Why do people in India dont eat honey regularly? Is it not availble readily at the door steps of the consumer?

Question

I beleive that people in Mumbai may not bother for the price when it comes to health, recreation and fashion. then why do people are not having honey regularyl, especially when it is so healthy :-)

Answer 1

they dnt really care.....its really upto them..i bet u get honey there....actually i dont know..ask some1 who lives in mumbai

Answer 2

According to Auryveda Its really good but should take only 2 teaspoons per day.



       They may getting artifial honey. that may sounds bad idea to them.

Answer 3

There are many other things which are healthier than Honey that's why people are not eating

Answer 4

I agree honey is good but why do you think it is a necessity? Well it may be healthy but could also be pretty costly and fattening and could be contra indicated for some one with diabetes. Take a look at this that I found on the net.

Honey is not always healthful. Because it is gathered from flowers in the wild, there are situations in which it may be toxic.

There are several types of honey that are known to be toxic to humans. The most common of these in the northern hemisphere, popularly known as Mad Honey, is produced from the flowers of Rhododendrons, Mountain Laurels and azaleas. The nectar of these plants may contain Grayanotoxin, a compound which is both psychoactive and poisonous to humans but harmless to bees. The effects of Mad Honey have been reported in Western literature as early as 401 BC (See Xenophon's description of the effects of toxic honey in the Anabasis [1]) The shape of the Azalea flower, however, makes access to nectar difficult for honeybees. And during the time at which Azaleas bloom, there are usually other flowers available which are more appealing to the honeybee. So lethal honey is rarely encountered.

Toxic honey may also result when bees are in close proximity to Tutu bushes (Coriaria arborea) and the vine hopper insect (Scolypopa australis). Both are found throughout New Zealand. Bees gather honeydew produced by the vine hopper insects feeding on the tutu plant. This introduces the poison tutin into honey. Only a few areas in New Zealand (Coromandel Peninsula, Eastern Bay of Plenty and the Marlborough Sounds)frequently produce toxic honey. Symptoms of tutin poisoning include vomiting, delirium, giddiness, increased excitability, stupor, coma and violent convulsions. It is generally agreed that as little as 1 teaspoon of toxic honey may produce severe effects in humans. In order to reduce the risk of tutin poisoning, humans should not eat honey taken from feral hives in the risk areas of New Zealand. Since December 2001, New Zealand beekeepers have been required to reduce the risk of producing toxic honey by closely monitoring tutu, vine hopper, and foraging conditions within 3 km of their apiary.

Nonetheless, honey, corn syrup and other natural sweeteners are a potential and acute threat to infants. Harmless to adults because of a mature person's stomach acidity, botulinum spores are widely present in the environment and are among the few bacteria that can survive in honey. Since an infant's digestive juices are non-acidic, ingestion of honey creates an ideal medium for botulinum spores to grow and produce sufficient levels of toxins to cause infant botulism. For this reason, it is advised that neither honey, nor any other sweetener, be given to children under the age of 18 months. Once a child is eating solid food, the digestive juices are acidic enough to prevent the growth of the spores.

For further reading read the following link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey

Hope that info helps. God Bless you.

Answer 5

i have it as often as four times a day sometimes ....

Answer 6

Perhaps, the advantages honey have not properly been marketed.