Health and nutrition facts

An increasing interest has grown towards honey health benefits during the last years.

The use of honey has a very long history. Honey has been used since ancient time due to its nutritional and therapeutic values.
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Observational findings of a recent study showed that honey appeared to improve symptoms of illness (especially cough frequency and severity).
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Bioavailability and bioaccessibility of honey polyphenols and their roles in targeting inflammatory pathways in gastrointestinal tract disorders, edema, cancer, metabolic and cardiovascular diseases and gut microbiota.
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Honey is a natural food, to which antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial properties are currently being studied and showed by some scientific studies due to its content of phenolic compounds.
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This systematic review and meta-analysis showed that oral honey intake reduced fasting glucose, total cholesterol, LDL-C, fasting triglycerides, and ALT and increased HDL-C, IL-6, and TNF-a.
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Honey has been used as medication since the ancient times for its nutritive and therapeutic value.
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The main beneficial effects have been observed on cardiovascular health in healthy, diabetic, and hyperlipidaemic subjects on glucose tolerance in healthy and diabetic subjects, on mucositis in cancer patients, on URTIs in children, and on wound healing.
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