Importance OR The nutritional value of HONEY

HONEY
For thousands of years honey was the only source of concentrated sugar. Uniqueness, scarcity and desirability connected it to divinity very early in human history thus ascribing to it symbolic, magic and therapeutic significance. Much of the myth many of the traditional medicinal uses have continued until today. Honey is said to facilitate better physical performance and resistance to fatigue, particularly for repeated effort; it also promotes higher mental efficiency. It is therefore used by both the healthy and the sick for any kind of weakness, particularly in the case of digestive or assimilative problems. Improved growth of non-breast fed newborn infants, improved calcium fixation in bones and curing anaemia and anorexia may all be attributed to some nutritional benefit or stimulation from eating honey.  Click Below to get more detailed information about honey, from which this info was gathered.  

Colors of Honey
White Color is from Clovers and Alfalfas
Very Light Amber Color is from Wildflowers
Light Amber Color is from Orange Blossoms
Plain Amber Color is from Buckwheats, Tupelos and Others.
The colors of honey comes from the nectar of the plants.
The lightest colors of honey have the mildest flavors, while the darker colors have fuller flavors.

NUTRITIONAL VALUE

Honey is a complex product that acts directly on our biological balance. Eaten on its own or associated with other foods, it is the perfect antidote against the tiring stresses and strains of today's lifestyles. Easy to use and brimming with natural goodness, it is especially recommended for people who want to remain fit and healthy.

Honey, a 100% natural product of essentially vegetable origin, is concentrated energy. Its high content (about 70%) of simple, easily digestible sugars - fructose, glucose, saccharose - make it an excellent source of energy.

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HOW A WOMAN CONCEIVES

How conception works

Conception is a remarkably complex process. The male has to produce a sperm and the female has to produce an egg which then have to come together at just the right time and in just the right place. If you want to give yourself the best chance of conceiving, it is essential that you understand how the male and female reproductive systems work, and what happens when.

The female

Each month the woman produces an egg from one of her two ovaries, which lie one on each side of the uterus (womb). The ovaries are glands which store the eggs in small sacs called follicles. Once the egg is released, fine hairs at the end of one of the fallopian tubes pick it up and waft it into the fallopian tube.
The egg then travels down the fallopian tube into the uterus. If it has been fertilised, the egg implants itself into the lining of the uterus (the endometrium). During each cycle the endometrium thickens ready to receive a fertilised egg. (If there is no fertilised egg, the endometrium breaks down and is shed from the body at menstruation, when a woman has a period.) 

The male

Male semen contains several million sperm, but only one will be needed for conception, and that single sperm cell contains the father’s genetic contribution to the baby. The sperm can swim, and need to be able to do so as they have to move through the cervix, into the uterus and along the fallopian tubes. As they travel, chemical changes mature the sperm so that they become capable of fertilizing an egg.

Conception

When a couple has sexual intercourse with full penetration, the man ejaculates his semen into the woman’s vagina near the cervix, the entrance to the woman’s uterus. The cervix is usually blocked by cervical mucus, but this thins around the time of ovulation (when an egg is released from one of the ovaries) to allow sperm to pass through.
The sperm and egg usually meet in the fallopian tube. A single sperm penetrates and fertilises the egg, which then travels into the uterus where it implants into the uterine lining. Once it has implanted, the growing embryo is sustained by hormones, until the developing placenta can take over and nourish the pregnancy. About nine months after conception, the developing baby is ready to be born.
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Top 10 Interesting Facts About Sperm

01. Intricate sperm production

Sperm is produced in the testes in the small structures called epididymis. During sexual arousal, the muscles push sperm from these structures through a tube called vas deferens. Here the sperm is mixed with other fluids, such as those from the prostate gland, the seminal vesicles and the Cowper's gland that all make up semen. Only one percent of the semen is actually sperm, the rest is fructose, amino acids, vitamin C, calcium, protein, sodium, zinc and citric acid.

 

02. How sperm is welcomed

Couple's chances of successful conception depend not only on sperm's quality, but the environment, where it gets in. Sperm can be viable in alkaline conditions, while most of the time cervical mucus is acidic, meaning that sperm cannot survive in it. However, prior and during ovulation, time which is favorable for conception, the pH of woman's cervical mucus becomes sperm-friendly environment, allowing it to swim and fertilize the egg.

 

03. High temperatures and sperm

Don't wear tight underwear, put your laptop near your privates or take warm baths. Men often hear those warnings, but what's the problem with heat? Nature is wise, that's why man's testicles are located outside the body, where temeperature is lower than inside the body. The thing is that sperm is made only at lower temperatures. When the scrotal temperature increases, it can damage sperm, thus your chances of conceiving a baby.

04. Sperm allergy

If sex is not a source of pleasure for you, but rather make your privates swell, itch and result in other icky symptoms, you may be one of those rare people, who suffer from sperm allergy. Women, who are allergic to sperm, are actually allergic to particular protein in the semen. There are even cases when a man is allergic to his own semen, having flulike symptoms after ejaculation. Interestingly, semen allergy is treated with semen, but very small amounts of it.

05. Sperm's lifespan

It takes around 10 weeks for the sperm to reach maturity. Once the sperm is inside the woman's body it can live up to 5 days or even longer under favorable conditions. However, when it is outside the body, it can only survive from few minutes to several hours.

06. Male and female sperm

There is an equal number of male and female sperm. The female sperm (X sperm) is slower, but stronger, while the male sperm (Y sperm) is faster, but weaker

07. Taste of the semen

It is believed that food man eats, affects the taste of his semen. Fruits are known to make semen taste better, while meat, dairy, coffee, onion and garlic can make semen taste bitter or acidic. Other things like smoking, medications, hygiene may also affect the taste of semen.

08. Unused sperm

Every day a man produces about 70 to 150 million sperm, while during ejaculation he can produce from 200 to 500 million sperm. But what happens, if man does not have sex or masturbates? In this case, the sperm is broken down and reabsorbed by the body with all its nutrients and its untapped potential.

09. Lucky guy

A healthy male produces up to 150 million sperm every day. And while the average ejaculate contains as much as a quarter billion sperm, the route to the egg is not an easy one. There are a lot of obstacles, such as unfavorable conditions of the vagina or the wrong direction it takes to the other fallopian tube. Only about a hundred of sperm can make it closer to the egg and only one: the strongest and the fastest, fertilizes the egg.

 

10. Unfailing supply of sperm

While women are born with the limited amount of eggs, men can never run out of sperm. In fact, men can renew their sperm supply just after 15 minutes after ejaculation. However, it should be mentioned that with the age the quality of sperm may become a bit worse with greater number of slower swimmers and more sperm with DNA damage.

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