Women may want to be jealous of bees to maintain their health

1. Honey:

The nutritional and anti-aging value of honey has always been highly valued and it is known as "milk for the elderly". Li Shizhen, a medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that "honey has six functions. It is cool in nature when raw, so it can clear away heat; it is warm in nature when hot, so it can nourish the middle; it is sweet and peaceful, so it can detoxify; it is soft and moist, so it can moisturize dryness; it can relieve urgency, so it can stop the pain of heart and stomach sores."

Modern nutritional research shows that honey has extremely high nutritional value. Its main components include not only monosaccharides such as glucose and fructose, but also 16 kinds of amino acids such as alanine, phenylalanine, glutamine, asparagine, and histidine. Honey also contains a lot of minerals, mainly phosphorus, copper, iron, magnesium, nickel, etc. In addition, the human body's metabolic process cannot be separated from the help of various enzymes. Honey contains sucrase, amylase, glucose-converting enzyme, catalase and many other enzymes.

Honey also contains various vitamins necessary to maintain human health, enhance immune function and prevent cardiovascular diseases, such as vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin C, folic acid and niacin.

The monosaccharides in honey can be absorbed by the human body without digestion, which is especially suitable for the elderly whose digestive system has weakened and metabolic function has declined. There are 6 kinds of amino acids contained in honey that are necessary for human life activities. The enzymes it contains, such as sucrase and amylase, can promote the digestion and absorption of carbohydrates; glucose invertase is directly involved in the metabolism of substances; catalase has the effect of resisting oxygen free radicals, which can prevent the body from aging and cancer.

2. Vinegar:

It is both a condiment and an excellent health product. Its main ingredients include acidic substances such as acetic acid, lactic acid, malic acid, succinic acid, as well as 18 kinds of amino acids and multiple vitamins such as vitamin C and niacin. It has 12 major health benefits, including delaying and eliminating fatigue, regulating the acidity and alkalinity of body fluids, helping digestion and absorption, preventing aging, killing bacteria and viruses, preventing and treating obesity, inhibiting and killing parasites such as roundworms and pinworms, anti-cancer, beauty and skin care, and sobering up.

Scientific research in my country has confirmed that acetic acid in vinegar has a strong killing ability against many bacteria and fungi, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Salmonella, Trichophyton, and even against measles and mumps viruses. Therefore, it is often used to prevent and treat various infections of the skin, upper respiratory tract and gastrointestinal tract.

During the cold season, public places such as classrooms and shopping malls can be disinfected by fumigating with vinegar to prevent and treat colds. This is because the cold virus does not have a cell membrane, and changes in the acidity and alkalinity of the external environment will affect its metabolic activity, thereby hindering its division and proliferation, leading to its death. Secondly, acetic acid is a volatile acidic substance. Before eating, it can stimulate the olfactory cells, causing the brain's nerve center to send out "eating" signals, which is beneficial to coordinate the secretion of various digestive juices and stimulate people's appetite.

Vinegar contains vitamin C and niacin, which can dilate blood vessels, promote the excretion of cholesterol, and enhance the elasticity and permeability of blood vessels. Vinegar can also enhance kidney function and has a diuretic effect, which can indirectly lower blood pressure by causing sodium to be excreted through diuresis. Therefore, people have the practice of using edible vinegar, or edible vinegar soaked soybeans, peanuts, or edible vinegar and egg liquid to prevent and treat high blood pressure. Patients with liver disease often eat vinegar, which not only increases appetite, but also contains amino acids and vitamins that are necessary for protein synthesis. Protein is of great significance for repairing liver tissue damage.

The mineral content in honey is quite similar to that in human blood, which is beneficial to the body's absorption of minerals. Due to the presence of minerals, honey becomes an alkaline component in the body, which can neutralize the acidic components in the blood, allowing people to relieve fatigue more quickly and improve health.

In recent years, honey has been applied to health care and nutrition both at home and abroad. For elderly people suffering from hypertension, it is very beneficial to drink a glass of honey water every morning and evening. This is because honey contains potassium, which has the function of excreting sodium after entering the human body and can play a role in maintaining the electrolyte balance in the blood. For arteriosclerosis, eating honey regularly can protect blood vessels, promote bowel movements, and lower blood pressure.

In addition, for patients with chronic hepatitis and poor liver function, eating honey regularly can improve liver function. For patients with tuberculosis and chronic cough due to deficiency, honey is a good natural nutritional supplement that can enhance physical fitness. For the elderly suffering from gastric and duodenal ulcers, taking honey regularly is good for the treatment. For heart pain

For patients, when an attack occurs, take 30g of honey mixed with warm water and add a few drops of ginger juice to relieve the symptoms.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that vinegar can "stimulate appetite and nourish the liver" and that vinegar and brown sugar can be taken together to treat liver disease. In terms of anti-cancer, since vinegar can kill viruses and various molds, it can prevent them from inducing normal human cells to mutate or become cancerous. Recently, many scholars have isolated and extracted active anti-tumor substances from rice vinegar. Animal experiments have shown that these active substances have significant anti-cancer effects. In terms of beauty and weight loss, the amino acids contained in vinegar can not only promote the conversion of excess fat in the human body into energy consumption, but also make the metabolism of ingested sugar and protein go smoothly, thus having a good weight loss effect. Also, the compounds such as acetic acid, lactic acid, amino acids, glycerol and aldehydes in vinegar have a gentle stimulating effect on human skin, which can dilate blood vessels, increase blood circulation in the skin, and make the skin shiny and rosy.

In terms of sobering up, vinegar can counteract and relieve the inhibitory effects of alcohol, increase gastric juice secretion, dilate blood vessels, facilitate blood circulation, improve the liver's metabolic capacity, increase kidney function, accelerate diuresis, and promote the rapid excretion of alcohol from the body.

However, drinking vinegar for a long time will corrode your teeth and decalcify them, so you should dilute it with water, drink it with a straw, and rinse your mouth with water after drinking. People with excessive stomach acid should not drink vinegar, especially for those with chronic kidney disease, as it may even cause acidosis.