates, in 100 g of a product 75.38 g of carbohydrates and 0.8 g of proteins contain.
Vitamins and minerals
The sweet product contains a set of valuable vitamins and minerals. In it a large amount of B1, B2, B5, B6, B9, B12 vitamins and also vitamins A, C, PP, organic acids, flavonoids, phytohormones.
Minerals, useful to organism: calcium, potassium, sodium, phosphorus, chlorine, fluorine, copper, iron — too are its part.
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Than acacia honey is useful
Honey of an acacia differs in great antiseptic properties, is capable to remove inflammatory processes and to treat different diseases. It has the all-strengthening effect on an organism, gives a charge of energy and cheerfulness. Brings big benefit to nervous system, calms and helps to fall asleep.
It is used for treatment of viral diseases, cold, diseases of airways. Well influences a condition of vessels and work of heart, improves composition of blood and raises hemoglobin.
Has positive effect on health of digestive tract, liver, kidneys, improves a metabolism and sight.
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For men
The use of sweet nectar improves reproductive function of men. Helps increase in potency and increases quality and mobility of spermatozoa. It is used in complex therapy at different diseases of an urinogenital system.
For women
Natural delicacy for a female body brings huge benefit. Normalizes a hormonal background and reproductive function, reduces pain during periods and helps with treatment of diseases of a reproductive system. It is often used as the effective cosmetic capable to improve health of hair, nails and skin. Masks, srubs, baths, massages and wrappings with use of honey of an acacia well affect health of the woman, increase a tone, tighten skin, help to struggle with cellulitis.
From such procedures skin is tightened, becomes elastic and elastic, the tone improves. Bathtubs with addition of honey improve blood circulation and remove hypostases, help to resume forces and to reduce stress.
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For children
Acacia honey — the only grade which contains the minimum quantity of pollen therefore seldom or never causes an allergy. This grade is recommended to be used to children for the general strengthening and development of all organism. Its rich chemical and vitamin composition will bring benefit to the growing organism, the main thing is not to use in large numbers.
Important! Children under 3 years are not recommended to use honey to avoid allergic reactions.
Whether it is possible for pregnant women
During pregnancy the women can use a bee product, but in a small amount. The valuable vitamin composition and a set of useful substances will bring benefit to both the woman, and the child. It is contraindicated in the presence at the woman of hypersensibility and also during feeding by a breast.
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How to check honey for naturalness
Buying bee nectar, it is necessary to be convinced of its naturalness, only such product of beekeeping brings benefit to an organism. Many unfair sellers sell a counterfeit, mix sugar, artificial honey, starch, chalk and other additives. It is necessary to know several signs of naturalness.
Approximately
The natural product has uniform viscous consistence without impurity. It is almost transparent with a golden shade, without deposit. A smell of natural nectar pleasant, reminds aroma of an acacia, but not sharp, the fake most often has no smell. At the real nectar gentle consistence and it is quickly absorbed in skin at rubbing in.
By means of additional resources
The naturalness can be checked by means of make-shifts.
There is a simple method of check: it is necessary to dip a stick or a spoon into honey and to pull out, it has to last a uniform thread and form the hill on a surface.
It is possible to check by means of paper: it is necessary to drip a little bit bee nectar on a paper piece, it has to remain dry. The wet trace on paper means that it is a fake. The real honey perfectly absorbs moisture. If to dip a piece of fresh bread into honey, then in 10–15 minutes it has to become covered by a crust and harden, but not become limp. It is possible to dilute a small amount of nectar with warm water and to add an iodine drop. If solution turned blue, then there are impurity in the form of flour or starch.
Availability of chalk can be checked addition of vinegar in solution of honey and water. If liquid hisses, then mixed chalk with a product.
Rules of the use
Akatsiyevy honey very tasty in pure form, also it it is possible to part in warm water or to add to tea. It is useful to use it in the morning on an empty stomach or for half an hour before meal.
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Sweet delicacy is used during creation of many culinary masterpieces, many people adore it, but it is necessary to use in reasonable quantity.
The bee product from an acacia is perfectly combined with many products, it does not taste bitter and does not kill taste and a smell of other ingredients of dishes. It is perfectly combined with nuts, fruit, vegetables, bread. Creates the tasty and useful duet with all types of cheeses. Is a part of marinades and sauces, it is used at preparation of meat delicacies, for roasting of a bird and fish.
It is the main ingredient of many drinks, sweets and confectionery.
Important! A daily dose of akatsiyevy honey for the adult — two tablespoons, and for the child — two teaspoons. It is recommended to elderly people, pregnant women to use one tablespoon, and sick diabetes and the suffering excess weight — one teaspoon of "sweet medicine" a day.
How to store in house conditions
It is important to store correctly honey that it did not lose the useful properties. Best of all tight glasswares approaches. It is possible to store in a glass jar, to fill in from above with a small amount of coconut oil and to roll up.
The place of storage has to be dark and cool, the fridge approaches. The humidity of air should not exceed 75%. At a temperature above +20 °C bee nectar will lose the useful and flavoring properties, and at a temperature below -10 °C quickly hardens and crystallizes.
In ware from copper, iron or galvanized chemical reaction of oxidation with release of hazardous substances begins. In house conditions at the correct storage nectar can be stored up to two years, and in the special wooden barrels which are filled in with wax — up to 10 years.
Application
Valuable bee nectar is used not only in cookery, but also in medicine and cosmetology. A unique set of vitamins, organic acids and minerals, fast and full assimilation by an organism allow to work wonders. Curative properties of honey are known throughout the millennia and help to cure many diseases and to solve cosmetic problems.
In traditional medicine
The popular product of beekeeping perfectly strengthens immunity and helps to recover quicker at the first manifestations of cold, viral diseases of airways.
The glass of warm water with the dissolved honey tablespoon on an empty stomach helps at stomach pains. It is possible to accept twice a day. At ulcers and gastritises the medicine prepared from 100 g of an aloe and 100 g of honey helps — it is necessary to crush, mix and accept for an hour to food. Drinking in the morning and in the evening a glass of warm water with a spoon of a bee dessert, it is possible to improve sight. At some diseases of eyes use several drops of solution of one teaspoon in 100 ml of water for burying.
For stress relief and improvement of work of nervous system mix pcheloprodukt with beet juice in a proportion 1: 1 also accept three times a day 100 ml. The glass of warm milk with a honey spoon perfectly saves from insomnia.
Honey mix with walnuts in equal quantities improves potency at men.
This surprising natural product improves work of a liver and gall bladder, heart. Increases elasticity of vessels, reduces arterial blood pressure.
There are thousands of recipes of traditional medicine practically from all diseases with use of "sweet medicine".
In cosmetology
The gentle consistence of honey of an acacia, a set of useful vitamins and acids allow to influence positively a state and a tone of skin, to save from pimples and other problems. Srubs and masks with its use level tone of skin, do it younger. Masks are capable to improve health and appearance of hair and nails. Massages and wrappings with use of sweet ingredient are used in many beauty shops, improve blood circulation and saturate an organism with useful substances.
For preparation of cosmetic masks with honey use parsley, spinach, blackberry, strawberry, oils (a dogrose, cocoa, castor, peach), essential oils (sandalwood, orange), cinnamon, yogurt, vitamin E.
Contraindications and harm
The individual intolerance and allergic reactions to products of blossoming or one of components of a sweet product is possible.
Honey is twice more sweet than some sugar therefore it is necessary to use smaller quantity not to gather extra kilos. Can negatively affect health of teeth therefore after consumption of honey it is desirable to rinse a mouth water. The excessive use can cause disorders of work of digestive tract, heartbeat increase.
The main thing is not to use honey in large numbers, even the most useful product can do harm to an organism at abuse.
Other types of honey
There are many types of honey, as well as species of plants melliferous herbs. Each grade differs in color, taste and consistence, but all of them are very tasty and useful.
Learn how looks and than flower honey is useful to an organism.
Buckwheat
Buckwheat differs in the increased content of iron and protein, has specific aroma, pleasant taste and reddish color.
Dyagilevy
Dyagilevy nectar of a bee is received from herb flowers dyagilya, it differs in pleasant taste and a smell. Well influences nervous systems and a condition of digestive tract.
Lime
One of the most popular and tasty grades — the lime, having light-golden color and the exciting aroma of flowers of a linden. The taste which is rather expressed and specific. White honey quickly becomes dense, but does not lose the unique salutary properties.
Chestnut
The chestnut product is characterized in dark color and bitterish smack. Possesses fine antiseptic action, helps with treatment of kidneys and a stomach.
Sunflower
Sunflower honey differs in gentle, pleasant taste and weak aroma. Color of honey golden, quickly crystallizes large parts. Differs in the bactericidal and increased nutritious properties.
All grades of honey are useful and everyone has unique composition of vitamins and mineral substances. This valuable product was presented to us by the nature, and it brings huge benefit, medicinal properties are used in medicine and cosmetology. It is effective prophylactic against catarrhal, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular diseases. This product is capable to replace sugar in many dishes and drinks, a good power engineering specialist for all people not manager completely is acquired and is"