Nutritional value of honey

It is only within recent years that the nutritional value of honey has been recognized as a superior quickly assimilated sugar, by dietitians and the medical fraternity.

Its virtue as a food, its quick absorption into the blood stream.

The basic nutritional value of honey is unique and it contains vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes, fibers, phenolic acids, flavonoids and carbohydrate in form of 38% fructose, 31% glucose, maltose, melezitose and sucrose.

Honey contains several importance enzymes for metabolism in human body including diastase, invertase, catalase, peroxidase and lipase.

It has anti-oxidative and immune system building properties but processing and heat destroy many of these assets.

Raw honey, on the other hand, is a vastly different product. Because it is unheated, it is much thicker, and has a different nutritional profile from heat treated, liquefied honey. Since they are not subjected to heat treatment, the original enzymes in raw honey remain fully present and active.

In this way, raw honey is denser in trace phytonutrients and active enzymes. Honey should be natural, raw, unheated, unfiltered and unprocessed.

Carbohydrates such as sugars need the B-vitamins in order to be assimilated properly. Honey contains sufficient of the B-vitamins to digest them properly.

Nutritional value of honey

Nutritional Value of Blueberry

Nutritional Value of Blueberry
Some noteworthy regarding the nutrient compositions of the more commonly available blueberry products as follow:

• The raw fruit and the unsweetened frozen fruit supply moderate amounts of calories (about 60 kcal per 100 g) and carbohydrates (14 to 15%). They are good sources of fiber, iron and bioflavonoid (vitamin like substance with reputed beneficial effects when consumed along with vitamin C), and fair to good sources of potassium and vitamin C.
  
• Sweetened frozen blueberries contain nearly double the levels of calories and carbohydrates presents on the raw and the unsweetened frozen berries.
  
• Canned blueberries packed in water are low in calories and carbohydrates because they contain only about two thirds the levels of the nutrients that are supplied by the raw fruit.
  
• Canned blueberries packed in heavy syrup contain about two and one half times the calories and carbohydrates that are present in canned berries packed in water alone.
  
• Blueberry pie is rich in calories (242 kcal per 100 g) and carbohydrates (35%). It is a fair source of potassium and iron.
  
• Blueberry turnovers are very rich in calories (405 kcal per 100 g), carbohydrates (41 %) and fats (25 %). They are good sources of iron, but a poor source of potassium and vitamin C.
  
• Apple blueberry fruit puree (commonly sold as a baby food) supplies moderate amount of calories (68 kcal per 100 g) and carbohydrates (16%). It is a good source of vitamin C and a fair course of potassium.
  
• The color blueberries is due mainly to anthocynin pigments, which are also classified as bioflavonoid.
  

Nutritional Value of Blueberry