A genuine treasure of health and force from Antiquity

Even then they knew !

From the most ancient of times, honey is proposed not only for the “well-being” but also for the “longevity” of people. In Ancient Greece, honey possessed a separate place in the culture as a natural and healthy product, essential in the diet. Writings of Hippocrates reported of these beneficial attributes, that the honey brightens up the color of a person and is most beneficial to the healthy and sick. Pythagoras made the ascertainment that honey makes fatigue disappear, having observed that following his intellectually intensive and manually laborious work; a little honey or with some milk would relax the pestered body and give him new forces. Aristotle and Democritos believed that honey extends life. The educators of Sparta would camp out with the adolescent soldiers for one month on Mt. Taïgetos, where they would nourish exclusively on honey.

Other ancient populations such as the Sumerians, Babylonians, Hittites, Ancient Assyrians and Egyptians had included honey in their diet, and recognized its pharmaceutical and therapeutic attributes. In the Egyptian papyruses, 3500 years ago, honey was reported to have therapeutic powers. The Roman writer, Gaius Plinius Secundus, reports in his books on the important nutritional values of honey as a dietetic supplement.