Roasting coffee beans creates stable antioxidants, which are believed to help protect human cells from damage and premature aging, according to a new study from the University of B.C.
And you might want to go for the medium rather than the dark roast if you want the maximum dose of antioxidants, the research says. The beneficial compounds created by the roasting process start to break down with excessive roasting at high heat, said lead author Yazheng Lui, a master's student at UBC's faculty of land and food systems.
The work of Lui and her co-author professor David Kitts brings some clarity to a murky brew of previous research that had produced conflicting data about the abundance and nature of the antioxidant qualities of coffee, which had been attributed to caffeine and to the presence of naturally occurring antioxidants. Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Coffee+beans+could+keep+cells+healthy+says+study/4217528/story.html#ixzz1CveJe6z2
Kathleen Hardison is the founder of BeeGoodTrading.com. BeeGood Trading offers specialty foods, gourmet coffees from around the world, and artisanal honeys such as Tupelo honey. BeeGoodTrading.com delivers same day shipping on roast to order specialty coffees, artisanal honey, organic teas, and other gourmet products. For more information, visit http://www.beegoodtrading.com/.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
What is Honey? Food that is as good as Gold!
Honey is also used as an adjunct in some beers . Honey is a sweet substance, yielded by honey bees from the nectar of the flowers. Honey is a sweet syrup bees make for their food. They make honey from the nectar of flowering plants. Honey is a sweet, thick sugary solution made by bees. Honey that is darker than amber shall be designated dark amber comb honey.
Honey is very good for burns, abrasions, and indigestion. Honey may be frozen, although there's really no need. Do not be alarmed if stored honey becomes cloudy. Honey is relatively shelf-stable meaning it doesn't expire, but it should be stored in an air-tight jar. Tupelo honey never crystallizes and can be room temperate kept for years. Honey is then placed in another holding tank while the wax is cut and stored separately. Honey was collected from UAE. It was stored in dark containers at room temperature for using in the study.
Honey is graded, on a voluntary basis, using USDA standards. Honey is selected from individual batches to insure that each meets the highest quality standards. Honey was also found to improve the sleep quality of both the coughing children and their parents. Honey may be a fantastic treatment for the cough and sore throat; and sleep difficulty associated with childhood upper respiratory infection. Honey has a traditional folklore usage for the treatment of peptic ulcers.
Honey has also been used successfully on chronic foot ulcers in lepers and diabetic foot ulcers. Honey is very good for us, so it is used in lots of things we buy in the shops. Honey was used for cooking, preserving meats, vegetables, fruits, sauces and dressing. Honey is available in quantity only for a few months each year, as is true for non-baobab fruits. Honey is not recommended for babies under one year of age.
Honey is sometimes sold in bear-shaped jars or squeeze bottles. You should try the 20 oz Glass Flute of Tupelo Honey, which is the best honey available.
Kathleen Hardison is the founder of BeeGoodTrading.com. BeeGood Trading offers specialty foods, gourmet coffees from around the world, and artisanal honeys such as Tupelo honey. BeeGoodTrading.com delivers same day shipping on roast to order specialty coffees, artisanal honey, organic teas, and other gourmet products. For more information, visit http://www.beegoodtrading.com/.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
How Gourmet Coffee Can Benefit Your Health
The reports we hear and see about the benefits and risks of drinking coffee can be confusing. Some reports say that drinking coffee offers many health benefits. While other reports say that drinking coffee carries health risks. One week the gourmet coffee you love to drink is good for you, and the very next week it is bad for you.
A lot of the confusion begins with the caffeine content found in coffee. It is the caffeine that makes coffee such a stimulating drink. Caffeine gives you a quick energy boost and may even help you focus more on what you are doing and can help you remember details a little better. But caffeine has also been shown to cause health risks when consumed in large amounts. How much is too much is hotly debated in health circles, and a clear consensus on the allowable amount of caffeine that can be consumed daily without risking health, remains to be reached. Taking a more cautious stance on the suggested amounts of caffeine that can safely consumed however, many health experts do recommend a limiting of no more than 3 cups of caffeinated coffee per day for coffee drinkers, and reducing caffeine intake from other beverages like teas and sodas.
Lost in the shadows of all the debating over caffeine in coffee are the health benefits that gourmet coffee, for example, offers. Gourmet coffee is derived from the seed or bean of the Arabica coffee plant. It has far less caffeine content than the coffee that is made from the seeds of other varieties of the coffee plant. The Arabica coffee plant is typically grown in elevations ranging from 1000 to more than 5,500 feet above sea level, and in regions with rich soils and climates that foster the healthy growth and development of this plant. Because of these conditions, the beans retain higher amounts of their healthy properties while less-desirable properties such as caffeine are reduced.
The gourmet coffee bean used in the brewing of gourmet coffee for drinking, is full of antioxidants that offer us protection against the radicals that are present in our bodies and that can make us sick and even make us more susceptible to major conditions like heart disease and cancers. The conditions under which the gourmet coffee bean is grown permits less use of pesticides which are harmful to humans, animals, plants, and the environment. When pesticides are used to control insect infestations and plant diseases, they can infiltrate the plant and remain there even after processing, although usually in lesser amounts. But consuming pesticides in any amounts from the foods we eat and the beverages we drink is not good for our health. They can cause serious and even deadly risks to our health when consumed regularly because the level of pesticides grows higher than what our bodies has natural defenses to fight. Other harmful substances are often added to foods and drinks made available for consumers to extend shelf life and enhance appearance, and these can harm our health as well. Read more: http://www.coffee-house.net/how-gourmet-coffee-can-benefit-health
Kathleen Hardison is the founder of BeeGoodTrading.com. BeeGood Trading offers specialty foods, gourmet coffees from around the world, and artisanal honeys such as Tupelo honey. BeeGoodTrading.com delivers same day shipping on roast to order specialty coffees, artisanal honey, organic teas, and other gourmet products. For more information, visit http://www.beegoodtrading.com/.
A lot of the confusion begins with the caffeine content found in coffee. It is the caffeine that makes coffee such a stimulating drink. Caffeine gives you a quick energy boost and may even help you focus more on what you are doing and can help you remember details a little better. But caffeine has also been shown to cause health risks when consumed in large amounts. How much is too much is hotly debated in health circles, and a clear consensus on the allowable amount of caffeine that can be consumed daily without risking health, remains to be reached. Taking a more cautious stance on the suggested amounts of caffeine that can safely consumed however, many health experts do recommend a limiting of no more than 3 cups of caffeinated coffee per day for coffee drinkers, and reducing caffeine intake from other beverages like teas and sodas.
Lost in the shadows of all the debating over caffeine in coffee are the health benefits that gourmet coffee, for example, offers. Gourmet coffee is derived from the seed or bean of the Arabica coffee plant. It has far less caffeine content than the coffee that is made from the seeds of other varieties of the coffee plant. The Arabica coffee plant is typically grown in elevations ranging from 1000 to more than 5,500 feet above sea level, and in regions with rich soils and climates that foster the healthy growth and development of this plant. Because of these conditions, the beans retain higher amounts of their healthy properties while less-desirable properties such as caffeine are reduced.
The gourmet coffee bean used in the brewing of gourmet coffee for drinking, is full of antioxidants that offer us protection against the radicals that are present in our bodies and that can make us sick and even make us more susceptible to major conditions like heart disease and cancers. The conditions under which the gourmet coffee bean is grown permits less use of pesticides which are harmful to humans, animals, plants, and the environment. When pesticides are used to control insect infestations and plant diseases, they can infiltrate the plant and remain there even after processing, although usually in lesser amounts. But consuming pesticides in any amounts from the foods we eat and the beverages we drink is not good for our health. They can cause serious and even deadly risks to our health when consumed regularly because the level of pesticides grows higher than what our bodies has natural defenses to fight. Other harmful substances are often added to foods and drinks made available for consumers to extend shelf life and enhance appearance, and these can harm our health as well. Read more: http://www.coffee-house.net/how-gourmet-coffee-can-benefit-health
Kathleen Hardison is the founder of BeeGoodTrading.com. BeeGood Trading offers specialty foods, gourmet coffees from around the world, and artisanal honeys such as Tupelo honey. BeeGoodTrading.com delivers same day shipping on roast to order specialty coffees, artisanal honey, organic teas, and other gourmet products. For more information, visit http://www.beegoodtrading.com/.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
EARTH WEEK 2010...THE BUZZ ON HONEY
For centuries honey has been called the nectar of the gods. It is a delicious, thick, natural sweetener made by bees for their own nourishment. We, however, have hopped onto the honeybees’ bandwagon and enjoy the fruits of their labor.
Honey provides a natural source of energy and many nutritional health benefits. It contains a wide variety of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and amino acids and is a good nutritional food to include in our diet.
Bees make their honey in one of the world’s most efficient facilities, the beehive. Bees may collectively travel as much as 55,000 miles and visit more than 2 million flowers to gather enough nectar to make just a pound of honey. An amazing feat, indeed.
There are about 300 unique varieties of honey available in the United States; they come in a range of colors from white, amber, red and brown to almost black. In general, the lighter-colored honeys taste milder and darker, deeper-colored honeys are bolder with a more robust flavor. The colors and flavors depend upon the nectar source or blossoms the bees visit. Honey comes in various forms such as liquid, comb, cut-comb, solid (granulated or crystallized) and chunk.
BeeGood Trading Company carries more of the most coveted varieties including Tupelo, Organic Acacia, Sourwood, Honeycombs and more.
Honey can be a great addition to many recipes. Select it based on your own personal tastes or the recommendation of your specific recipe. Honey can sweeten a savory dish, help tame spicy flavors or give a boost to bland-tasting foods. It adds a light, sweet taste to marinades, dressings and glazes used for meat, fish or vegetables and sweetness to desserts including cakes, pies, cookies and other baked goods.
It is a delicious alternative to butter or spreads on top of toast and makes a great dip for fruits such as apples and bananas. A delicious sandwich is a combination of peanut butter, sliced bananas and honey. Give it an extra nutritional boost by using whole-wheat bread.
Honey makes a good replacement for sugar in most recipes. As it is sweeter than sugar, you need to use less, 1/2 to 3/4 of a cup of honey for each cup of sugar. You should also reduce the amount of liquid in the recipe by 1/4 cup for each cup of sugar replaced by honey. In addition, reduce the cooking temperature by 25 degrees because honey causes foods to brown more easily. Some cooks add a tiny pinch of baking soda to the recipes of baked goods to counteract the slight acidity of the honey. To prevent honey from sticking to measuring spoons and cups, lightly coat the utensils with a vegetable spray before measuring the honey.
With an indefinite shelf life because of its high concentration of sugar, honey should be kept cool and dry, away from direct sunlight in a tightly covered container so it doesn’t absorb moisture from the air. If your honey crystallizes, place the container in hot water for about 15 minutes; this will help return it to its liquid state. Beyond that....enjoy!
Read more: http://www.sunherald.com/2010/04/20/2115953_p2/earth-week-2010-the-buzz-on-honey.html#ixzz0lpfboN3a
Kathleen Hardison is the founder of BeeGoodTrading.com. BeeGood Trading offers specialty foods, gourmet coffees from around the world, and artisanal honeys such as Tupelo honey. BeeGoodTrading.com delivers same day shipping on roast to order specialty coffees, artisanal honey, organic teas, and other gourmet products. For more information, visit http://www.beegoodtrading.com/.
Honey provides a natural source of energy and many nutritional health benefits. It contains a wide variety of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and amino acids and is a good nutritional food to include in our diet.
Bees make their honey in one of the world’s most efficient facilities, the beehive. Bees may collectively travel as much as 55,000 miles and visit more than 2 million flowers to gather enough nectar to make just a pound of honey. An amazing feat, indeed.
There are about 300 unique varieties of honey available in the United States; they come in a range of colors from white, amber, red and brown to almost black. In general, the lighter-colored honeys taste milder and darker, deeper-colored honeys are bolder with a more robust flavor. The colors and flavors depend upon the nectar source or blossoms the bees visit. Honey comes in various forms such as liquid, comb, cut-comb, solid (granulated or crystallized) and chunk.
BeeGood Trading Company carries more of the most coveted varieties including Tupelo, Organic Acacia, Sourwood, Honeycombs and more.
Honey can be a great addition to many recipes. Select it based on your own personal tastes or the recommendation of your specific recipe. Honey can sweeten a savory dish, help tame spicy flavors or give a boost to bland-tasting foods. It adds a light, sweet taste to marinades, dressings and glazes used for meat, fish or vegetables and sweetness to desserts including cakes, pies, cookies and other baked goods.
It is a delicious alternative to butter or spreads on top of toast and makes a great dip for fruits such as apples and bananas. A delicious sandwich is a combination of peanut butter, sliced bananas and honey. Give it an extra nutritional boost by using whole-wheat bread.
Honey makes a good replacement for sugar in most recipes. As it is sweeter than sugar, you need to use less, 1/2 to 3/4 of a cup of honey for each cup of sugar. You should also reduce the amount of liquid in the recipe by 1/4 cup for each cup of sugar replaced by honey. In addition, reduce the cooking temperature by 25 degrees because honey causes foods to brown more easily. Some cooks add a tiny pinch of baking soda to the recipes of baked goods to counteract the slight acidity of the honey. To prevent honey from sticking to measuring spoons and cups, lightly coat the utensils with a vegetable spray before measuring the honey.
With an indefinite shelf life because of its high concentration of sugar, honey should be kept cool and dry, away from direct sunlight in a tightly covered container so it doesn’t absorb moisture from the air. If your honey crystallizes, place the container in hot water for about 15 minutes; this will help return it to its liquid state. Beyond that....enjoy!
Read more: http://www.sunherald.com/2010/04/20/2115953_p2/earth-week-2010-the-buzz-on-honey.html#ixzz0lpfboN3a
Kathleen Hardison is the founder of BeeGoodTrading.com. BeeGood Trading offers specialty foods, gourmet coffees from around the world, and artisanal honeys such as Tupelo honey. BeeGoodTrading.com delivers same day shipping on roast to order specialty coffees, artisanal honey, organic teas, and other gourmet products. For more information, visit http://www.beegoodtrading.com/.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Tupelo Honey...An Epicurean Treat!
White tupelo honey is sometimes called fine tupelo honey and is the most expensive honey because it is the most expensive to produce. Care must be taken by the beekeepers to clean the combs at the right time so that when the white tupelo gum tree blossoms, only the honey from these blossoms is collected. White tupelo honey is a prized, sweet and delicious light amber table honey with a greenish hue to it and it won't granulate or crystallize.
Black tupelo honey is made from the blossoms of the black tupelo gum tree, nyssa sylvatica, and it produces a darker honey that will granulate. Black tupelo is not prized for table honey and is often used as a bakery grade honey. Both white and black types of tupelo honey are produced by placing bees on platforms on the tupelo gum trees in the spring months. As the bees travel through the swamps they produce the honey from the gum trees' nectar.
If top quality white tupelo honey is mixed with any other type of honey such as black tupelo, wildflower or gallberry, it will granulate. Only fine white tupelo honey won't granulate or crystallize. The delightful taste of pure white tupelo honey can be savored on hot buttered toast or cold vanilla ice cream as well as on or in many other foods.
Tupelo honey was mentioned in the 1997 movie, Ulee's Gold, that stars Peter Fonda as a beekeeper who also battles bank robbers and looks after his abandoned grandchildren. Many aspects of tupelo honey production and beekeeping were taught to Fonda by the Lanier family of Wewahitchka, Florida. L.L. Lanier and Sons produces fine tupelo honey and some family members were extras in the movie. Tupelo Honey is also the name of Irish singer Van Morrison's song and album released in November of 1971. The song declares: "She's as sweet as tupelo honey. Just like honey from the bee."
Kathleen Hardison is the founder of BeeGoodTrading.com. BeeGood Trading offers specialty foods, gourmet coffees from around the world, and artisanal honeys such as Tupelo honey. BeeGoodTrading.com delivers same day shipping on roast to order specialty coffees, artisanal honey, organic teas, and other gourmet products. For more information, visit http://www.beegoodtrading.com/.
Black tupelo honey is made from the blossoms of the black tupelo gum tree, nyssa sylvatica, and it produces a darker honey that will granulate. Black tupelo is not prized for table honey and is often used as a bakery grade honey. Both white and black types of tupelo honey are produced by placing bees on platforms on the tupelo gum trees in the spring months. As the bees travel through the swamps they produce the honey from the gum trees' nectar.
If top quality white tupelo honey is mixed with any other type of honey such as black tupelo, wildflower or gallberry, it will granulate. Only fine white tupelo honey won't granulate or crystallize. The delightful taste of pure white tupelo honey can be savored on hot buttered toast or cold vanilla ice cream as well as on or in many other foods.
Tupelo honey was mentioned in the 1997 movie, Ulee's Gold, that stars Peter Fonda as a beekeeper who also battles bank robbers and looks after his abandoned grandchildren. Many aspects of tupelo honey production and beekeeping were taught to Fonda by the Lanier family of Wewahitchka, Florida. L.L. Lanier and Sons produces fine tupelo honey and some family members were extras in the movie. Tupelo Honey is also the name of Irish singer Van Morrison's song and album released in November of 1971. The song declares: "She's as sweet as tupelo honey. Just like honey from the bee."
Kathleen Hardison is the founder of BeeGoodTrading.com. BeeGood Trading offers specialty foods, gourmet coffees from around the world, and artisanal honeys such as Tupelo honey. BeeGoodTrading.com delivers same day shipping on roast to order specialty coffees, artisanal honey, organic teas, and other gourmet products. For more information, visit http://www.beegoodtrading.com/.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Peace Honey: Honey That Gives Back
Honey with a cause! Partnering with Heifer International to purchase and package this premium honey from their beekeeping projects in Honduras, $3 is donated to Heifer for each bottle sold. Softly sweet with floral notes, this honey compliments toast, tea and a variety of other foods equally.
Heifer International is a non-profit organization whose goal is to help end world hunger and poverty through self-reliance and sustainability. Heifer’s mission is to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and care for the earth. By giving families a hand-up, not just a hand-out, they empower them to turn lives of hunger and poverty into self-reliance and hope. More: http://www.beegoodtrading.com/servlet/the-Peace-Honey/Categories
Kathleen Hardison is the founder of BeeGoodTrading.com. BeeGood Trading offers specialty foods, gourmet coffees from around the world, and artisanal honeys such as Tupelo honey. BeeGoodTrading.com delivers same day shipping on roast to order specialty coffees, artisanal honey, organic teas, and other gourmet products. For more information, visit http://www.beegoodtrading.com/.
Heifer International is a non-profit organization whose goal is to help end world hunger and poverty through self-reliance and sustainability. Heifer’s mission is to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and care for the earth. By giving families a hand-up, not just a hand-out, they empower them to turn lives of hunger and poverty into self-reliance and hope. More: http://www.beegoodtrading.com/servlet/the-Peace-Honey/Categories
Kathleen Hardison is the founder of BeeGoodTrading.com. BeeGood Trading offers specialty foods, gourmet coffees from around the world, and artisanal honeys such as Tupelo honey. BeeGoodTrading.com delivers same day shipping on roast to order specialty coffees, artisanal honey, organic teas, and other gourmet products. For more information, visit http://www.beegoodtrading.com/.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Honey to Jazz Up Your Recipes....and Yes, Including Chili....
Chili is the kind of dish that can be made simply, with meat, beans and a tomato mixture, or jazzed up with lots of seasonings, bell peppers and even honey and beer.
Check your household to see what kind they prefer. If you can’t get to the River City Charity Chili Cookoff Saturday, here are some recipes to make at home.
The beer and honey are in the Cowboy Beef and Black Bean Chili recipe in “The Healthy Beef Cookbook” published by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and American Dietetic Association. Read more: http://www.decaturdaily.com/detail/53737.html
Kathleen Hardison is the founder of BeeGoodTrading.com. BeeGood Trading offers specialty foods, gourmet coffees from around the world, and artisanal honeys such as Tupelo honey. BeeGoodTrading.com delivers same day shipping on roast to order specialty coffees, artisanal honey, organic teas, and other gourmet products. For more information, visit http://www.beegoodtrading.com/.
Check your household to see what kind they prefer. If you can’t get to the River City Charity Chili Cookoff Saturday, here are some recipes to make at home.
The beer and honey are in the Cowboy Beef and Black Bean Chili recipe in “The Healthy Beef Cookbook” published by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and American Dietetic Association. Read more: http://www.decaturdaily.com/detail/53737.html
Kathleen Hardison is the founder of BeeGoodTrading.com. BeeGood Trading offers specialty foods, gourmet coffees from around the world, and artisanal honeys such as Tupelo honey. BeeGoodTrading.com delivers same day shipping on roast to order specialty coffees, artisanal honey, organic teas, and other gourmet products. For more information, visit http://www.beegoodtrading.com/.
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