Milk with honey - a kind of "perfect pair", two products that perfectly match and complement each other's useful properties. Many of us in childhood, when cold, were given warm milk with the addition of honey, which of course was more pleasant than all kinds of medicines. And today this drink remains popular, and a simple recipe is supplemented with new useful ingredients. What is so useful for milk with honey, and why it is advised to drink before going to sleep, let's talk further.
Use of milk with honey
Milk is one of the most common foods, and its main purpose (feeding children) indicates that it contains the most basic substances for maintaining life and health. It contains valuable protein, well-digested fats, many micronutrients and vitamins. Therapeutic prescriptions with milk are known from ancient times, and under condition of normal digestibility of this product can be used by almost everyone.
Milk is especially effective in treating colds, respiratory system diseases. At the same time, it not only helps to relieve and eliminate unpleasant symptoms more quickly, but also increases the nutritional value of the sick person's diet, because during the disease often the appetite disappears. In addition, even in the Ancient East milk was considered an excellent means for calming the nervous system.
As for honey, there is still no consensus as to where it should be properly classified - for food or medicines. In honey contains more than 70 different substances useful to the human body, with most of the components of honey being fully digestible. Numerous studies show that the constant use of honey enhances the immunobiological reactivity of the body, contributes to strengthening resistance to viruses and bacteria, and during the period of disease helps to cope faster with the infection and facilitate its course.
In addition, honey is a universal antitoxic property, and glucose and fructose in its composition contribute to the regulation of nervous activity, improve the nutrition of the heart muscle and promote the activation of metabolic processes.
Milk with honey for sleeping
Milk with honey, drunk in a warm form for the night, is an effective remedy for insomnia and other sleep disorders, it can provide a quick sleep and a sound sleep. Let's try to understand how this tool works.
As is known, honey in its composition contains a large amount of sugars of the fructose group, the absorption into the blood of which proceeds much more slowly than the absorption of glucose. Thanks to this, when using honey in the body, the required sugar concentration is maintained for a long time, which has a positive effect on the "hunger centers" in the brain, creating a feeling of comfort and tranquility. This improves the quality of sleep - it becomes deeper, more even.
In addition, a good sleep is facilitated by the tryptophan, an amino acid that is contained in sufficient quantities in milk, which provides a normal process of producing a hormone of happiness (serotonin) in the body. The lack of tryptophan causes a depressive state in a person, a feeling of anxiety, which, of course, will interfere with a good sleep.
Milk with butter and honey
For colds accompanied by pain and sore throat , as well as a cough, it is recommended to add a small amount of butter to honey and honey. The use of this drink during the day and at night will help to soften the throat, alleviate pain, speed up sputum and suppress coughing attacks. To prepare a healing drink you need:
- Dilute a teaspoon of honey in a glass of warm (not hot) milk.
- Add oil to the tip of the knife.
- Stir well and drink in small sips.