Honey: It is important to know!

Honey - this is not just a natural tasty treat, but also one of the most delicious drugs!
Honey can not be heated.After heat treatment saddle loses its beneficial properties and as a result is only one glucose. This is important if you honey is consumed directly as a medicine. Wrong to add it to hot tea - at a temperature above 37 it becomes a normal-calorie sweetness. Better to just eat a couple of spoons of honey and drink tea.
How to identify a fake?
It's enough to dilute the honey with distilled water and add 3-4 drops of iodine. If it goes dark, then, for the manufacture of this product used starch or flour. You can check in another way: Put a few drops of vinegar to honey and if he hiss, then chalk present in honey, which has been added for greater density.
How to store?
If you do not break the rules of storage, honey can be safely stored for several years. Keep it at room temperature in a glass jar (in any case, do not put it in the fridge!) By the winter of real honey is sure to turn into a dense mass, and after - crystallized.