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Benefits of Honey

2009-10-04T17:48:00.000-07:00

The 3 key health benefits of honey are related to the fact that:

1. Honey is nature’s energy booster

2. Honey is a great immunity system builder

3. Honey is a natural remedy for some ailments

The benefits of honey go beyond its great taste. A great natural source of carbohydrates which provide strength and energy to our bodies, honey is known for its effectiveness in instantly boosting the performance, endurance and reduce muscle fatigue of athletes. Its natural fruit sugars play an important role in preventing fatigue during exercise. The glucose in honey is absorbed by the body quickly and gives an immediate energy boost, while the fructose is absorbed more slowly providing sustained energy. It is known that honey has also been found to keep levels of blood sugar fairly constant compared to other types of sugar. So, to experience these health benefits of honey, here are a few tips for you:

1. Next time before you go for a workout, take a spoon of honey to enable you to go for the extra mile.

2. If you are feeling low and lethargic in the morning, instead of reaching out for a can of carbonated energy drink, try honey. Spread it on hot toast or replace the sugar in your tea with it for a refreshing surge of energy.

3. If your kids are finding hard to cope with the physical strain from the buzzing activities at school, prepare them some sandwiches with honey, butter and ham to make sure they have enough energy to sustain through the day.

Green Tea Prevents Prostate Cancer

2009-08-20T07:57:00.000-07:00

(NaturalNews) Green tea has been used as a medicine for over five thousands years in Chinese medicine. The plant, called Camellia sinensis, has been used to treat many health issues. The tea has been known to lower cholesterol, cure headaches, improve cognition in Alzheimer's patients, dissolve blood clots, speed fat burning and increase metabolic weight loss, and cure depression. Recent studies have now indicated that green tea can reduce prostate cancer. Now that's a tea we can all live on!

Green Space: Attract native bees to the home garden

2009-06-26T10:35:00.000-07:00

Bees are as much a symbol of summertime as beaches, boating and baseball. They can be seen working in flower beds, vegetable gardens, and yards all summer long.

Collecting nectar and pollen and helping to pollinate fields and gardens are what bees are designed to do. The benefits of bees are numerous especially when we chow down on delicious tomatoes or juicy apples.

Bees truly are the "backbone" of our daily lives......to read more: http://www.chippewa.com/articles/2009/06/25/community/doc4a438511b3173799059668.txt

Honey: Better than Antibiotics to Treat Infections and MRSA...

2009-06-23T14:02:00.000-07:00

Honey may be more effective than antibiotics in treating infections and could provide a solution to the worldwide MRSA problem, a new study indicates.

MRSA is a form of bacteria that has become resistant to standard antibiotics. It is often referred to as a ‘superbug’ due to its ability to resist treatment, and has become be a major problem in hospitals.

Read more: http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=15705

The study was published in the European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

Choose Green Tea for Good Health

2009-06-16T13:33:00.000-07:00

The health benefits of green tea are numerous. The antioxidants called “polyphenols”, found in tea are the key to its anticancer fighting power and more. All tea types contain polyphenols; so you do not have to give up your black and white teas. Green tea has also been shown to provide protection against other health issues and it has mood improving properties, which can only be good during these challenging times.

For more informaiton: http://www.examiner.com/x-12456-Detroit-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m6d13-Choose-green-tea-for-good-health

D.C. bees

2009-06-13T06:47:00.000-07:00

Urban beekeepers, who prowl their rooftops in full beekeeper regalia, are becoming chic in the nation's capital, and their semi-secret society is less so, given the growing popularity of their peculiar and ancient hobby.

The White House recently added a hive to the South Lawn, and the Fairmont Hotel in the West End started two hives on its rooftop. Read more

Visit www.washingtonpost.com/dc to see video of the Fairmont hotel bees and their keepers.

Selecting Tea for Special Occasions

2009-06-08T05:55:00.000-07:00

When to Choose Black, Oolong, Green, White, or Tisane...

White, green, oolong and black tea come from the same tea plant. What distinguishes them is when they are harvested and how long the oxidation process is allowed to continue before the leaf is considered ready to brew. With that said, there are hundreds of subtle flavors possible within each variety of tea. This article will help guide your tea choices so that you select the tea that would best suit you.

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Honey Bees Need Help....

2009-06-02T19:57:00.000-07:00

For the second year, Haagen-Dazs ice cream is investing in research and leading a “Haagen-Dazs loves Honey Bees” campaign.

“More than half of the flavors in the Haagen-Dazs ice cream line require ingredients pollinated by honey bees,” says Ching-Yee Hu, Haagen-Dazs brand manager. So, they want to make sure honey bees are plentiful. “Anyone who cares about eating all-natural foods should care about the honey bees,” she says.

Hu suggests visiting their Web site for ways everyone can help the honey bees. For More Information: http://www.agweb.com/get_article.aspx?pageid=151376

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Coffee is a good beverage choice

2009-05-31T10:02:00.000-07:00

Coffee once deemed harmful to health is turning out to be in many ways a beneficial one. It could protect against diabetes, heart disease and stroke, liver cancer, cirrhosis and Parkinson's disease and increase athletic performance. Lots of new research, and the recognition that older, negative studies often failed to tease apart the effects of coffee and those of smoking because so many coffee drinkers were also smokers. "Coffee is a complex beverage with hundreds, if not thousands, of bioactive ingredients, a cup of coffee is 2% caffeine, 98% other stuff."

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-coffee18-2009may18,0,7483815.column

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Africanized honey bees move north

2009-05-31T09:58:00.000-07:00

They used to be called killer bees, after a cross-breeding experiment went awry between European and African bees in Brazil, back in 1957. The bees have been cross-breeding and became tamer as they moved north, reaching Texas in 1990, and Utah this past February. Africanized honey bees are no friend to local bee keepers. They don't make much honey and they are aggressive. A hive of Africanized honey bees has been discovered in Cedar City. The bees survived the winter indoors, in the eaves of a house but are running out of tricks in their attempt to make the trip north.

http://www.abc4.com/content/news/state/story/Africanized-bees-move-north-in-Utah/f4Jf28z0aEG9WD1GCYn0vg.cspx

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Green tea extract reported to show promise against leukemia

2009-05-31T09:56:00.000-07:00

Scientists are reporting positive results in early leukemia clinical trials using the chemical epigallocatechin gallate, a subtance in green tea. The findings appeared in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Green tea is made with the leaves of Camellia Sinesis, a shrub native to Asia. After the research showed dramatic effectiveness in killing leukemia cells, the findings were applied to studies on animal tissues and then on human cells in the lab. The research has moved to the second phase of clinical testing in a follow-up trial, already fully enrolled, involving roughly the same number of patients. All will receive the highest dose administered from the previous trial.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090526-gallate.htm

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Honey bees are still disappearing

2009-05-26T16:38:00.000-07:00

Brownfield Network reported on a recent survey by the Apiary Inspectors of America and the USDA shows we are still losing honey bees at an alarming rate. The survey found that from last September through this April we lost approximately 29 percent of our honey bee colonies. While that is a sobering number, it is actually a reduction from the 36 percent loss in 2007-2008 and the 32 percent loss in 2006-2007.

The survey checked on about 20 percent of the country's 2.3 million colonies. About 26 percent of apiaries surveyed reported that some of their colonies died of colony collapse disorder (CCD), down from 36 percent of apiaries in 2007-2008. There is still no known cause for CCD, the bees just disappears. A complete analysis of the data gathered will be published later this year.

Related Links:Read the survey

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