Honey
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Honey
Description
Honey, a sweet fluid made by bees from flower nectar. Honey offers minute amounts of all nutrients except simple sugars.
Honey is sweeter than sugar and therefore, the same degree of sweetness can be imparted to foods while adding slightly fewer calories.
The nutrients in honey may have a negligible impact on general nutrition. However, topical use seems to testify to powerful antiseptic and antibiotic properties. Many users would testify to benefits beyond the identifiable ingredients, so that science may not yet have fully de-mystified honey and the "sum of the whole may well exceed that of the constituent parts".
It is therefore included as a Natural Product in "Facts and Comparisons", along with numerous herbs.Caloric Content
1 Calories: 64 Protein: .1 gm Carbohydrates: 17.8 gm Fiber: 0 gm Total fats: 0 gm Saturated fats: - gm Unsaturated fats: - gm Cholesterol: - mg
1. 1 teaspoon, 21 gramsVitamin Content
1 USRDA Vitamin A: 0 5000 IU Thiamine: .002 1.7 mg Vitamin B-2: .014 1.7 mg Vitamin B-6: .004 2.0 mg Vitamin B-12: 0 6 mcg Biotin: - 300 mcg Niacin: .1 20 mg Pantothenic Acid: .04 10 mg Folic acid: .001 400 mcg Vitamin C: trace 60 mg Vitamin E: - 30 IU
1. 1 teaspoon, 21 gramsMineral Content
1 USRDA Calcium: 1 1000 mg Copper: .008 2 mg Iron: .1 18 mg Magnesium: .6 400 mg Manganese: .006 n/a mg Phosphorus: 1 1000 mg Potassium: 11 n/a mg Selenium: - n/a mcg Sodium: 1 n/a mg Zinc: .016 15 mg
1. 1 teaspoon, 21 gramsAmino Acid Content
1 Tryptophan: - gm Threonine: - gm Isoleucine: - gm Leucine: - gm Lysine: - gm Methionine: - gm Cysteine: - gm Phenylalanine: - gm Tyrosine: - gm Valine: - gm Arginine: - gm Histidine: - gm Alanine: - gm Aspartic acid: - gm Glutamic acid: - gm Glycine: - gm Proline: - gm Serine: - gm
1. 1 teaspoon, 21 gramsReferences
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