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Honey is a Health Food?

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Over the last few years, more and more evidence has emerged to show that honey has healthful properties and is superior to sugar as a sweetener. One of the first notable examples came from Dr Steven Pratt in his book Superfoods Healthstyle where he listed honey as a superfood contributing to a healthier lifestyle because of the antioxidants it contains.

 

Another one of the early books on this subject was written by English pharmacist, Mike McInnes, and nutritional expert, Stuart McInnes. Although The Hibernation Diet was not originally intended to be a diet book, the publishers advised the authors that although a health book wouldn't sell a diet book would, and as a result the book was rewritten to accommodate. The basic idea presented in this book is that honey is the perfect fuel for feeding your liver before you go to sleep. The fructose combined with glucose provides a ready fuel that is easily converted to glycogen. With a well fueled liver your body works hard repairing itself as you sleep. As a result you end up better rested and with much more energy when you wake. A lot of energy is burnt while you sleep, but you are also able to do more during the day. The current publisher freely admits that only about 40% of people actually lose weight on this plan, but everyone feels better. It starts with taking a tablespoon of honey before bed and incorporates some easy resistance exercises.

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Anti-Cancer Effects of Honey

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J Agric Food Chem. 2002 Nov 6;50(23):6923-8.Click here to read Links

Antimutagenic effect of various honeys and sugars against Trp-p-1.

Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.

 

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Blueberry Honey has Antibacterial Activity

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Canadian researchers have recently shown that blueberry and buckwheat honeys have higher antibacterial activity than regular honey.

 

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Funding for Bee Disease Resistance Identification Announced

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GenomeBC has just announced that it is starting a $2.8 million project to analyse honey bee populations for disease resistance genes. The project is led by UBC Researcher Dr. Leonard Foster, who along with Dr. Steve Pernal, a bee disease researcher with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Beaverlodge), and Dr. Katherine Baylis (UBC) will work on developing the ability to identify disease resistance genes in the bee population.

 

Disease Resistance

 

World Pollination Valued at 153 Billion Euros

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French and German scientists have recently released a report in the journal Ecological Economics on the value of pollination by insect pollinators. They have revealed that a staggering 9.5% of the world's food supply, worth 153 billion euros annually, is directly dependent on insect pollination. The majority of this is for fruits and vegetables, with oilseed crops also playing a significant part.

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