Honey can be a natural and healthy substitute to many artificial and unhealthy things that we use day in and day out. Take a look how honey in its most natural form can be used as a alternative for many artificial products.
Life will get boring if you miss out on your favorite desserts with the fear of harms that table sugar does to your body . You may need not do that when honey can bring the healthy sweetness back to you. Along with being a healthy substitute to sugar honey has proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals present in it.
Table sugar is harmful in many ways and specially for your immune system as it inhibits the white blood cells to use vitamin C which is very important for proper functioning of these cells. This reduces the immunity of the body and can make it succeptible to many diseases like osteoporosis, common cold etc. Artificial sweetners like sugar-free, sacchrin do more harm than good to your body. So think twice before cutting your calories with them.
On the other hand Honey as a sweeter will give you array of health benefits and also add its rich taste flavour to your recipe. You can add to your morning green tea, yummy milk shakes, scrumptious desserts or simply drink it with water and get the best out of it. Honey with hot water in morning is a very good way to loose excess weight. Ditch the empty calories with honey and never look back.
Honey is a Natural Preservative
Can you imagine of having a honey jar as old as the pyramids and still edible? Its true, pure Honey can preserve itself for a long time when kept in a condusive enviroment. And so the Foods that are preserved in honey doesn’t deteriote for a long time.
A tribe in kenya called kikiyu preserve even their meat in honey. The pieces are roasted first and dipped in honey to keep it in special containers without even refrigerating it.
Fruits can also be preserved with honey by dipping or canning in honey syrups. You can enjoy your DIY sugar free canned fruits on a trip or preserve it for later use.Mild flavoured or lighter honey is prefered in canning as honey tend to change the color of fruits.
You can substitute the sugar with honey in your homemade pickles, Jams and jellies. They add a great flavour to them though it may change the color and consistency of jams and jellies. You can adjust the proportion used to get the right flavour and consisitency. Honey being sweeter than sugar, you have to adjust the measurement accordingly. Around 3/4 cup honey will be equl to 1 cup of sugar.
Honey is always a healtheir option than processed sugar and incredibly cuts down on your calories.
