{"id":41313,"date":"2016-07-12T11:13:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T15:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/?p=41313"},"modified":"2020-11-03T02:36:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T07:36:27","slug":"8-reasons-honey-should-always-be-in-your-pantry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/8-reasons-honey-should-always-be-in-your-pantry\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Reasons Honey Should Always Be In Your Pantry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever I look at a spoonful of honey, I remember that it took a single worker bee her entire lifespan to produce just 1\/12 of that spoonful. Granted, a worker only lives for about three or four weeks in the summer, but that\u2019s because she works herself ragged (and literally to death!) in the process of gathering nectar, storing it, fanning it, creating the honey and capping it. It\u2019s a lot of work!<\/p>\n<p>In our house, we revere honey\u2014in its raw, unfiltered, unheated form, of course\u2014for its simple sweetness, but also for a few more reasons.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Honey is\u00a0the perfect burn and bug bite salve.<\/h2>\n<p>Put a tiny dab on mosquito bites, wasp or bee stings, and mild burns. It\u00a0helps wounds heal faster, reduces swelling and redness, and provides much-needed moisture to burns, all while providing a protective barrier against bacteria that may cause infections. Any raw honey will do, but many swear by Manuka honey for medicinal purposes (available online and at health food stores), as it contains more powerful anti-inflammatory agents than other wildflower honeys.<\/p>\n<h2>2. It&#8217;s\u00a0better for you than sugar.<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s true that honey is mostly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/3-alternative-sweeteners-to-sugar-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sugar<\/a>\u2014it\u2019s the honeybees\u2019 carbohydrate source, after all. But it\u2019s not <em>just<\/em> sugar, like refined cane sugar, and it\u2019s not packed with synthetics additives and possible carcinogens, like sugar substitutes. Compared to sugar, the glucose to fructose ratio of honey is easier for the body to convert to energy, meaning there isn\u2019t as much leftover to be stored as fat. People that consume it, compared to those that consume other sweeteners, end up holding onto fewer calories because their bodies use more energy to break the honey down. It\u00a0also contains trace nutrients that are actually good for you.<\/p>\n<h2>3. It&#8217;s\u00a0anti-bacterial and anti-microbial.<\/h2>\n<p>Ancient cultures around the world knew years before modern scientists that honey possessed antimicrobial properties and was exceptional in its wound-healing abilities. It&#8217;s\u00a0low pH level and high sugar content contribute to its ability to encumber microbial growth, among other factors. In lab studies, honey has been proven to hinder the growth of potentially harmful pathogens and bacteria, such as E. coli, salmonella, and <em>Staphylococcus Aureus<\/em> (staph infection).<\/p>\n<p>You might notice that some honeys are a light, golden color, and others are dark and thicker. The\u00a0varieties depend on the flowering plants that honeybees visit in their region. Generally speaking, the darker the honey, the more medicinally potent it is.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41315\" style=\"width: 591px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-41315\" src=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12110619\/honey2.jpg\" alt=\"filling honey jars\" width=\"591\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12110619\/honey2-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12110619\/honey2-276x360.jpg 276w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12110619\/honey2-307x400.jpg 307w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12110619\/honey2-192x250.jpg 192w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12110619\/honey2-153x200.jpg 153w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12110619\/honey2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kristina Mercedes Urquhart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>4. It\u00a0helps fight seasonal allergies.<\/h2>\n<p>For seasonal allergy sufferers, local, raw honey may be the answer to your prayers for relief. It\u2019s understood that fine particles of pollen are present in honey (one of the many reasons that raw, unfiltered and untreated honey is so important), providing an inoculation of sorts for allergy sufferers. For the best results at combating allergies, purchase and use honey produced within 50 miles of your home by a local beekeeper.<\/p>\n<h2>5. It coats a sore throat and helps the medicine go down.<\/h2>\n<p>This liquid gold works all sorts of wonders with the common cold. In addition to the benefits we\u2019ve already explored, honey works brilliantly as a natural cough suppressant. Stirred into hot tea with a bit of lemon, it\u2019s used as a soothing, healthy elixir to help fight just about any bug. My personal favorite way to use it during flu and cold season is to make an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/homemade-elderberry-herb-cold-syrup-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">elderberry syrup<\/a> with dried elderberries, filtered water and raw honey to take at the onset of a cold.<\/p>\n<h2>6. It\u2019s a great natural energy booster.<\/h2>\n<p>Honey is the perfect pick-me-up. It\u2019s a great source of carbohydrates, and won\u2019t leave you with the same kind of crash as a candy bar or refined cane sugar would.<\/p>\n<h2>7. It\u2019s the perfect cosmetic.<\/h2>\n<p>Honey is often added to cosmetics because it\u2019s a natural humectant, meaning it attracts and retains moisture. Put it in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/fragrant-fresh-ginger-soap-bars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">homemade soaps<\/a>, body lotions, shampoos or hair treatments.<\/p>\n<h2>8. It lasts forever\u2014literally!<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s true. Modern archaeologists have unearthed pots of honey from Egyptian tombs, and discovered that the 3,000-year-old honey was still preserved. Although it\u00a0will ferment under certain circumstances, it otherwise doesn\u2019t go bad, keeps well in a typical household environment, and doesn\u2019t take up a lot of space. There\u2019s no better reason to keep it\u00a0around than that it\u2019s just a great insurance policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just in case you needed some convincing to make honey part of your daily life &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":41314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[526],"class_list":["post-41313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beekeeping","tag-lists"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.0 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>8 Reasons Honey Should Always Be In Your Pantry - Hobby Farms<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Just in case you needed some convincing to make honey part of your daily life...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/8-reasons-honey-should-always-be-in-your-pantry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"8 Reasons Honey Should Always Be In Your Pantry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Just in case you needed some convincing to make honey part of your daily life...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/8-reasons-honey-should-always-be-in-your-pantry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hobby Farms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hobbyfarms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheHumbleHoneybee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-07-12T15:13:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-11-03T07:36:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12110614\/honey1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"462\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kristina Mercedes Urquhart\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@hobbyfarms\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@hobbyfarms\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kristina Mercedes Urquhart\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/8-reasons-honey-should-always-be-in-your-pantry\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/8-reasons-honey-should-always-be-in-your-pantry\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kristina Mercedes Urquhart\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/#\/schema\/person\/244af744481003dc60c512a4dee10b76\"},\"headline\":\"8 Reasons Honey Should Always Be In Your Pantry\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-12T15:13:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-03T07:36:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/8-reasons-honey-should-always-be-in-your-pantry\/\"},\"wordCount\":752,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/8-reasons-honey-should-always-be-in-your-pantry\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12110614\/honey1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Lists\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Beekeeping\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/8-reasons-honey-should-always-be-in-your-pantry\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/8-reasons-honey-should-always-be-in-your-pantry\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/8-reasons-honey-should-always-be-in-your-pantry\/\",\"name\":\"8 Reasons Honey Should Always Be In Your Pantry - 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