Honey

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Did you know that to produce 1 lb of honey, honeybees must fly 55,000 miles and visit 2 million flowers?!! Did you also know that on average, every third bite of food you take comes as a result, whether directly or indirectly, of pollinating bees?

Not only do we have delicious honey to eat, but also much of our food, not to mention the color and beauty that flowering plants brings to our world, because of the humble honeybee!

Did you also know that raw, unpasteurized honey, the kind Harvest Haven Market Farm produces, is a food with marvelous health properties? Did you know that raw honey has been used around the world from time immemorial as an antiseptic that helps heal wounds and builds immunity?

"Raw honey is exceptionally effective internally against bacteria and parasites. Plus, raw honey contains natural antibiotics which help kill microbes directly. Raw honey, when applied topically, speeds the healing of tissues damaged by infection and/or trauma. It contains vitamins, minerals and enzymes, as well as sugars, all of which aid in the healing of wounds."

-The Survivor's Nutritional Pharmacy by Dr. Cass Ingram, D.O.

Unheated (unpasteurized) honey is an excellent source of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, antibiotics, bioflavonoids and organic acids. Heating (pasteurizing) the honey to high temperatures causes the destruction of these vital elements that are responsible for honey's ability to heal wounds, kill infections, and soothe internal organs.

Most honey sold on the market is pasteurized, or heated to some extent, diminishing the manifold health benefits of this wonder food. Also, most commercial honey (95%, approximately) comes from bee colonies treated with antibiotics. Harvest Haven uses no antibiotics with our bees nor uses any heat to process the honey, making it among the rarest and most natural of honeys.

Over 2,500 years ago Hippocrates, the so-called "Father of Modern Medicine," said, "Let food be your medicine, and medicine be your food." He was right (but what doctors today are his "children," taking his advice?). Hippocrates considered raw honey to be an all-weather remedy.

I recall Mary Poppins suggested taking "a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down." Forget about both! Have a spoonful of honey, your pleasure and your health!

Oh yes, before I forget to mention; delicious, wonderfully-textured Harvest Haven honey is available in 1#, 2#, and 5# tubs.

Paul Cohen

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