Identify real and fake honey

Drop honey on a thin piece of paper, the honey drop clumps together and does not soak through the paper is real honey.

Useful effects of honey.

According to pharmacist Vo Hung Manh, Head of the Pharmacy Department of Binh Dinh Traditional Medicine Hospital, honey has many health benefits but it must be real and pure honey. If you do not know how to distinguish, you may mistakenly buy honey made from sugar water or starch.

There are many folk experiences to help distinguish real honey from fake. According to pharmacist Manh, the usual way is to drop honey on a thin white paper, observe if the honey drop forms a round ball with no signs of seepage around it, then it is real honey, not mixed with water.

Another way to distinguish between real and fake honey is to dip a fresh onion stalk into a jar of honey, take it out for a few minutes, the onion stalk will change from green to dark if the honey is real. In addition, you can drop honey where there are ants, if the ants do not gather, then the honey is real.

Honey.

Nowadays, the method that many people often apply is to put honey in the freezer, after 24 hours if there is no freezing phenomenon, then it is real honey.

However, pharmacist Manh said that the quality of real honey today is very different, depending a lot on the land, season, weather... Mr. Phu, a beekeeper in the mountainous region of An Lao, Binh Dinh, said: "It's all wild honey, but in areas where there are many eucalyptus trees, areca palms...bees sucking the nectar of these plants to make honey will not be as good as natural flowers from the mountains and forests".

Uses of honey

- Honey is used in cosmetics and skin care for its cleansing and moisturizing properties. Honey contains 80% sugar and the remaining 20% ​​consists of nutrients such as iron, calcium, phosphorus, vitamin C, B and magnesium. This natural ingredient has antibacterial and antiseptic properties that help increase healing.

- Due to its antibacterial and antifungal properties, honey is a basic ingredient used to enhance health and brighten skin. Apply a little honey on dark spots and melasma before going to bed, then wash with warm water the next morning. Do this for a few days and your skin will be less dark and melasma.

- Honey is used to treat other skin problems such as eczema, ringworm and psoriasis, reducing skin inflammation.

- Honey contains vitamins, minerals and amino acids, which stimulate fat and cholesterol metabolism, help maintain body weight and prevent obesity.

- Drinking a cup of warm water mixed with honey and lemon juice on an empty stomach early in the morning after waking up is a very simple and effective way to lose weight. Honey helps detoxify, cleanse the liver, remove toxins and expel fat from the body.

According to VnExpress