Natural Flavors

Honey comes in variety of flavors and aromas, but all honey that you buy in the market need not have a natural flavor as many add synthetic flavors to get the desired kind of Honey. To understand in depth how honey naturally gets its taste, let’s go through the process of how honey is made.

How Honey bees produce Honey ?

Honeybees collect sweet sugary nectar and pollen from the flowers when they are in full bloom. They carry the nectar in their stomachs which gets converted into honey over a period of time where the proteins and enzymes are mixed with the nectar. This honey made is now stored by honeybee in the wax combs till it gets filled completely. Once the comb is filled, the honeybee fans the comb to reduce moisture content from the honey this is how it gets its think consistency which we all enjoy. Honeybee then seals the comb with wax and repeats the procedure all over again. The flowers that honeybee gets the nectar from decides the flavor and other qualities of honey. Marhaba Honey is 100% Natural and organic.

Benefits for hair

Honey, a sweet and alluring food product is known from age old times for its health benefits and healing properties. Researchers now reveal its various other advantages in the skin and hair-care routine. The pollution and stressful lifestyle that we all face today makes our skin and hair prone to damage. Rather than resorting to more chemicals to maintain the beauty and health of our skin and hair, natural products with least side effects such as honey should be included in our beauty ritual.This pure gold liquid has various positives for healthy and beautiful hair discussed below:

Honey is a great moisturizer for your scalp

Honey being Hygroscopic can retain a great amount of moisture in hair. It contains various sugars and amino acids which help in holding water. When we apply honey to the hair, it attracts water which gets absorbed in the scalp and helps in moisturizing and softening it. When the scalp is healthy it provides shine and texture to the hair. Moisturizing reduces hair breakage which prominently occurs in dry hair causing split ends. Dry and lifeless hair are more prone to friction. Honey’s moisturizing power reduces this friction and prevents breakage thus helping in hair growth.

Honey for dandruff free hair

The biggest hassle we face in our hair-care routine is treating and getting rid of dandruff. Dandruff is actually a fungal infection caused by fungus malassezia on the scalp. Dry scalp promotes the overgrowth of this fungus and the dead skin of scalp forms scales and sheds in the form of dandruff. Aesthetically as well as hygienically, dandruff is the worst nightmare we face. To treat it we generally focus on chemicals which kill the fungus. But such chemicals not only eradicate the fungus but also rob our hair of its texture which it generally claims it will retain. This is because chemicals tend to damage the hair protein keratin thereby causing brittleness in the hair. The most easy and safe way is to use natural anti-fungal substances. Honey is the answer to this. Honey has anti-fungal properties and antioxidants which slow down the fungal growth. Also its moisturizing ability prevents the drying of scalp thereby preventing the regrowth of the fungus.

Honey for improving hair quality:

Honey contains various minerals like calcium, iron etc. Also it’s a great multivitamin sourcing vitamin B complex and also vitamin C. Apart from this, honey bees tend to add a protein name defensein-1 while they store honey in the honey combs. This protein is known to treat skin infections. When such a nutrient rich liquid is applied to the scalp, the nutrition is absorbed by the scalp and helps to promote the growth of healthy hair. The moisturizing power of honey makes the hair shiny and reduces dandruff thus preventing breakage and hair fall.
The overall quality of the hair is improved by the regular application of honey to the hair making them bouncy and beautiful. Take care of your hair by accepting the nature’s blessing and switch from many chemical products to one natural product- honey.

Day to Day Use of Honey

Honey can be a natural and healthy substitute to many artificial and unhealthy things that we use day in and day out. Take a look how honey in its most natural form can be used as an alternative for many artificial products.

Honey as a Natural Sweetener

Life will get boring if you miss out on your favorite desserts with the fear of harms that table sugar does to your body. You may need not do that when honey can bring the healthy sweetness back to you. Along with being a healthy substitute to sugar honey has proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals present in it. Table sugar is harmful in many ways and especially for your immune system as it inhibits the white blood cells to use vitamin C which is very important for proper functioning of these cells. This reduces the immunity of the body and can make it susceptible to many diseases like osteoporosis, common cold etc. Artificial sweeteners like sugar-free, saccharin do more harm than good to your body. So think twice before cutting your calories with them.
On the other hand Honey as a sweeter will give you array of health benefits and also add its rich taste flavor to your recipe. You can add to your morning green tea, yummy milk shakes, and scrumptious desserts or simply drink it with water and get the best out of it. Honey with hot water in morning is a very good way to loose excess weight. Ditch the empty calories with honey and never look back.

Natural Preservative

Can you imagine of having a honey jar as old as the pyramids and still edible? It’s true, pure Honey can preserve itself for a long time when kept in a conducive environment. And so the Foods that are preserved in honey doesn’t expire for a long time.
Fruits can also be preserved with honey by dipping or canning in honey syrups. You can enjoy your DIY sugar free canned fruits on a trip or preserve it for later use. Mild flavored or lighter honey is preferred in canning as honey tend to change the color of fruits.
You can substitute the sugar with honey in your homemade pickles, Jams and jellies. They add a great flavor to them though it may change the color and consistency of jams and jellies. You can adjust the proportion used to get the right flavor and consistency. Honey being sweeter than sugar, you have to adjust the measurement accordingly. Around 3/4 cup honey will be equal to 1 cup of sugar. Honey is always a healthier option than processed sugar and incredibly cuts down on your calories.

Home Remedies

It’s a healthy substitute to many pills we eat for ailments and have side effects later. The ancient methods like Ayurveda and Unani are full of honey based remedies. The age old liquid can heal, sooth, moisturize, disinfect, reduce anxiety, improve digestion, quench thirst, fight cancer and the list is long. Here are few tested remedies that can be used in our day to day life.
Common cold-
To get relief from common cold take half teaspoon of cinnamon with one teaspoon Honey twice or thrice a day.

Reduces anxiety
Honey relaxes the nerves in body and helps reduce anxiety. Drink a cup full of orange with one teaspoon honey and pinch of nutmeg twice daily. Rehabilitation for cigarettes smokers

Honey helps reduce the craving for cigarettes when chewed with small pieces of pineapple.

Chronic fever- Honey treats fever when used in tea and black pepper. Take this tea twice daily for faster relief from fever.

Heal wounds– Honey has antibacterial properties and helps in tissue building which results in faster recovery of the wounds.

Cure eye ailments- Pure Honey treats a wide range of eye diseases like conjunctivitis, corneal ulcers, cataract and many more. Fresh comb Honey is also known to improve eyesight and other eye troubles. Honey is a natural wonder with hundreds of bee working really hard to make this one ounce of liquid gold. Use it wisely and get ample benefits out of it for a healthy living.