Benefits of "Vasilissa" organic honey

Like other organic foods, organic form of honey also offers many advantages. Here is a short list of benefits of organic form of honey.

Free of antibiotics and pesticides : Pesticides that are sprayed on crops and the antibiotics used in bee keeping are harmful to humans. They cause hazardous diseases such as aplastic anemia and cancer. The veterinary antibiotics that are used to protect the bees from diseases are highly dangerous to humans. Organic honey that is extracted under strict guidelines of apiculture is free of these chemicals and totally safe to use.

Tastier than conventional honey : Like other organic foods organic honey also tastes better than the conventional honey. It could be due to higher concentration of nutrients and lack of contaminants such as pesticides and antibiotics.

Best source of energy : The pure form of honey that is rich in calories is best source of energy. Organic honey gets absorbed completely into the body and gives you the required energy. Hence, consumption of spoon of honey just before workouts will prevent fatigue. Combining honey with protein food will reduce the intensity of delayed muscle pain that develops after strenuous workouts. It will even replenish the lost glycogen stores.

Good for skin : Organic honey, as with any good honey, has the ability to absorb moisture helps to enjoy a healthy glowing skin. It absorbs moisture and prevents the skin from becoming dry. Honey and cinnamon combo serves as a best remedy for acne. Raw form of honey is also used as a topical application to treat burns and wounds. The high sugar content absorbs moisture from the wounded portion and makes it incompatible for bacterial growth. Hence, it not only prevents bacterial infections but also fastens the healing process.

Contains antimicrobial properties : Raw organic honey has anti-microbial properties and helps to treat bacterial infections such as sore throat. It even boosts the immune system’s ability to fight against infections and offers quick relief. Raw honey also treats bladder infections.

Alternative sweetener for diabetics : the ability of the organic honey to get absorbed in to the body immediately and to utilize the absorbed calories for longer duration helps to maintain blood sugar levels. Hence, honey is a safe and best sweetener for diabetics.

Treats other hard to treat medical conditions : Diseases such as arthritis and high cholesterol levels are hard to fight. The honey cinnamon combo treats these medical conditions efficiently. Massage of paste of cinnamon and honey offers immediate relief from arthritic pain. This duo also helps in strengthening arteries and veins in old age. Regular intake of honey and cinnamon prevents heart attacks.

Idle sweetener for baking and cooking : The perfect taste of organic honey that is free of preservatives, pesticides and antibiotics gives delicious flavor to the foods in which it is used. It even makes baked products soft with excellent taste. It is a best addition to tea and salads.

Benefits in infertility : Intake of this honey helps to solve the problem of impotence in men by  increasing the sperm count. It even treats infertility problems in women.

Rich source of nutrients and antioxidants :  Unprocessed honey is rich in nutrients such as vitamins and minerals. It also contains good amounts of antioxidants than the conventional variety. It is because in organic farming plants concentrate on producing more of antioxidants than on growth. Hence, the nectar of the flowers also contains more of these antioxidants that are good for our health. Antioxidants help in elimination of free radicals that are hazardous to health.

Safe to the environment : Organic variety of honey is not only beneficial to us it is also safe to the environment. The strict standards of organic farming prevent use of harmful pesticides and other chemicals to control pests and to promote growth. Hence, the environment remains fresh and it even protects the bee strains from harmful antibiotics. A vast change in environment due to various human activities is causing disappearance of few honey bee varieties. This in turn is causing scarcity of certain rare forms of honey such as White honey. Hence, choosing organic variety is also safe to the environment and bee population.

Why should we prefer the Greek honey? What makes it so special?

Morphological and climatic conditions in Greece with the all year round sunlight, favour the development of a great variety of flora, many species of flowers and herbs, creating thus a unique natural environment, where the societies of bees can be active and prosperous. The combination of various conifers that thrive in our country, the huge variety of flowers that exist here, play the most important role in creating the special organic characteristics of the greek honey, characteristics which have been scientifically proven. A factor contributing to this, is the nomadic mode of practicing apiculture in Greece, which although toil-some, produces wonderful results.
Greek apiarists move their beehives from one end of the country to the other, seeking areas of blossoming and optimizing the production and collection of this wonderful substance.
Greek honey does not originate only from single flower cultivations, as very often is the case with other countries, and this is one of its special qualities.
Moreover, due to the warm and dry Greek climate, as well as due to the nectar collection and its process by the bees, Greek honey has low moisture content, thing which adds to its thick texture.
This is not the case with other countries' honeys, which are
quite fluid because of their high moisture contents.The variety of honeys produced in Greece is wide, and each of these honeys has its own special value. The vast majority of the Greek honey production is made of honey dew mainly from pine trees, but also fir trees, oak trees etc, all of which have high nutritional value because of their high content of natural elements. 
Greek honey is one of very few products which, in our day and age, combine quality with tradition. It is produced by people who love and respect apiculture. Greek apiculture is mainly practiced as a family tradition and the "craft" is inherited from generation to generation. 
But it doesn't stop being developed and modernized.
Greek apiarists are continuously getting educated and more informed in order to optimize their apiculture management and their production techniques.
The apicultural standardization businesses are conducting new researches and investments, in order to be updated and thus adapted to the international standards concerning food safety, by securing optimal production conditions. Greek honey quality protection and its constant improvement is a responsibility and care that we all share.  

Η Vasilissa ταξιδεύει στις ΗΠΑ...

Με μεγάλη επιτυχία και πέραν από κάθε προσδοκία, η Stayia Farm

συνεχίζει τον εξαγωγικό της χαρακτήρα και στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής.

Η σειρά Vasilissa της Stayia Farm με τις 11 δημοφιλής, καινοτόμες προσμίξεις, ταξιδεύουν εδώ και ένα χρόνο σε πάνω από 8 ευρωπαϊκές χώρες. Η έξυπνη ιδέα του θυμαρίσιου μελιού με τα 24 καράτια φύλλων βρώσιμου χρυσού, βρίσκει θαυμαστές και γευστικούς οπαδούς σε πολλά ευρωπαϊκά κράτη και στις ΗΠΑ.

Τα μελισσοκομικά προϊόντα λατρεύτηκαν από το ξένο κοινό και έδωσαν δύναμη στους ανθρώπους της Stayia Farm να ανοίξουν τους ορίζοντες τους και να ξεκινήσουν τις εξαγωγές στις ΗΠΑ.

Η μικρή οικοτεχνία με σταθερά βήματα, προάγει με τον εξαγωγικό της χαρακτήρα, τα ελληνικά προϊόντα και τις ελληνικές εξαγωγές.

Επόμενο σκαλοπάτι στο μακρύ ταξίδι των καινοτόμων μελισσοκομικών προϊόντων Vasilissa, είναι ο εγχώριος διαγωνισμός made in Greece και οι δυο εκθέσεις τροφίμων σε Ελβετία και Ν. Υόρκη, όπου θα λάβει μέρος.

Vasilissa Gold Honey

Honey is often referred to as "liquid gold."
So to emphasize the point, Stayia Farm's beekeepers have added shimmering flecks of edible 24K gold leaf to their finest varieties, encased in tall, slim, graceful bottles to heighten the effect. Stunning to the eye, sublime to the tongue...

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Vasilissa Honey with Cinnamon

It is found that a mixture of Honey and Cinnamon cures most of the diseases. Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Ayurvedic as well as Yunani medicine have been using honey as a vital medicine for centuries. Scientists of today also accept honey as a very effective medicine for all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases. Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients

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HEART DISEASES: Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, chappati, or other bread, instead of jelly and jam and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also those who already had an attack, if they do this process daily, they are kept miles away from the next attack.

Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heartbeat. In America and Canada, various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as age the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon revitalizes the arteries and veins.

INSECT BITES: Take one part honey to two parts of lukewarm water and add a small teaspoon of cinnamon powder, make a paste and massage it on the itching part of the body slowly. It is noticed that the pain recedes within a minute or two.

ARTHRITIS: Arthritis patients may take daily, morning and night, one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured.

In a recent research conducted at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon Cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week out of the 200 people so treated practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.

HAIR LOSS: Those suffering from hair loss or baldness, may apply a paste of hot olive oil, one tablespoon of honey, one teaspoon of cinnamon powder before bath and keep it for approx. 15 min. and then wash the hair. It was found to be effective even if kept on for 5 minutes.

BLADDER INFECTIONS: Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.

TOOTHACHE: Make a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey and apply on the aching tooth. This may be applied 3 times a day till the tooth stops aching.

CHOLESTEROL: Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder
mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, was found to
reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10% within 2 hours. As mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken 3 times a day, any Chronic cholesterol is cured. As per information received in the said journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol.

COLDS: Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for 3 days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold and clear the sinuses.

INFERTILITY: Yunani and Ayurvedic Medicine have been using honey for thousands of years to strengthen the semen of men. If impotent men regularly take two tablespoon of honey before going to sleep, their problem will be solved.

In China, Japan and Far-East countries, women, who do not conceive and need to strengthen the uterus, have been taking cinnamon powder for centuries. Women who
cannot conceive may take a pinch of cinnamon powder in half teaspoon of honey
and apply it on the gums frequently throughout the day, so that it slowly mixes with the saliva and enters the body.

A couple in Maryland, USA, had no children for 14 years and had lost hope of having a child of their own. When told about this process, husband and wife started taking honey and cinnamon as stated above; the wife conceived after a few months and had twins at full term.

UPSET STOMACH: Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomachache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root.

GAS: According to the studies done in India & Japan, it is revealed that if honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.

IMMUNE SYSTEM: Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral diseases.

INDIGESTION: Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food, relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.

INFLUENZA: A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ingredient, which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu.

LONGEVITY: Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly arrests the ravages of old age. Take 4 spoons of honey, 1 spoon of cinnamon powder and 3 cups of water and boil to make like tea. Drink 1/4 cup, 3 to 4 times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age.

Life spans also increases and even a 100 year old, starts performing the chores of a 20-year-old.

PIMPLES: Three tablespoons of Honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water. If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root.

SKIN INFECTIONS: Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.

CANCER: Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month 3 times a day.

FATIGUE: Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful rather than being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon power in equal parts, are more alert and flexible.

Dr. Milton who has done research says that a half tablespoon honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3.00 p.m. when the vitality of the body starts to decrease, increases the vitality of the body within a week.

BAD BREATH: People of South America, first thing in the morning gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water. So their breath stays fresh throughout the day.

HEARING LOSS: Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder taken in equal parts restore hearing.

10 Health Benefits of "Vasilissa Honey"

Health Benefits:

1. Prevent cancer and heart disease:

Honey contains flavonoids, antioxidants which help reduce the risk of some cancers and heart disease.

2. Reduce ulcers and other gastrointestinal disorders.

Recent research shows that honey treatment may help disorders such as ulcers and bacterial gastroenteritis. This may be related to the 3rd benefit…

3. Anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-fungal:

“All honey is antibacterial, because the bees add an enzyme that makes hydrogen peroxide,” said Peter Molan, director of the Honey Research Unit at the University of Waikato in New Zealand.

4. Increase athletic performance.

Ancient Olympic athletes would eat honey and dried figs to enhance their performance. This has now been verified with modern studies, showing that it is superior in maintaining glycogen levels and improving recovery time than other sweeteners.

5. Reduce cough and throat irritation:

Honey helps with coughs, particularly buckwheat honey. In a study of 110 children, a single dose of buckwheat honey was just as effective as a single dose of dextromethorphan in relieving nocturnal cough and allowing proper sleep.

6. Balance the 5 elements: 

Honey has been used in ayurvedic medicine in India for at least 4000 years and is considered to affect all three of the body’s primitive material imbalances positively. It is also said to be useful useful in improving eyesight, weight loss, curing impotence and premature ejaculation, urinary tract disorders, bronchial asthma, diarrhea, and nausea.

Honey is referred as “Yogavahi” since it has a quality of penetrating the deepest tissues of the body. When honey is used with other herbal preparations, it enhances the medicinal qualities of those preparations and also helps them to reach the deeper tissues.

7. Blood sugar regulation:

Even though honey contains simple sugars, it is NOT the same as white sugar or artificial sweeteners. Its exact combination of fructose and glucose actually helps the body regulate blood sugar levels. Some honeys have a low hypoglycemic index, so they don’t jolt your blood sugar.

8. Heal wounds and burns:

External application of honey has been shown to be as effective as conventional treatment with silver sulfadiazene. It is speculated that the drying effect of the simple sugars and honey’s anti-bacterial nature combine to create this effect.

9. Probiotic:

Some varieties of honey possess large amounts of friendly bacteria. This includes up to 6 species of lactobacilli and 4 species of bifidobacteria. This may explain many of the “mysterious therapeutic properties of honey.”

10. Beautiful skin:

Its anti-bacterial qualities are particularly useful for the skin, and, when used with the other ingredients, can also be moisturizing and nourishing! 

Vasilissa is Greek!

Honey is considered one of the most valuable, nutritious and healthiest foods. Having it in our daily diet gives us vitality and contributes to a healthier and longer life. Hippocrates, the father of medicine as well as other important people of the past suggested honey as a medical treatment for various purposes.

This is a view widely expanded around the world and scientifically verified.

Greece has a long tradition in apiculture and has more beehives per acre than any other country in Europe. Greek honey is very distinctive and is considered to be some of the finest honey in the world. This is largely due to the rich variety of Greek flora and unlimited summer sun as well as the minor human intervention to nature.

The biodiversity of the Greek countryside means that there are multiple types of Greek honey, each with its own particular properties and flavors.