Eating time: The eating time of honey is very important, and the best time is 1 hour before meals or 2 hours after meals. If there are gastrointestinal diseases, such as ulcers, inflammation, etc., it is time to determine the time of eating according to the condition, so as to facilitate the effect of honey. Scientific research and clinical practice have proved that honey can regulate gastric acid secretion. When gastric acid secretion is too much or too little, honey can help gastric acid secretion to be normal, which has a dual impact on gastric acid secretion.
Eat honey at 1 hour before meals. Honey can inhibit the secretion of gastric acid. Generally speaking, it will reduce hunger and the stomach will not feel burning because it has not eaten. However, eating honey immediately after eating it will not only help, but also stimulate gastric acid secretion; Warm honey aqueous solution can dilute gastric juice and reduce gastric juice acidity, while cold honey aqueous solution can increase gastric juice acidity, stimulate intestinal movement and relieve constipation.
For patients with gastritis, gastric ulcer soup and duodenal ulcer, drinking warm honey water at 1 hour before meals can inhibit the secretion of gastric acid, thus reducing gastric acid, which can reduce the stimulation to gastric mucosa and be beneficial to the healing of ulcer surface; Eating half a cup of warm honey water before going to bed every day can promote sleep, because honey has the effect of calming the nerves, improving intelligence and improving sleep. However, it is not recommended to drink too much to prevent nocturia, especially in winter when you get out of bed and get frozen, so it is not easy to fall asleep again.
How to eat: Although honey can be eaten directly, it is too sticky, and it will be very uncomfortable and difficult to swallow directly. The best way is to mix honey with water to make a honey aqueous solution and drink it directly. Diluted honey water is more easily absorbed by the human body and easy to swallow.
However, we should pay attention here: honey can't be directly washed with boiling water, nor can it be boiled or cooked at high temperature. If the temperature is too high, the nutrients and biological enzymes in honey will be destroyed, not only the nutrition will be greatly lost, but also the honey will become discolored, the fragrance will evaporate, and the taste will change, with a little sour taste. Studies have shown that enzymes, especially amylases, in honey nutrients are unstable to heat, and the decrease in value proves that the unique fragrance and taste of honey are destroyed and volatilized, the antibacterial effect is reduced, and nutrients are destroyed.
It is best to use warm water and warm milk below 40℃ to repeat. If it is completely cold, it is not easy to melt. You can also use honey as jam to spread on bread, or you can use honey to mix cold dishes.
Tips: Precautions for eating honey should not be compared with similar foods 1, and the nutritional components of honey are more complicated. After eating onion honey together, organic acids and enzymes in honey will meet sulfur-containing amino acids in onion, which will lead to harmful biochemical reactions, or produce toxic substances and stimulate gastrointestinal tract.
2, should not be eaten with tofu. Tofu is sweet, salty and cold, which can clear away heat and disperse blood. Eating with honey is easy to cause. At the same time, a variety of enzymes in honey, a variety of tofu, plant proteins, organic acids, etc., are not conducive to the biochemical reaction of the human body.
3, it is not suitable to eat with leeks. Leek is rich, and it is easy to be ionized by the minerals copper and iron in honey and lose its function. In addition, honey can be laxative, and leek is rich in cellulose to induce diarrhea, which is easy to cause diarrhea.
Edible dose Honey is not suitable for people with diabetes and cirrhosis because it contains a lot of sugar.
Adults should not eat more than150g per day, eat less in the morning and evening, and eat more at noon;
Children's daily consumption should not exceed 30 grams.
Manuka honey has antibacterial and bactericidal effects on bacteria, but the specific effect depends on the quality of honey.