Honey Health Benefits of Royal Jelly valuefood, May 31, 2010May 23, 2014 What is Royal Jelly? Royal Jelly is sticky jelly like liquid, produced in hypopharyngeal glands, in head of worker honey bees. Royal Jelly is used to feed adult queen honey bee and larvae. What is royal about Bee Royal Jelly? When bees want a new queen, they choose larvae and feed them with abundant amount of royal jelly in specially constructed queen cells. This natural royal jelly stimulates development of queen morphology in the selected larvae, including the fully developed ovaries needed to lay eggs. With the effect of bee royal jelly, the queen bee lives 3-5 years and shows high fertility. Without sufficient bee royal jelly other larvae become worker bees. Royal Jelly is the queen’s royal diet, which make it superior to other honey bees. Other names for Royal Jelly are Apilak, Gelee Royale, RJ and Queen Bee Jelly Continue Reading
Nutrition Facts How is food digested in body valuefood, May 29, 2010August 7, 2013 The foods we eat are chemically complex. They must be broken down by the body into simpler chemical forms which can be absorbed through the intestinal walls and transported by the blood to the body cells. In the cells, these nutrients provide energy and the correct building materials to sustain life. Digestion is a series of physical and chemical changes by which food, taken into the body, is broken down in preparation for absorption from the intestinal tract into the bloodstream. These changes take place in the digestive tract, which includes the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. Beginning in the mouth, chewing breaks large food pieces into smaller. Food that is masticated well allows for more complete enzymatic action. If left in chunks, food that passes into the stomach and intestine will likely remain undigested as enzymes are only able to work on the surface of these larger particles. The enzyme that is secreted in the mouth from the salivary glands is ptyalin. Ptyalin is necessary for the breakdown of carbohydrates. Continue Reading
Benefits of Monofloral Honey valuefood, May 28, 2010August 21, 2013 Honeybees collect nectar from various flowers to make honey. They visit nearly 100-1500 flowers to… Continue Reading
Honey Health benefits of Honey valuefood, May 25, 2010January 25, 2014 What is Honey? Honey is nectar and sweet deposits from plants, gathered, modified and stored in the honeycomb by honey bees. Honey is made by honey bees in one of the most efficient structure – the beehive. A beehive contains more than 50,000 bees who collectively travel thousands of miles to gather nectar from flowers and make honey. Honey is most popular natural product known since ages for its health benefits. Ancient men who collected honey from forests had realized health benefits of honey. Ancient civilizations have been using honey in various forms for various medicinal uses including healing of wounds, burns, ulcers, infections, etc. Honey has been used for at least 5000 years for its healing properties. Honey forms base of various medicinal preparation of Ayurveda – ancient medicine science from India. Ancient Greece’s Hippocrates, the father of medicine, found honey cleans sores and ulcers on the lips. He also found it heals boils and running sores and other health benefits. Continue Reading
Fruits Health benefits of Mango valuefood, May 23, 2010April 9, 2017 Mango has scientific name Magnifera Indica. Originally from Indian Subcontinent, mangos have been around for over 4,000 years. Mango is now cultivated in most of tropical and sub tropical region, however India produces more than half of world’s mangoes. It is said that Lord Buddha found Nirvana in a mango grove. Mango is consumed in several forms both raw and ripe, processed and non processed. Its leaves are also used in various rituals and ceremonies in India. Nutritional Value of Mango: Mangoes are rich source of phytochemicals like betacarotene, quercetin, astragalin and other nutrients. Calorific value and Nutrient content of Mango: About 100gm of mango gives around 65 calories with 17 gm of Carbohydrate, 0.3g of fat and 0.5g Protein. Continue Reading
Nutracueticals Weight loss and other benefits of Green Tea extract supplements valuefood, April 28, 2010December 20, 2013 Green tea contains powerful antioxidants called polyphenols which have several health benefits. Polyphenols in green… Continue Reading
Beverages Health Benefits of Green Tea valuefood, April 28, 2010April 1, 2016 What is Green Tea: Tea is produced from processing of leaves of Camellia sinensis plant. Three key varieties of tea in market are black, green and oolong based on different processing methods employed. How is green different from normal tea? Green tea is like regular black tea. Green tea leaves are steamed, or baked soon after plucking, while black tea is not. Green tea is not fermented hence finished tea is green and similar to natural leaves. Since green tea is unfermented it undergoes minimal oxidation and so it has higher concentration of powerful antioxidants called polyphenols than black tea. Tea contains polyphenols such as catechins including epicatechin, epigallocatechin, epicatechin gallate, and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), along with alkaloid and caffeine. EGCG accounts for more than 40% of the total content. Antioxidant activity of EGCG is about 25-100 times more than vitamins C and E. One cup of green tea may provide 10-40 mg of polyphenols and has antioxidant effects that are greater than a serving of broccoli, spinach, carrots, or strawberries. There is myth that green tea does not contain caffeine. However, all types of tea including green tea contain caffeine. However amount of caffeine depends on the plant from which leaves are taken and oxidation process during processing. Caffeine in green tea is minimal if compared with other teas. A cup of green tea has around one third less caffeine than same cup of coffee. Studies are been taken on methods of harvesting tea and limiting oxidation to reduce caffeine in green tea to the extent possible. Continue Reading
Essential Oil Health benefits of Coconut oil Priya Nair, April 25, 2010December 17, 2013 Common coconut (scientific name: Cocos nucifera) is one of the most valuable plants to man. In Sanskrit, coconut tree is called “kalpa vriksha” or the tree which provides all the necessities of life. Coconut oil is obtained from the fruit/nut of Coconut plam. What does coconut oil contain? Every 100 gram of Coconut oil provides Iron (0.04 mg), Vitamin E (0.09 mg), Tocopherol gamma (0.20 mg), Vitamin K ( 0.5 mcg), Saturated Fatty acids (86.5 g), mono unsaturated Fatty acids (5.8 g), polyunsaturated fatty acids (1.8 g) and energy equivalent to 862 kcal. Continue Reading