Honey can be found everywhere in the world. The sweet food is made from flower nectar that is transformed into honey by bees. However, since honey is made from flower nectar, honey will be different when it comes from different flowers. You can find various honeys from light honey to dark honey.
For human health, honey has been known for its medicinal qualities. For centuries, Chinese, Greek, Islamic, Christian, Roman, and more people all around the world have been using honey to treat various diseases. One usage of honey is to treat high cholesterol.
Honey itself is cholesterol free. Consuming honey will not increase the cholesterol levels so honey is safe for people who suffer from high cholesterol. Even more, honey contains minerals that can fight cholesterol such as potassium, calcium, vitamin B complex, and sodium. The anti-oxidant in the honey will help prevent the cholesterol lining of blood vessel. Honey is not only useful to lower total cholesterol level but it also works to lower the bad cholesterol (LDL) and increase the good cholesterol (HDL) level. Consuming honey every day can help you maintain the good cholesterol levels.
To treat the cholesterol level, you can take a spoon or more honey every day. You can use honey as a natural sweetener to substitute sugar. The other way to treat cholesterol using honey is by mixing one spoon of honey, half lemon juice, and a cup of warm water. The mixture will function as a healthy cleansing tonic that you can drink every morning. Mixing honey and cinnamon can also help you treat high cholesterol.
For the best result, you can choose dark honey such as buckwheat honey rather than light honey because the darker honey has a higher anti-oxidant level. It will give better health benefits for you. However, if you cannot find the dark honey or you do not like the taste, you can take any type of honey as long as the honey is pure honey.
