Best Kinds Of Honey For Health

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JAKARTA - Who doesn't know honey? The liquid that bees produce from flower nectar and has a sweet taste has been popular for a long time because it has health benefits.

Because it tastes sweet, honey is often chosen as a substitute for sugar in various foods and drinks. In fact, honey is also commonly used in body and facial care products.

As for the health benefits of honey, such as increasing stamina, warding off free radicals, increasing endurance, relieving coughs, healing wounds, treating acne, making skin smoother, overcoming chapped lips, strengthening hair strands, and preventing diabetes.

Interested in drinking honey to get its health benefits? Before buying, first know the following types of honey:

Clover honey

Clover honey is a type of honey that is currently popular on social media. Clover honey is obtained from the essence of the clover plant. In terms of appearance, this honey color is indeed different, not brownish, but rather pale yellow. In terms of taste, apart from being sweet, clover honey tends to have a floral aroma.

Manuka honey

Manuka honey is a type that is well known in various countries and comes from New Zealand. Manuka honey comes from the flower nectar of the manuka bush (leptospermum scoparium). Grown in remote New Zealand, manuka honey can only be made about six weeks a year when the plant flowers.

Uray honey

Uray honey name is one of the best honey in the world and comes from Indonesia. This honey is known by not going through a chemical process, pure, natural, and not mixed with water. Uray honey can be consumed directly even without being processed.

Sumbawa forest honey

Another honey that is native to Indonesia and known for a long time is the forest honey of Sumbawa. Its characteristic is thick texture and low water content compared to other honey. The influence of the dry and hot natural conditions of Sumbawa also affects the yield of honey. Sumbawa forest honey itself is produced from bees that take nectar from the bidara tree or ziziphus mauritiana.

Calliandra honey

Another type of honey, which is also from Indonesia, is calliandra honey. This honey is produced from the nectar of calliandra flowers which are sucked by honey bees raised in the calliandra forest area. Calliandra honey is characterized by a bright yellow color, at first glance it looks like cooking oil, but has a thicker texture.