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Honey is Not the Best Source of Vitamin B12
  • By Geraldine Moscato

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Did you Know?
  • Honey contains vitamin B12 and other nutrients,
    but it wont be beneficial to your health if you
    consume too much of it.

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  • Pure honey is known as mans first sweetener. Man
    has consumed honey thousands of years before
    sugar was produced. This sweet and thick syrup is
    added to a number of beverages and foods to
    flavor them and lengthen their shelf life.
  • But what makes pure, unprocessed honey truly
    special are the health benefits it provides.
    Pure, unprocessed honey possesses antioxidant
    properties, which are found in the tiny flecks of
    enzyme-rich pollen and propolis. Approximately 18
    essential and non-essential amino acids, the
    foundational blocks of protein, are present in
    pure, unprocessed honey.

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  • Most of the antioxidants present in honey are
    also found in green leafy vegetables, including
    flavonoids that help increase your energy,
    promote healthy balance, support enzyme function,
    and soothe your skin.
  • Pure honey contains the enzymes acid phosphatase,
    catalase, diastase, invertase, inulase, and
    glucose oxidase, which aid in digestion and
    assimilation. The minerals calcium, chromium,
    copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorous,
    potassium, selenium, and zinc are also found in
    pure honey.

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B Vitamins Facts
  • B vitamins, specifically vitamin B1, vitamin B2,
    vitamin B3, vitamin B5, vitamin B7, and vitamin
    B12, as well as vitamin C, are found in honey.
    Vitamin B12 is mostly available in animal
    tissues, including foods like beef, beef liver,
    chicken, eggs, lamb, salmon, scallops, shrimp,
    snapper, and venison.
  • Strict vegans and vegetarians are more likely to
    develop vitamin B12 deficiency. Since vitamin B12
    is not found in plants, you increase your risk of
    vitamin B12 deficiency if you avoid meat and
    animal products.

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  • Pure honey may be safer than most sweeteners, but
    its still made up of 70 percent fructose. It
    will not be health-promoting when consumed in
    high amounts. This is the reason why its not a
    good source of vitamin B12.
  • Eating vitamin B12-rich foods is not a guarantee
    that you will are getting sufficient levels.
    Vitamin B12 is difficult to assimilate because it
    is the largest among all vitamins. Since the
    large size of vitamin B12 is your main problem
    when it comes to absorbing it, the solution is a
    delivery system that can shrink its size.

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There a lot of ways on preventing vitamin b12
deficiency
  • Check out this site http//products.mercola.com/
    vitamin-b12-spray/ to learn more.
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