Processed honey has few of these benefits, and may also contain high fructose corn syrup, as well as antibiotics, while also possibly increasing LDL cholesterol.
Quality
The main factors that damage honey and destroy the benefits are heating and storage. Heating honey leads to drastic changes in its chemical composition. As a result, heating to high temperatures reduces the benefits of honey. Raw and organic honey allows for no heating at all.
Storage is also a major factor in honey quality and when stored for a long period of time it loses many of its properties, and may also ferment if the water content is too high. It also becomes darker in color.
Despite the contrasts between raw unprocessed honey and processed honey, the latter still dominates supermarket shelves. But studies have revealed that up to 75 percent of the honey on supermarket shelves may be ultra-processed – to the point that all the inherit medicinal properties are gone.
A safer bet is to get your honey from farmers markets, co-ops, and natural food stores. Choose honey that is raw and unfiltered.
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For The Love Of Honey: Why It’s Better To Go Raw was originally published on blackdoctor.org
