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HONEY FOR 

 NUTRITION &HEALTH

BY 

RITU KAPOOR 

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HONEY 

 A sweet yellowish or brownish

viscid fluid produced by variousbees from the nectar of flowersand used as food.

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HOW BEES PRODUCEHONEY 

There are Four Species of Bees

Bee colony: Queen bee, Workers,Drones

Worker bees rear larvae collectnectar.

Honey is source of the Bees Food

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HOW BEES PRODUCEHONEY 

Nectar collected in Bee stomach isdigested and converted into glucose +fructose.

Honey thus produced is raw honeyand ripened by fanning their wingsto evaporate water.

Water content reaches 17 ² 18percent = ripened honey.

Bees seal their cells on the comb

and this honey is ready to extract &eat.

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HISTORY OF HONEY 

HUNTING

Human began hunting honeyabout 10,000 years ago asevidenced by cave painting fromSpain.

 Also rock paintings availableshowing honey collection.

 Ancient Egypt honey used to

sweeten cake, biscuits and manyother dishes.

Roman Empire used honey forpaying taxes instead of gold.

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Fertility God of Egypt was offeredhoney as a reward.

Post ² classical Greece, custom for

a bride to dip her fingers in honeymake a sign cross in her new home.

Use of honey as ointment forrashes and burns, soothe sore throat,

other medicinal purposes in acenturies old practice.

HISTORY OF HONEY HUNTING

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HONEY COMPOSITION

Fructose 38.5%Glucose 31.0%

Sucrose 1.0%Water 17%Other sugars(Maltose, Melezitose) 9%  Ash 0.17%Other 0.13%

Honey is 36% denser than water.

Major Vitamins

Riboflavin (Vit. B2), Niacin (Vit B3),Pantothenic acid (Vit. B5),

 Vitamin B6, Folate, Vitamin C

MineralsCa, Mg++, Iron, P, K, Na, Zn.

Proteins in the form of amino acids.

100 gm honey = 300 kcal

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STORAGE OF HONEY 

Optimal preservation temperature:4 ² 1 0OC.

Store in dark dry place

Prevent it from absorbing moisture

Do not preserve honey longer thantwo years.

Do not preserve honey in metalcontainers.

Do not heat honey beyond 37OC

Optimal preservation

temerature:

4-10OC

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HONEY AS MEDICINE

Honey has antiseptic & antibacterialproperties because of :-

1. Water activity causing osmosis.

2. Hydrogen peroxide effect.

3. High acidity(between 3.2 ² 4.5)

Honey has nutraceutical effects.

For soar throats & laryngitis.

Wound healing.

Treatment for conjunctivitis.

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MEDICINAL USES OFHONEY 

 A spoon of honey with water at nightcures insomnia and constipation.

 A few drops of honey to a newly bornchild for about nine months will

protect him from chest problems,constipation and diarrhea.

 A spoon of honey daily isrecommended for pregnant ladies as itenhances hemoglobin.

Weekly application of honey to eyes atnight improves eye-sight within a fewweeks

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MEDICINAL USES OFHONEY 

Honey mixed with glycerine, citricacid and alcohol is used to removefreckles.

Honey is an instant source of energyfor growing children.

Honey is used in Ayurvedic as agreat antiseptic for curing infectedwounds and burns.

Lemon juice added to warm honeyapplied on the face and neckimproves the wrinkled skin.

 A smooth paste of wheat flour, waterand pure honey is beneficial for dry

skin.

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Honey VS Sugar

Honey

1 tbs (1 oz) honey provide 100 calories.

Honey is three times sweeter than canesugar. Thus it is required three times less

in quantity for the same taste.

Honey does not contain any harmfulchemicals.

Honey is predigested food. Natural sugarlike honey, sugar as in fruits, vegetables

etc require less digestion efforts.

Honey contains mineral, Vitamins,enzymes, antioxidants, pollen etc.

Being an exclusive meat diet and otherproducts with only Natural sugar,

Eskimos are never heard of havingconstipation, stomach or digestive trouble.

Sugar

1 (oz) cane sugar provide 120 calories.

Sugar is less sweet than honey therefore, Itis required 3 times more in quantity thanHoney. Thus we consume more calories.

Sugar is purified with hydrochloric acid,phosphoric and sulphuric acid, lime and othersubstances and their residual presence isharmful.

Sugar has to be hydrolyzed in our bodysystems.

Sugar is deminerlised, devitaminesd andContains denatured polluted substances.

White sugar depress the appetite, irritatethe stomach, produce heart burn, acidformulation, indigestion, exhaust thepancreatic activity and thus leads to diabetes.More consumption of white crystallized sugar

leads to diabetes as stated by Dr. Banting,Discoverer of insulin.

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BEES WAX

Secreted by four pairs of wax

glands on the underside of abdomen.

Functional when bees are 9-17days old.

Shows great plasticity andstrength at 35oC i.e. hivetemperature.

Wax consists of long carbon chainsand has 284 compounds.

Beeswax is an inert material whichcan retain its shape and quality for

many centuries.

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USES OF BEES WAX

Cosmetics, pharmaceuticalpreparations, candles, modelsand castings, ointments, skincreams, lotions, polish,protective covering, combs,

Cosmeticspharmaceutical

candlesmodels and castings

ointmentsskin creams

lotionspolish

protective coveringCombs

More««.

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Demand for Indian Honey in international

market in future will increase remarkablybecause

More than 50 % colonies killed in Americasand Europe by colony collapse disorder

(CCD) and this trend continues

High cost of honey production inindustrialized countries because of expensive labor as compared to IndiaHoney retail price same in India as in

Europe and AmericasBeekeeping a micro and very specialized

enterprise not suitable for high techindustrialized countries

Unlike India, table honey an essential partof diet in developed countries

Scope and Future of Indian honey

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  Year Export (MT)1997 1002002 20,000

2007-2008 30,000(Expected)

 About 80 % of total honey

export from India is byKashmir ApiariesExports/Little Bee Impex

Present Statusof 

Indian Honey Export

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HONEYuAN AMBROSIAu

 WISH YOU ALL A HONEY FILLED

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 THANK YOUu