University of Basrah organizes a scientific workshop on bee honey and its health impact as food and medicine

The Department of Food Sciences at the College of Agriculture, University of Basrah, organized a scientific workshop on honey and its health impact as food and medicine. The workshop aimed to learn about honey, its natural components and its effective effect as food and medicine It included the workshop in which he attended M.D. Muhammad Alwan Salman (Department of Plant Protection - College of Agriculture - University of Basra) M.D. Alia Jamil Ali (Department of Food Sciences - College of Agriculture - University of Basra) M.D. Lina Samir Muhammad (Department of Food Sciences - College of Agriculture - University of Basra) And on the Free conference Call platform on Thursday, 12/8/2021 at 10 am three axes The first axis dealt with the identification of different bee products and their importance to humans, as well as clarifying the most important methods for detecting fraud in honey, while the second axis dealt with the nutritional and therapeutic properties of different types of bee honey, while the third axis referred to the most important natural properties of bee honey as well as the causes of granulation and fermentation Occurring in some types of honey. At the end of the workshop, the speakers called for: 1. Using modern scientific methods to detect the quality of honey. 2. Stay away from wrong ways to detect and promote honey. 3. The introduction of honey in the daily food because of its high nutritional value. 4. It is recommended to take honey for people with blood diseases because it enhances and increases hemoglobin in addition to its effective role in regulating blood pressure. 5. Honey is an effective and safe remedy for children's cough, as it helps remove phlegm, throat infections and relieve cough. Workshop video link https://fccdl.in/ApS0Cc1aZK?st=9