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Against The Effects of aging By Honey
One study found that, honey is useful against the effects of aging, including memory loss and anxiety. Research revealed by Lynne Chepulis and Nicola Starkey of the university of Waikato, in Hamilton, New Zealand, found that in mice where the food contains honey, have better spatial memory and less anxious. The two researchers were given food containing 10% honey, 8% sucrose, or no sugar for 12 months. Rats only two months old at the beginning of the study, and checked every three months, using tests designed to measure anxiety and spatial memory. The results showed that, in mice fed honey spent almost twice as much in the open part of the maze. According to the researchers, this shows that they are less worried. They also prefer to spend time in the new Y-shaped maze that shows they know where they were before, and has a spatial memory better.
Food is given honey can be beneficial in reducing anxiety and improving memory during aging.
The researchers suggest that honey may improve memory due to the action of antioxidants, which can help prevent cell destruction process, by free radicals in the body. Meanwhile, in the history of pharmacology, benefits or efficacy of honey was already known for a long time. Before the year of our Lord, honey is very popular as a kind of refreshing and healthy beverages. At this time the honey is widely used human beings as a health drink, treatment of diseases, preservation of the body. Honey is also considered to extend the life of humans, if consumed in a certain amount on a regular basis, can produce good health, stay young.
Ibn Sina (890-1037), the father of medicine world and a leading Muslim thinker, is a review of the medical benefits of honey a lot about in terms of health, and medicine. During his life, according to excerpts from WebMD, Avicenna honey so much younger and live longer. Honey, according to Ibn Sina, can cure various diseases from mild to severe, such as high blood pressure and heart. Honey also can reduce body temperature and regulate the secretion, which can eliminate the fever.
The latest research released by the University of Moscow, said that if honey were also contain metals aluminum, boron, chromium, copper, lead, titanium, zinc, organic acids, acetylcholine, hormones, antibiotics, substances and substance anticancer antitoxin. These substances is very important to facilitate the body’s biochemical processes and the healing process of various diseases. While the content of enzymes in the honey, the highest reported in comparison to other foods. The study also mentions, honey is believed to cure ulcer disease, colitis, and bowel problems (constipation). So very good to consume honey in our daily lives.