Honey diet and its nutritional qualities

           Malnutrition in India is a serious problem we Indians focused more on taking starch food heavily.Nutritional quality can be increased by a balanced nutrition.United nations General assembly in New York  adopted a resolution on follow-up on International conference on Nutrition(ICN2) from 5th July 2015 to 9th July 2015.

         World bank estimates that India is one of the highest ranking countries in the world for the number of children suffering from malnutrition. Though most of the population is still living below the national poverty line. Undernutrition is more prevalent in rural areas. According to a recent survey, 70% of Indian population are in rural areas.For example, in 2005 40% of women in rural areas,36% of women in urban areas were found to have mid-Anaemia.In urban areas, Overweight status and obesity are over three times as high as rural areas.

     This serious problem can be solved easily by including nutrition rich Honey in our daily diet.Honey is a natural gift for us. I trust Dabur Honey for this. http://www.daburhoney.com/

  Honey:

• Honey is an aromatic, viscid sweet product modified by the honey bees from the nectar of plants.
• It contains about 20% moisture, 60 to 75% invert sugars, dextrose and levulose, 5% sucrose.
• It contains vital minerals like iron, copper, manganese, magnesium, sodium, potassium, calcium, silica, phosphates, some  acids like acetic, butyric, citric, formic, lactic, malic and succinic, amino acids, enzymes like invertase and diastase, phosphates and vitamins A,B and C.

Health benefits from Honey Diet:

• Honey is a rich, readily-assimilable energy giving food and with milk forms a perfect and complete food. It provides ready energy and is given as the first food for the newborn. It is so highly nutritious and proven research states that

              1 Kg of Honey = 5 Kg of milk

              1 Kg of Honey = 1.5kg of meat

              1 Kg of Honey = 40 oranges

              1 Kg of Honey = 50 eggs.

• It is used as a carrier in many ayurvedic and Unani medicines. 
• It is by itself used as a laxative and a blood purifier, and a curative for sore, ulcers in tongue and sore throat etc.
• Regular use of honey advocated for stomach and intestinal ulcers.
• It is a belief that Honey is acidic, but it is alkaline as fruits.
• In some countries where enormous production of honey, it is used for several purposes like Making of alcoholic drinks, in skin and beauty lotions for feeding horses to increase their stamina, in manufacturing of chewing gum.
• In agriculture also it is used Honey is said to induce rooting in plant cuttings.
• It is used as a sugar substitute for weight management.

           See the value of Honey as a nutritious food use it. It can be used by all age groups especially recommended for children in their daily diet.As an agricultural graduate having a basic knowledge on Apiary I suggest you to use Honey in your Diet.