Before antibiotics were discovered in the 1930s, honey was used in the treatment of various diseases. With the shift to modern medicine man, honey increasingly marginalized role. Lately when many bacteria become resistant to drugs, a lot of people "back to nature" by using honey in treatment.
What are the benefits of honey? Here are 7 benefits of honey for health:
1. Cure wounds and ulcers.
Honey for centuries has been used for the treatment of wounds and ulcers. Honey contains glucose and an enzyme called glucose oxidase. In the right conditions, can break down glucose oxidase of honey glucose into hydrogen peroxide, a substance that is a powerful antiseptic. Honey in the packaging can not do this reaction. To be active and break down glucose honey, glucose oxidase requires a pH of 5.5 to 8.0 and the environment with sodium. PH pure honey which ranged between 3.2 and 4.5 is too low to activate the enzyme. Skin and body fluids (eg blood) has a relatively high pH and contains sodium so as to provide the right conditions for the formation of hydrogen peroxide.



