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Beehives in the neighbourhoods are considered a menace here. Whenever sighted, they are immediately reported and removed by the pest controllers. Read news snippet: Bee Sightings Set Neighbourhoods Abuzz Some of you know how Herculean a task it is for me to capture honey bees images... read the full account and enjoy my Honey Bee Images! |
What is honey powder? Is it just as good as honey? How does honey get into this form? Why isn't there even a tinge of yellow or brown colour but white if it's made from honey? Is there really honey in it? Could it be icing sugar marketed with a different name? Read full account in: Is honey powder just as good as honey? |
A mass emailing has been going around wild, identifying "sleeping too late and waking up too late" as a main cause of liver damage. And this instantly triggers me on what the Chinese culture (I believe many other cultures do as well) always drills hard on the kids from young - "early to bed, early to rise makes your body healthy". So Mother was right?! If you are part of the growing number of urban insomniacs or happen to know someone has stuck to ill sleeping patterns, read "Super food Honey as Natural Insomnia Cure", which is written in hope that you will find some conviction as well as tips to help yourself or someone else to get back on the right sleep track. |
I did my very first honey fast in 2006 and gained a newfound respect for my body. Now taking just honey and water has become a regime for me; I do it several times a year to cleanse the stomach and intestine, and detoxify the body system. While fasting with honey is kind of unheard of in most countries, it is very popular in Taiwan and Japan. Give it a shot to find out the effects on your body, you will be in for a sweet surprise. Read full account in: Fasting With Honey. |
Did you ever know about the asthma treatment using honey and cinnamon? Mix one teaspoon of honey with half teaspoon of cinnamon powder and take the concoction just before going to sleep at night and first thing in the morning. Read full account in: Asthma Treatment Using Honey & Cinnamon. "How to Effectively Use Honey as Medicine: What Doctors Don't Tell You" is now in Amazon! |
How about a connection between this piece "I'm a little black rain cloud" by Pooh (1966) and the ordeal of honeybees today - how they are treated like livestock, how they are exploited in modern mono-crop agri-enclaves, and the devastating Colony Collapse Disorder which has been linked to the use of chemicals in beekeeping? Read full account and watch Winnie the Pooh in: Colony Collapse Disorder and the Little Black Rain Cloud |
From time to time, I would receive this question from "Just Ask", "Can honey cure cancer?" Our heart goes out to those whose lives are troubled and threatened by cancer, but I had to reply and inform them that honey is not an antidote for cancer or a "cure-all". BUT... Read full account in: Honey is Anti-Cancer! |
Like most people, I love sweet treats. But we can't just wolf down whatever we hanker for. Try my favourite ways of combating binges for chocolate bars, ice-cream, wafers, pastries, and cookies without "tormenting" yourself too much. Read full account in: 6 Sugar Busters to Fight Sweet Cravings! |
"But I don't want to taste honey, it's horrible!" This is what some visitors to Benefits of Honey told me when they learned more about the health benefits of honey. And I can totally understand why, because I too used to think that honey tasted awful… Read full account in: Taste Honey? No Way! |
Apologies, especially the ladies, I admit this topic has been much neglected. It's not that I'm not interested in beauty related topics, just that I sometimes feel drown in the overwhelming blizzard of information on honey and health, not knowing when to take on what… So here's what many of you have been asking about - what can honey do for skin. Lots and lots. I don't have a lot of personal experience here, but am gaining a wealth of knowledge and wisdom by just reading the postings about how honey has been helpful. Here you go - a page on real experiences, real people sharing real stories about how they have used honey to treat troubled skin. You will say over and again, honey is good! Straight to: Honey Natural Beauty Health Tips! |
Does anyone know the quality difference between wild honey and regular honey? What do you think of the following claims? "Unlike other honey, our honey is harvested from natural hives in the wild forests e.g. those of Africa. They are gathered from drops of honey falling down directly from honeycombs and have bypassed all thermal treatments…Laboratory reports have established our products as wild honey, which has more superior health benefits than honey extracted form made-made hives. Wild honey has a very slight sour taste. And when mixed in water, the solution obtained is clear and not cloudy." Read full account in: Wild Honey Questions. Need Your Help! What's new? Join us in Facebook and Twitter! |
"Corn syrup is made from corn, has the same calories as sugar, and is fine in moderation." This is what the Corn Refiners Association in United States is disseminating and propagating on national TV - that HFCS is natural and safe for your health. Lies and treacheries. For the full account and watch the TV commercials, read "Corn Syrup is fine?" |
Honeybees have a remarkably acute sense of smell. Their keen sense of smell guides them to the flowers and pollinates them. Foraging bees can discriminate between flowers when there are a bewildering number of flowers to select from. And now, scientists have harnessed the insect's phenomenal sense of smell to detect and track down explosives hidden by terrorists... For the full account, read "Honeybees are Ultimate Bomb Detectors!" |
Our ride in the World Wide Web became a little bumpier as more and more people came to know about the Benefits of Honey website. The past year saw a few ugly incidents that actually got me to whine a bit… Despite all these little upsets, I've every reason to be grateful for 2009. There has been so much gratification in learning and writing about honey and health related areas, but nothing topped receiving valuable notes and feedback from visitors and honey buffs…. For the full account and to share your 2010 wish, read "Harking Back 2009, Buoying For 2010" |
End of "BuzZStop: Back Issues 2010". Back to "BuzZStop: News!"
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