Honey is a superfood with countless benefits. It is consumed alone as well as by adding it to hot drinks, especially in winter. There are many misconceptions about honey. One of them is that honey can be harmful when it interacts with hot water, milk and herbal teas.
IS THE MIRACLE OF HONEY UNTIL IT IS HEATED?
What happens when honey, which is called one of the miracle foods, is heated or interacts with hot drinks and foods? If the honey comes into contact with heat at very high temperatures and for a long time, it will affect the honey. As said, this does not turn honey into poison. There is a decrease in the vitamin and mineral values of honey. This requires long cooking or extreme temperatures. A beverage that a person can drink cannot be expected to be at a temperature at the boiling point anyway. Therefore, after your herbal teas are brewed, putting a spoonful of honey on them neither harms the honey nor the herbal tea.
WOODEN SPOON OR METAL SPOON?
Another myth about honey is that a wooden spoon should be used when consuming honey. prof. Dr. Erdem Yeşilada stated that there are many “urban legends” about honey, for example, it is claimed that honey is spoiled when honey is added to tea. Stating that they brew different teas within the scope of their work, Yeşilada explained the results they obtained as follows:
THE WOOD SPOON KEEPS ON THE MICROBE!
“When the temperature dropped to 80 degrees, we put honey in it and measured the antioxidant effect of honey. When honey is added, the effect of green tea, which we know to have a very strong antioxidant effect, increased 4 times, even in white tea, while the antioxidant effect of linden increased 58 times. It is said, ‘Do not put metal spoons in honey’. However, the wooden spoon keeps the microbe on it.
When the wooden spoon meets the air, the germs come, then when you put it back into the honey, the honey is infected. Steel spoons are used for honey control. In one of our studies, we also added honey to coffee, especially the antioxidant effect of filter coffee increased.” According to the analysis, Yeşilada said that since it has all the amino acids that are necessary for human life and must be taken daily, a person can live healthy by eating only bee pollen, and bee pollen can be consumed by mixing it with honey.