You must have heard this many times before; subjecting honey to heat and consuming it is dangerous.
Is heating honey bad?
Is cooking with honey bad?
Does overheating honey make it toxic?
Here’s the truth. It is really okay if you consume food cooked using heat, with honey in it. But it is important not to make a habit of it.
Firstly, consuming honey that is heated, has ZERO health benefits because you have killed all the wonderful goodness of honey. It ends up being a mere sweetener.
Secondly, when honey is heated, it’s chemical composition shifts from being exceptionally life giving, to becoming deleterious to good health. According to Ayurveda, it is said that consuming honey that is treated with heat or mixed with hot food and drink causes ‘Ama’ or accumulation of undigested matter that leads to digestive issues. The chemicals generated by heating honey tend to adhere to mucous linings in the digestive system and obstructs nutrients from food being absorbed by body cells and also obstructs proper discharge of wastes. When that happens disease will inevitably follow.
To conclude, So, baking and cooking with honey is okay on occasion, but do not make a habit of consuming honey subjected to heat.
So here’s the ‘go to’ The Honey Company™ Raw Honey varietals in the same order mentioned. These can be used for teas, coffee, baking, glazes for roasts, chutneys, dips and sauces for various cuisines. These honeys will not fail you. They are very light and will complement whatever you are cooking.
1. Acacia Raw Honey
2. Clover Raw Honey
3. Lychee Raw Honey
P.S. You can experiment with other Raw Honey varieties as well . In which case, please expected the unexpected. You could have fantastic results due to the complex flavours of the honey or…not.
