Dairy Products Health benefits of milk valuefood, August 26, 2011 Its said “Milk—It does a body good”. Very rightly, consuming milk and milk products provides various essential nutrients and health benefits. Milk, considered a wholesome balanced diet, has been primary source of nutrients for all animals since their birth. This white liquid produced by mammary glands in animals has been primary nutrient source before they digest complex nutrient source. Apart from being rich source of nutrients, Milk has been regularly used for its medicinal properties by various ancient medicinal folks. In Ayurveda, ancient Indian medicinal science, milk finds its special place. Ever since humans have started domestication of animals, they have been consuming milk. Milk and milk products have been used in ancient Egypt by wealthy people and was considered symbol of wealth. History of milk has also been interesting. In every human civilization milk had its own place of importance. Continue Reading
Honey Health benefits of Manuka Honey valuefood, December 17, 2010 Honey, because of its health benefits, has been used for various medicine purposes since ancient times. In Greek mythology honey was known as “Food of the Gods”. Indigenous Maoris of New Zealand have been utilizing health benefits of Manuka honey for medical use. It is now that scientists established health and medical benefits and antibacterial properties of Manuka Honey. Manuka Honey is monofloral honey that is derived from the nectar of the manuka bush (Leptospermum scoparium) indigenous to New Zealand. All honey has anti bacterial properties. Honey when used on infected wound, have ability to absorb moisture from bacteria. Also most honey produces low levels of hydrogen peroxide which is natural antiseptic. Manuka Honey apart from producing low levels of hydrogen peroxide also contains manuka flora compoents which provide it unique anti bacterial property. This non peroxide anti microbial property of manuka honey is due to combined action of methylglyoxal and an unidentified synergistic component. Continue Reading
Honey Health Benefits of Royal Jelly valuefood, May 31, 2010 What is Royal Jelly? Royal Jelly is sticky jelly like liquid, produced in hypopharyngeal glands, in head of worker honey bees. Royal Jelly is used to feed adult queen honey bee and larvae. What is royal about Bee Royal Jelly? When bees want a new queen, they choose larvae and feed them with abundant amount of royal jelly in specially constructed queen cells. This natural royal jelly stimulates development of queen morphology in the selected larvae, including the fully developed ovaries needed to lay eggs. With the effect of bee royal jelly, the queen bee lives 3-5 years and shows high fertility. Without sufficient bee royal jelly other larvae become worker bees. Royal Jelly is the queen’s royal diet, which make it superior to other honey bees. Other names for Royal Jelly are Apilak, Gelee Royale, RJ and Queen Bee Jelly Continue Reading
Benefits of Monofloral Honey valuefood, May 28, 2010December 23, 2024 Honeybees collect nectar from various flowers to make honey. They visit nearly 100-1500 flowers to… Continue Reading
Honey Health benefits of Honey valuefood, May 25, 2010December 23, 2024 What is Honey? Honey is nectar and sweet deposits from plants, gathered, modified and stored in the honeycomb by honey bees. Honey is made by honey bees in one of the most efficient structure – the beehive. A beehive contains more than 50,000 bees who collectively travel thousands of miles to gather nectar from flowers and make honey. Honey is most popular natural product known since ages for its health benefits. Ancient men who collected honey from forests had realized health benefits of honey. Ancient civilizations have been using honey in various forms for various medicinal uses including healing of wounds, burns, ulcers, infections, etc. Honey has been used for at least 5000 years for its healing properties. Honey forms base of various medicinal preparation of Ayurveda – ancient medicine science from India. Ancient Greece’s Hippocrates, the father of medicine, found honey cleans sores and ulcers on the lips. He also found it heals boils and running sores and other health benefits. Continue Reading