Does honey work for asthma?Listen to what the pharmacist has to say

Mondo Health Updated on 2024-01-31

This article is from "Nankai Sun Pharmacist", which is used for medical science popularization for reference. Honey is a world-famous bee product, it collects the essence of flowers, carefully brewed, is a good nourishing product in the minds of many people, is endowed with a variety of magical health effects, honey can improve immunity, stomach disease, beauty and beauty, regulate endocrine, protect the liver, etc., add a bit of mystery, but Sun Yaoshi wants to pour a basin of cold water for everyone, from the composition of honey, there is no outstanding, almost 80% of glucose, fructose and sucrose, and nearly 20% of water, and protein, vitamins, Minerals, organic acids and other nutrients together are less than 1%, and from a nutritional point of view, honey is a nutrient profile.

1. High-calorie foods.

Honey is a kind of syrup with a special flavor, like sweet drinks, pastries, ice cream, you need to control the intake, the World Health Organization recommends that the daily intake of refined sugar per person should not exceed 50 grams, it is best to control it within 25 grams, which is equivalent to about 1 2 spoons of honey, for health care to eat more honey, intake too much sugar and calories, the final result is to become fat. So far, the only scientifically confirmed effect of honey is only one, that is, to relieve cough after a cold in children, cough after a cold in children over 1 year old, affecting diet and sleep, eating 2 5ml of pure honey can reduce the degree and frequency of cough, infants and young children under 1 year old can not eat and drink honey, so as not to cause botulism, life-threatening.

Asthma, the full name of bronchial asthma, is one of the most common chronic respiratory diseases, the pathogenesis is not clear, but there is a genetic predisposition, and related to environmental factors, when eating or inhaling an allergen, it will induce an acute attack of asthma, common inducing factors include milk, eggs, fish and shrimp and other foods, dust mites, pollen, cockroaches, pet fur and other irritants, dyes, paints and other chemical materials, metoprolol, aspirin and other drugs, as well as smoking, dust, Air pollution and even laughter may induce asthma, although asthma is not a**, but through regular and regular medication, more than 80% of asthma patients can achieve long-term control, reduce the frequency of attacks, and improve the quality of life.

Honey does contain some enzymes, some people believe that these enzymes can regulate the body's immune function, fight inflammatory mediators, and help control asthma, but people with medical knowledge know that enzymes are macromolecular proteins, and the enzymes eaten reach the gastrointestinal tract, most of which are destroyed by gastric juice and intestinal juice, decomposed into amino acids, lose their activity, and are difficult to play a roleIf you just think that honey is effective in controlling asthma, eat 1 2 spoons a day, there is no harm, it is a psychological comfort, and finally, Pharmacist Sun also reminds all asthma patients that honey can be eaten, but do not use it instead of asthma control drugs, otherwise it will lead to asthma attacks, life-threatening, but the gains outweigh the losses.

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