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Never Combine these 4 things with Honey. Ayurveda Rules


Who doesn’t love sweet substance, honey? Apart from numerous Health benefits, this natural sweetener has tons of Medicinal value. It is mentioned in Ayurveda that honey is best Yogavahi, or catalyst. Catalyst has the ability to carry the properties of medicine added it. But this vigorous substance can also turn dangerous if it is mixed with the wrong ingredients.

However, experts recommend precautionary activities while combining honey with certain foods since not all combinations are dangerous for consumption. Here is the list down of unsafe combinations of honey which should be avoided no matter what the cost is.

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1. Do not mix Ghee and honey in equal quantities

Avoid blending honey and ghee in equal quantities. Honey and ghee are not taken into account as a perfect combination. This could leave into unpleasant kickbacks in one’s health. One such erroneous combinations are honey-oat cookies or muffins, clarified butter is used along with honey Even Acharya Charaka, one of the pioneers of the ancient discipline of Ayurveda, has forewarned against this possibly fatal mixture of ghee and honey. But it is agreeable to combine in an unequal ratio of two (2:1).

2. Do not combine radish and honey

According to Ayurvedic texts, a fusion of radish with honey can result in the formation of toxic compounds. Next time when you cook salad with honey dressing, make sure you don’t add radish to it.

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3. Mixing honey with non-vegetarian food

Now blending honey with non-vegetarian foods has become an all in a day’s work, notably glossing for roasts. Honey and meat products are incompatible as per Ayurvedic principles and putting together these ingredients with combating qualities can cause health problems.

4. Adding honey to boiling hot water

Nowadays honey is regularly used as a sweetener in teas and other flavoured beverages. According to Ayurveda, another strictly forbidden combination issuing honey with boiling hot water or other beverages. While raw honey is considered to have nectar, cooked honey is dangerous. Studies uncover that heating honey above 60 degrees Celsius causes a significant rise in hydroxymethyl furfuraldehyde (HMF) which can cause toxicity in human beings.

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