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Past few years have witnessed a gradual increase in vegan population around the world. Basically, veganism is a way of living that avoid any type of animal cruelty or exploitation. This is why vegans generally avoid eating animal products like meat, eggs, dairy as well as other foods that are extracted from them. But people are still confused whether honey is a vegan friendly product or not. Currently, honey is somewhat the most controversial food among vegan community. Several vegan people avoid eating honey. But at the same time, some vegans who eat plant based diet may opt to include honey in their diets. So let’s cheque out the facts. • Why honey is against vegan community? Most of the times vegans do not see any difference between bee farming and any other animal farming. Basically many commercially bee farmers employ practices that are unethical in eyes of vegan community. First of all, Queen bees are clipped so that they could not fly away. Sometimes the entire colony has to be ...

Most of the times seniors reward children with some candy or chocolates for a good job or well done in school. People add sugar to their coffees, bake it into our favourite treats and breakfasts. Currently table sugar is one of the most used ingredient in modern world. Regular intake of high sugar creates the feeling of sweet craves. This is subsequently pushing you to become addicted towards sugar. Recently, various health authorities and researches told that excess sugar could be as addictive as some street drugs like cocaine. In medicinal language, addiction is described to a tragic situation where someone’s brain chemistry has been altered to compel them to repeat substance or activity despite harmful consequences. • Know how one becomes addicted. Human body contains a neurotransmitter called dopamine. It is a prominent neurotransmitter for addictive behaviour. When any type of behaviour cause an excess release of dopamine, then you feel a feeling of pleasure. As the person repeats...

Honey is a sweet syrup liquid that is naturally prepared by honey bees from nectar of flowers. It is the most common ingredient in several medicines, since older times. Addition to this, many people enjoy it on bread, in tea or as a natural sweetener. Health enthusiasts love to opt honey in place of regular table sugar as a healthy alternative. But the thing is, there are several varieties of honey available in the market. People still wonder whether all forms of honey are safe to eat. Or one should avoid gluten for honey or personal reasons. • Do honey really contain gluten? Gluten basically is a group of proteins that are naturally found in certain cereal grains. This protein is the main reason behind the elastic and stretchy structure of dough. Most of the people can easily tolerate gluten without any side effects. But there is a good amount of population with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity. Because of health problems and medical issues. They are recommended to eliminate glute...

Several people, especially health enthusiasts, add honey in their coffee or tea to make it sweeter and more healthier. People use honey as an alternative to process stable sugar. But it still several people are all around the world, wonder whether consumption of honey in diabetes is safe or not. But many scientific researches and studies point toward the fact. That consumption of honey during diabetes in moderate amounts is not only safe, but very good because of its anti inflammatory property. According to scientific tests, 1 tablespoon of raw honey can contain up to 60 calories. Out of which 17 grams are healthy carbohydrates. • Honey and its link with blood sugar. Honey is one of the natural sugar and carbohydrate source. It also affects blood sugar levels in some ways. But these effects is quite small in comparison to process table sugar. During a study, it was found that group of people with diabetes when given honey just show initial rise in sugar levels for just 30 minutes. But ...

  Milk is one of the ancient beverages that till now has its own status. Milk is considered a complete meal because of its high nutritional value. Not only major, nutrients like protein, calcium, vitamin D and potassium. But milk also contains several micronutrients like calcium, magnesium, zinc and vitamins. The only reason not to take milk is if you are lactose intolerant. Otherwise, just aim of drinking at least one glass of milk every day. Taking this type of highly nutritious beverage is very important, especially in Corona pandemic times. As milk is one of the best immunity boosters, that do not require any other ingredients. Till now, the decision that whether warm or cold milk should be taken is controversial. This is a topic that has a wide range of debate. Though this requires much more researches and studies, to confirm the decision. So just go through the below mentioned benefits of both cold and warm milk. We leave decision up to you. • Benefits of having warm milk Sin...