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Aug 14, 2024 - Not Just Something Sweet: 6 Powerful Effects of Honey

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"It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like, 'What about lunch?' and 'Help yourself to a bit of honey?'" - Winnie the Pooh

Not Just Something Sweet: 6 Powerful Effects of Honey

Many of us add honey to our tea or yogurt without much thought.

All we want is to add a bit of sweetness to our beverage, recipe, or snack. But did you know that honey has a long and unique history of being used for various health and medicinal effects?

Thousands of years ago, the Ancient Egyptians used honey for dressing wounds due to its noted antibacterial properties. The Egyptians also had other non-medicinal uses for this sweet substance, including using it to embalm the dead. In fact, the Egyptians collected honey via the first known organized beekeeping.

Inevitably, honey is more than just a little sweetness!

So, in the modern day, what are the health benefits of honey exactly?

What should you know when it comes to adding this to your diet?

6 Benefits of Honey

Honey is delicious and nutritious! Honey is jam-packed with polyphenols, a plant compound that acts as an antioxidant in the body and decreases your risk of diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. These compounds are also thought to play a role in reducing inflammation and enhancing brain health.

But there’s more! Check out the benefits of honey below…

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8 Ways to Help You Avoid Emotional Exhaustion

We all experience some kind of stress every day and that is normal.

To some extent, being stressed shows us that we care and we want things to go the best way possible.

Where we can, we will do everything in our power to minimise the stress, but in some cases, things are above us, and all we have to do is wait and hope they get better. 

Unfortunately, when we are exposed to extensive stress over long periods, we become mentally and physically exhausted.

This is referred to as emotional exhaustion.

 

Emotional exhaustion does not happen overnight, it takes time and slowly builds up. Our mind gets tired, and just like we have a hard time using our muscles when we're tired, we'll also experience difficulties when we're emotionally exhausted. 

Some common signs of emotional exhaustion include…

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