Health care

Health care - Honey

                 

Honey is a sweet food made by bees using nectar from flowers. the variety produced by honey bees is the one most commonly referred to, as it is the type of honey collected by most beekeepers and consumed by people. honeys are also produced by bumblebees, stingless bees, and other hymenoteran insects such as honey wasps, though the quantity is generally lower and they have slightly different properties compared to honey from the genus apis. honey bees convert nectar into honey by a process of regurgitation and evaporation. they store it as a primary food source in wax honeycombs inside the beehive.

Honey gets its sweetness from the monosaccharides fructose and glucose, and has about the same relative sweetnessas granulated sugar. it has attractive chemical properties for baking and a distinctive flavor that leads some people to prefer it over suger and other sweetners. most microorgnisms do not grow in honey because of its low water activity of however, honey sometimes contains dormant endospores of the bacterium clostridium botulinum, which can be dangerous to infants , as the endospores can transform into toxin-producing bacteria in infants immature intestinal tracts, leading to illness and even death.




People who have a weakened immune system should not eat honey because of the risk of bacterial or fungalinfection . no evidence show any benefit of using honey to treat diseases. providing 64  calories in a typical serving of one tablespoon, honey contains no significant nutrient content.

Over its history as a food , the main uses of honey are in cooking, baking,  desserte, such as mato, as a spread on bread, and as an addition to various beverages, such as tea, and as a sweetener in some commercial beverages. honey barbecue and honey mustard are other common flavors used in sauces.

Health applications :-

wounds and burns

There is some evidence that honey may help healing in skin wounds after surgery and mild burns when used in a dressing. evidence does not support the use of honey- based products in the treatment of other burns, chronic wounds, pressure ulcers, fourniers gangrene, venous atasis ulcers, minor acute wounds, diabetic foot ulcers, Leishmaniasis.

Cough                                                                                

 Little evidence supports honey as a treatment of coughs in children. for chronic cough and acute cough, a cochrane review found no strong evidence for or against the use of honey. for treating children, the study concluded that honey possibly help more than no treatment.

Other 

People who have a weakened immune system should not eat honey because of the risk of bacterial or fungal infection.no evidence shows the benefit of using honey to treat cancer, although honey may be useful for controlling side effects of radiation therapy or chemotherapyapplied in cancer treatment .

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