#239 Should you eat Honey every day?
The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast
Dr Rupy Aujla
4.8 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Honey has been used for millennia as a medicine. And even to this day, people swear by it for treating viral illnesses, espousing the antibacterial and immune enhancing effects. But is there any evidence to support this? And if honey is largely made up of just sugar molecules, how can it have these miraculous effects?
Todays episode is a deep dive into what honey is, the chemical make up of honey and a look at some of the studies that have examined gut health, immunity and metabolic health benefits. I’ll reveal whether I think it’s worth taking a spoon of honey every day.
On another episode for YouTube I’m going to discuss how to choose the best honey, how to spot fake honey on supermarket shelves, as well as taste test different honeys available in supermarkets and online.
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| 0:00.0 | Doctors Kitchen. |
| 0:03.0 | Recipes Health Lifestyle |
| 0:05.0 | Welcome to the Doctor's Kitchen podcast. |
| 0:10.0 | The show about food, lifestyle, medicine and how to improve your health today. |
| 0:21.0 | I'm Dr. Rupi, your host. I'm a medical doctor, I study nutrition and I'm a firm believer in the power of food and lifestyle as medicine. |
| 0:32.0 | Join me and my expert guests where we discuss the multiple determinants of what |
| 0:36.6 | allows you to lead your best life. Honey has been used for millennia as a medicine and even to this day people swear by |
| 0:51.2 | it for treating viral illnesses espousing the antibacterial and immune enhancing |
| 0:56.3 | effects but is there any evidence to support this and if honey is largely made up of just sugar molecules, how can it have these miraculous effects? |
| 1:07.0 | Well today's episode is a deep dive into what honey actually is, the chemical makeup of honey, and a look at some of the studies that |
| 1:15.8 | have examined gut health, immunity, and metabolic health benefits. |
| 1:20.5 | I'll reveal whether I think it's worth taking a spoon of honey every day. |
| 1:25.0 | On another episode for YouTube specifically I'm going to discuss how to choose the best |
| 1:31.6 | honey, how to spot fake honey on the supermarket shelves, yes that is a thing, |
| 1:36.4 | as well as a taste test for different honey's that are available in supermarkets and online. |
| 1:42.1 | And they do get quite pricey so it's |
| 1:44.9 | best that I do this on your behalf rather than you spending hundreds of pounds on |
| 1:50.1 | honey that you can buy online and in your local health food stores. |
| 1:55.2 | Remember you can watch this podcast on YouTube and the easiest, no-cost way for you to support the |
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