Trivia about honey
In all cultures of the world, from Egypt to the Far East, honey was considered a body and soul medicine. Ideally this fact is combined with the wish of the father of medicine - Hippocrates: "that food be a medicine and medicine be food."
The Babylonians embalmed the bodies of the departed with honey as a symbol of eternal bliss.
During the feasts, the Greeks used honey on an equal footing with water, oil or milk. After all, honey was the elixir of life and the nectar of the gods.
Participants of the ancient Olympics were eating honey to strengthen themselves.
Honey for many years was an irreplaceable means of supporting wound healing.
At present honey is increasing the activity of all natural remedies against colds.
According to the author of the article in the magazine: The Times of India, honey produced in Bulgaria gives similar effects to Viagra. The President of the Bulgarian Beekeepers Association confirms that the Bulgarian honey, which comes from the thistle flower growing on meadows in the Rhodope mountains, really does. It is a cheaper alternative to impotence drugs and adds that thousands of Bulgarians regularly eat it.
There are poisonous varieties of honey. It depends on the properties of nectar. To plants with poisonous nectar belong Pontic Rhododendron. Poisoning with such honey is harmless to life and usually passes after a dozen or so hours.
Honey is the only product that does not spoil. He was found in the tombs of the pharaohs, who according to the researchers was still fit for consumption. Honey can only be acidified, e.g. due to contact with human saliva or fermentation in connection with the yeast present in it.!
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