Honey is an anti-ageing agent !

Worried about ageing? Just start taking a spoonful of honey every day. Yes, according to scientists, honey could help counter the effects of ageing and decrease anxiety. “Diets sweetened with honey may be beneficial in decreasing anxiety and improving memory during ageing,” Nicola Starkey of the University of Waikato in New Zealand told the British daily. According to her, this could be due to the antioxidant properties of honey.

In fact, Starkey and Lynne Chepulis of the same university came to the conclusion after they conducted their tests on rodents. They raised them on diets of ten per cent honey, eight per cent sucrose or no sugar at all for a year. The rats were two months old at the start of the trial, and were assessed every three months using tests designed to measure anxiety and spatial memory. The honey-fed rats spent almost twice as much time in the open sections of an assessment maze then sucrose-fed rats, suggesting they were less anxious. They were also more likely to enter novel sections of a Y-shaped maze, suggesting they knew where they had been previously and had better spatial memory. It may be mentioned that honey has been used since ancient times as a food, medicine and beauty treatment.

Honey also contains various micro-nutrients said to help prevent some cancers. It has also been used as an antiseptic therapeutic agent for the treatment of ulcers, burns and wounds. Moreover, honey contains various micronutrients said to help prevent some cancers and combat hay-fever.

Source: PTI