Tart, dark and quite liquid palm honey has a pronounced taste of dates. No wonder, because the blossoming date palm is a plant-honey. In our region, palm honey is rather exotic, but in the Mediterranean, parts of Africa and South America, as well as in the southern states of the United States, it is quite an ordinary food product, such as linden or flower honey in our country. In our country, you can usually buy palm honey from the Emirates or Spain, it is quite expensive, from $ 20 for a small, 150 g jar.

Useful properties of palm honey Typically palm honey is considered to be the best for those who need to improve their stamina. The dates contain many minerals, such as potassium, magnesium and iron. Honey from dates, being dissolved in moderately warm water and mixed with mineral water and a small amount of lemon juice or grapefruit can quite replace a sports drink for those who, for example, run a marathon, or prepare for a triathlon. Usually losing weight with sports such drinks to anything, but if you go on a heavy trek with foot crossings and mountain sites - can be useful. Do not forget, however, to test the tolerability of honey by the body in the city, before you conquer something with the honey energy.

From the same series and another "sports" recipe - honey bars with cut oatmeal flakes. Groats are simply scrolled through a meat grinder in a lightly moistened form, add almond or peanut butter, about a third of the volume of the cereal, and the same amount of palm honey. The product is wrapped in water-soaked rice paper, and is eaten when a high-calorie but useful snack is needed.

Losing weight should be limited to a couple of teaspoons of exotic honey as a dessert. It will help overcome cravings for harmful sweet foods, support the immune system on a diet, and help avoid dietary boredom. But it is not recommended to prepare teas with this honey. Like any other honey, palm does not like heating, enzymes in it can change their molecular structure, and their benefits evaporate.

Palm honey has a wide range of properties:.

antiseptic - used to accelerate the healing of wounds, and, both internally and externally;.

moisturizing and nourishing the skin, strengthening hair - this honey is a part of many cosmetics of well-known brands, but can be used in ordinary house masks and wraps, recipes that allow you to use honey;.

immunomodulating, this property is especially pronounced if honey is with other natural "accelerators" of the immune system - echinacea, rhodiola, ginger;.

accelerating the regenerative processes of man. Honey is recommended to include in the diet of people recovering from complex operations, or having a systematic heavy load in a large volume. During the periods of preparation for the competition, honey with pollen helps plants and cyclists. It is also used in amateur fitness, especially against the background of an appropriate diet.

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