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Everyone knows about the benefits of honey, many people love it and eat it. At the same time, few have heard of such an incredibly useful product as bee bread. After all, this is one of the most valuable beekeeping products. Honey with bee bread has a much stronger effect on the body than just honey. Taking this mixture has a positive effect on the general state of health, strengthens the immune system, and can treat various diseases.
Honey with bee bread
Perga has a sour taste and light bitterness. It is the pollen of various plants processed by bees to feed the larvae. The people even call bee bread. After collecting the pollen, bees put it in a honeycomb, where saliva and nectar are processed. Workers fill the honeycomb cells with honey, thus preserving the product. Under the influence of lactic acid, pollen in the combs turns into bee bread. When extracted, it appears as granules of yellow and brown shades.
They take for food both pure granules and processed into powder and mixed with honey. After removing from the honeycomb, the granules are dried and cooled to a temperature of -1 ° C. After that, they are pounded to a powdery state.
Honey with bee bread
How to make honey with bee bread
The beneficial properties of honey and bee bread are enhanced when taken together. To do this, you need to mix the two ingredients in equal parts. Liquid honey is taken for this. You can mix granules and liquid honey with a mixer. Then the resulting mixture is poured into jars. If the mixture is planned to be stored for a long time, then the cans can be rolled up with metal lids. Small portions can be stored under regular nylon caps. Banks should be placed in a warm place where the mixture will brighten.
The ratios may well be different, it doesn't matter. The main thing is to end up with a homogeneous mixture. Experienced beekeepers recommend cooking in the following proportion: for 4 parts of honey, take 1 part of bee bread.
How to make honey with bee bread
Recipes
You can prepare a mixture to improve vision, for this you need honey with blueberries and bee bread in the following quantities:
- 50 g of bee bread;
- 100 g blueberries;
- 100 g of honey.
Grind the granules into powder, make mashed potatoes from the berries. Mix all ingredients well, store in a glass jar in the refrigerator.
How to make bee bread with honey for the treatment of colds:
- 200 ml of water;
- 5 g of chamomile;
- 2.5 g of bee bread;
- 5 g of honey.
Brew chamomile in boiling water, cool. Add honey and bee bread and drink. Take the medicine every 5 hours until you feel better.
Chamomile tea with honey for colds
To strengthen the immune system, you can make a mixture with royal jelly.
You will need:
- 10 g. Bee bread;
- 1 g of royal jelly;
- 150 g of honey.
Mix everything and use 1 tsp. in the morning before meals for a month.
Useful properties of bee bread with honey
Bee bread contains about 50 biologically active substances, namely:
- vitamins (A, B1, B2, B3, B6, B9, C, D, E, PP);
- trace elements (iron, calcium, potassium, iodine, copper, fluorine, sodium, sulfur, phosphorus);
- carbohydrates;
- essential fatty acids;
- mineral salts;
- enzymes.
Bee bread
A mixture of honey and bee bread has many useful properties.
Among them are the following:
- This is a useful product for anemia because it has a high iron content.
- Natural immunomodulator. Increases the body's resistance to adverse factors and overall tone.
- It has a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system.
- It stimulates the brain, balances the nervous system, relieves fatigue and eliminates insomnia.
- Bee bread is a fermented product and contains prebiotics, which means it improves digestion.
- During gestation, the mixture is taken as a prophylaxis for spontaneous abortion.
- It has a positive effect on dental health, hair and skin condition. Cosmetic masks and scrubs can be made from these products.
- Eating bee bread mixed with honey helps to slow down the aging process.
Possible harm of bee bread with honey
Intolerance and allergy to bee products and pollen are contraindications for taking this product. Although some sources indicate that pollen processed by bees is the least allergenic substance, great care should be taken when using it.
In case of oncological diseases, you should not use bee bread. The fact is that it has a strengthening effect on the entire body, and if there is a tumor, then it can grow.
Beekeeping products are contraindicated under the age of 1.5 years. Up to three years old, you need to very carefully introduce bee products into the child's diet.
Beekeeping products are contraindicated under the age of 1.5 years
With type 1 diabetes, bee bread should not be taken. With type 2 diabetes, this product can be taken in minimal quantities, strictly controlling blood sugar levels.
Energy value of honey with bee bread
Overweight people, before eating bee bread, need to know that it enhances appetite, as it contains simple carbohydrates. Therefore, if you are on a diet, you need to be very careful when using this product.
Perga with honey belongs to high-calorie foods and has the following calories:
- 1 tsp - 31 Kcal;
- 1 tbsp. l. - 90 Kcal;
- 200 ml - 671, 66 Kcal.
Energy value of honey with bee bread
100 g of the product contains 1 g of proteins, 1 g of fats, 74 g of carbohydrates, which is 1.7 / 1.9 / 3.3% of the daily value, respectively.
The benefits of bee bee mixed with honey have been proven by science and time-proven. The preparation of this product is not difficult, the taste and aroma are quite pleasant. With the exception of people with obvious contraindications, this natural storehouse of vital substances can be consumed by everyone and at any age. The main thing is not to overdo it, so as not to harm.
