Honey is used not in one or two but many ways worldwide. Apart from eating, it has also been used to remove skin problems. It has been an integral part of Ayurveda for a long time, which is used to avoid many diseases from home remedies. Pure honey is rich in properties which is very beneficial for human health, but have you thought that heating the honey in the kitchen can be really harmful.
Heat honey harmful
According to the English newspaper ‘Indian Express’, Ayurvedic health coach Dimple Jangra recently warned of cooking with honey on Instagram. He said, heating honey changes its chemical composition through Mellad reaction, which produces a poison called *5-hydroxamemethylphurfural (HMF).
In Ayurvedic texts like the Shechchak Samhita, there is a warning on heating honey and it has been told that heating honey makes Ama. Ama is a non -digested substance that becomes poison inside the body.
What happens when honey is heated?
High temperature such as 104 ° F (40 ° C) destroys natural enzymes such as diastases and glucose oxides inside honey which is necessary for digestion.
Apart from this, many heat sensitive vitamins and flavonoids are also destroyed by heating honey.
Heating honey or storing for a long time creates hydroxamemethylphurfural (HMF) which is harmful to the body.
Heating honey also reduces its antioxidants, which reduces its ability to protect from cellular damage of antioxidants.
However, a lot of research is still needed on the harm caused by heating honey. To get full advantage of honey, it is better to consume it in its natural ie raw form.
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