Honey is diligently made by bees from nectar collected from plant flowers. Its color, aroma, flavor, and quality vary depending on the flowers, season, and region of collection. It mainly contains over 60 types of inorganic and organic substances needed by the human body, glucose, fructose, enzyme values, proteins, and 18 amino acids. Honey is sweet, delicious, and nutritious. Regular consumption can lead to a rosy complexion, relieve fatigue, nourish yin, and strengthen yang. Modern medicine has proven that oral consumption of honey can treat diseases of the heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, lungs, and intestines. Externally, it can be used to treat burns, frostbite, and moisturize the skin.
Honey is a great thing. Eating honey not only beautifies and maintains health but also prevents and treats various diseases. But do you know which people cannot eat honey? Traditional Chinese medicine reminds that eating honey can be very harmful for 3 types of people!
Who should not eat honey:
Diabetics should not take it.
In every 100 grams of honey, the carbohydrates consist of approximately 35 grams of glucose, 40 grams of fructose, about 2 grams of sucrose, and about 1 gram of dextrin.
Glucose and fructose are both monosaccharides. After entering the intestines, they can be directly absorbed into the blood without digestion, which raises blood sugar. Sucrose and dextrin are absorbed after slight hydrolysis. Therefore, honey's effect on raising blood sugar is particularly significant. From this perspective, diabetics should not consume honey.
Infants under one year old should not eat it.
Honey is nutritious and a popular food item. Many new mothers also add honey to their infants' complementary foods to adjust the taste and increase nutritional value. However, experts point out that infants under 1 year old are not suitable for eating honey.
Experts state that during the brewing and transportation process, honey can easily be contaminated by Clostridium botulinum, as bees may bring back pollen and honey contaminated with the bacteria during the collection process. Clostridium botulinum spores are highly adaptable and can still survive at high temperatures of 100°C.
Patients with cirrhosis cannot drink it.
Generally, patients with hepatitis B are very suitable for drinking honey, because the monosaccharides provided by honey do not need to be decomposed and synthesized by the liver, which can reduce the liver's burden. However, patients with cirrhosis cannot drink honey because it can worsen liver fibrosis.
As you can see, not everyone can eat honey. Some people should avoid it, otherwise, it may cause illness.