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Health Benefits and Importance of Natural or Raw Honey and Why we all need it and the Cost

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Raw vegetables are considered more nutritious as compared to cooked vegetables. Same goes with raw honey. Most of us believe honey which is available in local shops is raw in itself but this is not true. Raw honey is non-heated, unpasteurised and unprocessed. It contains natural ingredients like vitamins, enzymes and antioxidants which get destroyed after heating. One can easily distinguish raw honey with its looks. Unlike processed honey which is dark brown in colour, thick and refined, raw honey is milkier and contains bee pollen, broken bee wing fragments and honeycomb bits. Raw honey is high in antioxidant level and contains low moisture content. Honey when mixed with water, hydrolysis and produces an alcoholic smell which prevents it from further usage. Honey is produced and processed in different forms. The most common and widely used honey forms are 1. Liquid Honey Liquid honey is the most popular variety of honey available in the market. It is available in raw and processed