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Can you give honey to babies, toddlers? What are honey health benefits for children?
Honey is a nutritionally packed gift from nature. Honey is a natural sweetener packed with minerals, enzymes, and vitamins. Studies have shown that honey has great nutrient value and is healthy for most of us.
For many parents, we are concerned whether honey is something that will benefit children, whether normal table honey is safe or healthy for children, with all the attention on the harms of sugar even in fruit juices.
On a similar note, we are also worried about Read More...
2018 Year End Celebration Sales!
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What is CarePoints?
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This Is Why You Should Eat Vitamin C! Benefits and Side Effects
What is Vitamin C?
Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble vitamin needed in small amounts by the body to maintain health. The human body is unable to produce or store any of it. Therefore, we need to consume it daily and it should be an essential component of our diet.
Vit C plays an important role in the body. According to the National Institute of Health, It assists to maintain the health of skin, cartilage, teeth, bone, Read More...
How Apitherapy Helps to Cure Muscle joint pains like rheumatism and arthritis
What is Apitherapy? What does Apitherapy mean?
Apitherapy is a type of alternative medicine that uses honeybee products that treat illness, their symptoms and long term pain from acute and chronic injuries. Apitheraphy uses honeybee products such as honey, pollen, bee venom, royal jelly, propolis, beeswax, and etc.
I personally got interested in apitherapy while studying in University. I have a long period of coughing and pharmactical medicine did not help much. Frustrated, I turned to royal jelly and manuka honey Read More...
How to choose the best bird’s nest? 4 Ways to Choose Good Bird’s Nest!
Read this before you buy any bird’s nest.
The truth is that bird’s nest comes in different grades and quality. They are commonly consumed as a form of beauty food as it is known to boost one’s complexion, immune system and stimulate cell growth. Despite its popularity, many are unable to differentiate between real bird’s nests from the fakes or differentiate the good grades of bird’s nest available in the market.
How to choose the best quality bird’s nest?
As a general Read More...
Apple Cider Vinegar- Know the Health benefits before you start drinking!
Apple cider vinegar – do you know the health benefits you can get from drinking this daily?
Ever wondered why celebrities like Kourtney Kardashian, Miranda Kerr, and Megan Fox swear by apple cider vinegar (also known as ACV)? In this article, we will explore the wonders and health benefits of this superfood!
What is Apple Cider Vinegar?
Apple cider vinegar
Apple cider vinegar is a superfood made by crushing apple to make a vinegar drink. ACV is the most popular types of vinegar Read More...
Manuka Honey Benefits: All the Questions you have – FAQ
Manuka Honey – Frequently Asked Questions
When buying manuka honey, I am sure you would like to buy the best. Naturally, you will have a lot of questions that need to be answered.
Here, the questions floating in your mind will be answered once and for all. Read on to find out more.
What is Manuka Honey?
Manuka honey is known for beneficial to our health because of UMF (Unique Manuka Factor) content. It comes from manuka bush in New Zealand and has shown Read More...
Pei Pa Koa
Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa is the newest craze to sweep New York. Bottles of this herbal remedy are flying off the shelves. This coincides with the yearly flu season where citizens come down with colds and coughs. One man who was ailing with a cough for 10 days felt better 15 minutes after consuming the remedy. But, what is this Pei Pa Koa?Pei Pa Koa – What Is It?
Pei Pa Koa also known as Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa Read More...
Tongkat Ali – Reviews and Benefits
Tongkat Ali – What Is It?The herb is called Tongkat Ali and also known as Longjack in America. We will discuss why this herb is so popular with sexual potency and improving health in Singapore and south east asia.
The herb typically grows in countries within South-East Asia such as Malaysia and Indonesia. The roots of the Tongkat Ali tree is usually the part that is ground into powder. The powder is then usually placed into pills for consumption. This Read More...
Differences and Health Benefits of Prebiotics and Probiotics
Probiotics? Prebiotics? What are they? Even though both sound similar, prebiotics and probiotics are different in the way they benefit the body.
In this article, we will look at the differences and benefits of both Prebiotics and Probiotics.
While a majority of people are aware of probiotics and their health benefits, many are not aware of what prebiotics are and its benefits which are equivalently important to the human body.
While probiotics are the ‘live’ bacteria that keep our digestive and immune Read More...
Top 10 Manuka Honey Benefits
Top 10 Manuka Honey Benefits
(Reproduced from https://draxe.com/manuka-honey-benefits-uses/)
Manuka honey health benefits have been touted in the natural health world for a long time and even more in recent years because a growing body of research is starting to support thousands of years of folk medicine use. Some of the top Manuka honey uses are:
1. SIBO, Low Stomach Acid, Acid Reflux
Small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), low stomach acid and acid reflux go hand-in-hand. Because of Manuka honey’s known natural antibiotic qualities, it is Read More...
Benefits of Honey
Honey (Normal or Manuka) Nutrition Facts
Regular honey is known and eaten regularly for its tremendous nutritional and immune boosting abilities.
There is large amount of natural minerals and vitamins which help the metabolizing of undesirable cholesterol and fatty acid on the organs and tissues into the system, hence preventing obesity and promoting better health for us.
Benefits of Honey
Honey has a healthy Glycemic Index (GI), meaning that its sugars can be gradually absorbed into the bloodstream to result in better digestion.We should try to Read More...
UMF® Honey Licensee
UMF® HONEY ASSOCIATION LICENCEESUMFHA has 67 companies licensed to use the UMF® trademark.
Only organizations with a license are allowed to use the UMF® trademark.
Honeycity is distributing these registered licencees of UMF® Manuka honey.License #
New Zealand Company
Website1019
Comvita New Zealand Limited
www.comvita.com1098
Taku Honey
www.takuhoney.com 2202
Kare Ltd
www.kare.co.nz
2252
Onuku Ltd
http://www.umf.org.nz/portfolio/onuku-ltd/
Honeycity imports only high quality UMF® manuka honey directly from New Zealand farms.
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How to store Honey and Expiry Date tips?
Honey Storage Tips and Expiry
Manuka honey should be stored in its original bottle in a cool, dry place, out of direct sunlight.
Honey is anti-bacterial and has a long shelf life without the need to be refrigerated. There is no need to refrigerate manuka honey as it can be stored at room temperature.
Honey on cabinet shelf
Avoid refrigeration to prevent crystallization of the honey. Crystallization is the natural process of glucose sugar molecules aligning into orderly arrangements known as crystals. Do not worry, crystallization Read More...
How to eat Manuka Honey correctly?
Eat UMF Manuka Honey correctly.
Take 1 tablespoon 2-3 times a day, before meal. Eat the honey directly from the spoon without mixing into a drink for best effects. Premium manuka honey does not taste too sweet, some has a bitter taste on it.
You may like to drink some water after that to wash down the honey.
Can I use metal spoon or wooden spoon dipper for honey?
You do not need to use wooden spoon for honey, any spoon is fine.
It Read More...
Manuka Honey UMF- Which UMF for me?
Which Manuka Honey UMF for me?
Most healthy individuals would find UMF 10+ Manuka honey ideal and effective in immune boosting.
Manuka Honey with a UMF of less than 10 has a low level of activity and may not be effective for some medical conditions.
The ideal potency for good health maintenance is between UMF 10 and 18.
manuka honey umf 10+
You may use the below as a guide.
UMF 5+: To test the textures, tastes and suitability. You can eat daily as it is Read More...
