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What is Raw Honey?

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Raw honey is honey that has not been over-heated or over-strained. Excess heating, such as used to produce liquid honey, destroys the natural enzymes that the bees have added, including the substance producing hydrogen peroxide that gives honey part of its antibacterial activity. The usage of honey as a medicine is referred to in the most ancient written records. Honey was prescribed by the physicians of many ancient races of people for a wide variety of ailments.
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Raw honey is honey should closely resemble the honey taken directly from the hive. It is not processed other than to spin the frames to get the honey extracted from the comb. Raw honey is not heated excessively and is not fine filtered. The fragrancy and goodness of natural honey is preserved. Sugars (especially fructose), antioxidants, pollen and minerals are preserved. The down side is that raw honey crystallizes and turns cloudy a few weeks after extraction.
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Is honey raw?

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If it says on the bottle or jar, it may be. Call the company and ask. Labels may be misleading most times.
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Why Is Raw Unprocessed Honey Good For My Health?

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Raw unprocessed honey has been valued as a health tonic since ancient times by many civilizations across the world. It was used by the ancient Greeks, Romans and Chinese for skin and mouth sores and to improve athletic performance. Many historical documents, including Egyptian papyri, the Koran and Veda recorded it as a treatment for skin disorders, upset stomachs, coughs, sore throats and wounds.
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What About Honey?

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Bees are often killed in the production of honey, in the worst case the whole hive may be destroyed if the keeper doesn't wish to protect them over the winter. Not all beekeepers do this, but the general practice is one that embodies the attitude that living things are mere material and have no intrinsic value of their own other than what commercial value we can wrench from them. Artificial insemination involving death of the male is now also the norm for generation of new queen bees.
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Honey is a complex mix of sugars but it is mainly glucose (roughly 30%, by weight) and fructose (40%) in invert form. The bees supply the invertase, which is the enzyme that inverts the fructose. Honeys makeup is not consistent, it varies by source, season, region and producer. It is about 75% fermentable. sugar, the remainder is water, proteins, some minerals, etc. There are hundreds of different honeys throughout the world, most of them are named for the flower from which they originate.
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Manuka Honey
The raw material for honey is nectar from flowers. The honey bees extract the nectar of the flower, change the chemical structure of nectar and make it into honey. The bees transport the honey back to the hive, where they deposit it into comb like cells. Once each cell has been filled up with honey, the bees produce a wax capping to close the cell and preserve the honey. The bees fan with their wings to reduce the moisture content of the honey from as much as 60% to 20% or even less.
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The raw material for honey is nectar from flowers. Honey bees collect this nectar, bring it back to the hive, and make it into honey. The bees change the chemical structure of the nectar, and also fan warm air to reduce the moisture content of the nectar from as much as 60% to 20% or even less. The honey has such low moisture content that it actually attracts humidity like a sponge, and in the hive the honey bees put a wax capping over the full cells of honey to help preserve it.
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Is the honey you use to sweeten your yogurt pasteurized or raw?

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All of the honey we use is pasteurized. We pasteurize it ourselves. There is still some concern around feeding honey to infants under 1 year old. Their immature digestive systems can't fend off a potential botulinum spore, that may or may not be present in honey, so the recommendation is to avoid giving honey to infants.
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Honey as a wound dressing - WHAT Honey?

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The number 1 Source to purchase Manuka Honey in the USA is at Manuka Honey USA according to the following published articles, books and health magazines. Our company is featured in the text and/or reference section of the following publications: Dr. Whittiker, Newport Beach, CA, Newsletter about Active Manuka Honey for Gastro Intestinal distress http://www.whitakerwellness.com
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Is Honey the same as Sugar?

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If by "sugar" we mean white table sugar, the answer is definitely NO. Table sugar is sucrose, a substance made up of two molecules attached together. When we eat table sugar, our stomach has to use its own enzymes to separate the molecules apart before we can use the sugar's energy. Honey is quite different. The bees have added a special enzyme to the nectar that separates the sucrose into glucose and fructose, two simple sugars that our bodies can absorb directly.
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Can Honey spoil?

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One reason honey is called a "miracle food", is because in its natural form, it is fully preserved. No organisms can live in it and the product will not decompose. However, if the moisture content is raised above 20%, yeasts can begin to grow and cause fermentation. Honey can also change texture over time, and separate out into solids (glucose) and liquids (fructose and moisture). Stirring the product will mix up the components and return it to its former creamed state.
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How to store Honey?

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Store honey at room temperature. Refrigeration speeds up crystallization. If honey crystallizes, remove lid and place jar in warm water. Or, microwave 1 cup of honey in microwave-safe container at high (100%) 2-3 minutes or until crystals dissolve, stir every 30 seconds.
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How nutritious is Honey?

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Common table sugar is 99% sucrose. Honey, on the other hand, is composed of glucose, fructose, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, antioxidants and oligosaccharides. Although relatively low in nutrients compared to other foods, honey contains more nutrients than table sugar. The major nutritional benefit of honey is the benefit of a concentrated source of energy with 100g of honey providing 304 Kcal, or 10.9% of the USDA Recommended Daily Intake (RDI).
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What is pasteurized Honey?

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Granulation or crystallization occurs when glucose crystals grow, a natural process in all honey. Dark honey seems to crystallize faster than light colored honey. In grocery stores you will most likely liquid honey that has been heated to very high temperatures. This process is called pasteurization, in order to kill yeast spores. The store bought honey is also typically filtered to remove starter crystals.
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What is Manuka Honey?

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Manuka Honey is pure, raw, natural, organic honey collected from the flower of the tea tree bush (leptospermum scoparium) of New Zealand. Manuka Honey has been researched for over 20 years because of its amazing antibacterial qualities. Honey in general is soothing for the skin and provides it with important nutrients.
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Honey is allowed on the BBD. If you are also following a anti-candida diet or cutting back on carbs, then it should be avoided.Top
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Bees make honey from the nectar they sip from the hearts of blossomed flowers. A long and tedious process is required to transform the nectar into the thick, golden substance we call honey.
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Generally beekeepers take all the honey off together sometime between mid-August and early September. The nectar-gathering season finishes at the end of July with the exception of ling heather so no more honey will be made until next year. If the beekeeper is working for section honey the crates should be taken off as soon as all the sections are sealed to prevent soiling of the honeycomb.
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