The so-called "mature honey" means that bees collect nectar from flowers and put their salivary gland secretions into their nests. After brewing dehydration, the water content dropped below 20%, and disaccharide was completely converted into monosaccharide. The total content of glucose and fructose exceeds 70%. Naturally mature honey usually takes 7 days, and it has the nutrients that honey should have in the true sense.
Honey contains many minerals, including iron, copper, potassium, sodium, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, silicon, aluminum, chromium, nickel, selenium, calcium, zinc, lead, diamond, boron, antimony and so on. 18. The content is not high, but the proportion of content and species contained is close to that of human blood.
Function and efficacy
1, antibacterial and antiseptic
Honey has strong antibacterial and antiseptic properties because of its acidity, high permeability, peroxidase and lysozyme. Honey unearthed from Egyptian tombs thousands of years ago is still edible, and honey can maintain its activity when used to preserve organs, which shows that honey has antibacterial and antiseptic effects. People often ask about the shelf life of honey. Pure honey has no shelf life.
A large number of studies have proved that honey has antibacterial effect on Escherichia coli, influenza Bacillus, streptococcus, Vibrio cholerae, Salmonella, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, etc. In addition, honey itself will not rot, so honey is a rare antibacterial preservative.
2. Enhance immunity.
Honey can enhance the body's immunity to some extent. It is reported that the level of 1gG in blood of some tumor patients after eating honey is significantly higher than that of the control group.
Refer to the above contents: Baidu Encyclopedia-Mature Honey, Baidu Encyclopedia-Mature Honey