Because glucose water and glucose in honey belong to monosaccharide, it can be digested and absorbed into the blood by the body immediately. If the amount of honey in a meal is large, the blood sugar value can be increased rapidly. Taking too much honey for a long time will cause insufficient insulin secretion and easily lead to diabetic patients. How much is honey to eat? There is no normative view at this stage. But from the clinical point of view, it is appropriate for all normal adults to take about 20 grams of 1~2 spoonfuls a day. Honey is relatively safe and reliable. If it needs to be temporarily expanded due to special circumstances, it should be less than100g a day.
2. Suitable for groups
Honey moistens intestines, which is suitable for people with severe constipation, but the gastrointestinal tract is not good. People who often have diarrhea are not suitable for taking honey, especially on an empty stomach. Drinking honey water on an empty stomach is very easy to improve the acidity and alkalinity in the body. After a long time, gastric acid will reflux and get gastritis or duodenal ulcer. Honey contains sugar, and it should be used with caution for middle-aged and elderly people with hyperlipidemia.
3. Not suitable for heating and taking.
Honey is rich in a variety of enzymes that play a major role in the body's metabolism, such as glucose-water invertase, lactase and pepsin. This antioxidant is afraid of high temperature. When the temperature rises, it loses its vitality and its nutrients fade. In addition, vitamins, carbohydrates and other nutrients in honey are also afraid of high temperature, high temperature or boiling water brewing, which will damage it. Therefore, when honey is heated, it should be taken with warm water not exceeding 50℃, and it can also be brewed with cold boiled water in summer, or it can be taken with a few drops of ginger water to prevent spleen and stomach deficiency.
Proper drinking method of honey water 1. Brewing temperature of honey water:
Just boiled boiling water, the temperature is too high, not suitable for brewing honey, it is very easy to destroy the nutrients in honey, and it will also affect the taste. Therefore, you can wait for boiling water to cool before brewing, and try to brew honey with warm water within 40℃ as much as possible, and the maximum can not exceed 60℃.
2. Honey water brewing time:
Generally speaking, it is more suitable to brew honey 1- 1.5 hours before meals or 2-3 hours after meals.
3. Honey water brewing usage:
Although honey has many benefits, it can't be greedy for perfection, and the maximum amount of honey can't exceed 100g a day, and it is best to eat it in batches, and the amount of honey used at a time is preferably between 25 and 50g. Otherwise, eating honey water for a long time is likely to cause bad harm to the human body, causing diarrhea, obesity, diabetes and other problems.
4. Honey water brewing equipment
Honey water can't be brewed with metal utensils, because drinking honey from metal utensils is likely to cause a reaction, which will increase the excessive components of heavy metals. If it is serious, it is likely to cause food poisoning symptoms such as abdominal pain and bloating.