14/03/2019 Provides Countless Benefits: HONEY As ancient as the human history, benefits of honey is highly reputable and famous for a long time. Being a natural sweetener, honey can touch our lives like a magic wand with its high antioxidant rate. Maybe this is why many civilizations had named honey as the “nectar of the gods”. Honey has natural antibiotic properties as it does not contain any bacteria and it is a very powerful antioxidant. Honey consists of glucose, fructose, iron, calcium, phosphate, sodium chloride, potassium, magnesium and many other minerals. It is also a very rich nutritional source in terms of Vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5 and B6. It is especially good for coughing, insomnia, asthma and bronchitis. Natural honey has antiseptic, antibacterial and antimicrobial properties. These properties help the wounds to be flushed and cuts to heal faster. In addition, honey is good remedy to relieve the pain caused by cuts and wounds. It is not surprising that our moms added honey in our milks and herbal teas when we were sick. According to researches, honey is in fact good for coughing and it relieves sore throat by reducing the intensity of coughing. Our organic, Emirgan Sütiş brand honey that is available in our Emirgan and Çengelköy stores is produced at 1500 m altitude on the foothills of Altıparmak Mountain in Artvin, Yusufeli District by using 100% natural methods. Our production site embraces 60 endemic flower species and it is completely free from human factor. Wildlife of the bees are not interfered with for any reason whatsoever.