Honey is one of our traditional health food, especially propolis is regarded as a good health food. Some mothers also want to use honey for their babies, especially when coughing, think some honey water can stop cough and phlegm, usually drink some honey can also prevent baby constipation ……. The actual fact is that the actual honey is really a great deal more than the actual honey. Nutritional value of honey The composition of honey is mainly fructose, glucose, accounting for more than 75%, water accounted for 22%, and a small amount of fat and protein, other nutritional micronutrients are very few, accounted for 0.1% ranging, but also contains a trace of phytochemicals. Therefore, should be rational understanding of honey, do not gullibly believe some advocate honey has anti-cancer or treatment of all diseases. Honey can relieve coughs, but is not recommended for infants under 1 year of age August 2013, World Health Organization Honey can contain bacteria that cause botulism in infants, so it should not be fed to infants under 12 months of age. Honey is safe for children over 1 year of age. January 2013, Government of Canada Parents should not feed honey to infants under 1 year of age. April 2014, U.S. Centers for Disease Control Do not feed honey to infants younger than 1 year of age or add honey to infant formula, food, or water. Honey carries the risk of contamination with Clostridium botulinum spores, and for infants whose gastrointestinal tracts are not yet functioning well enough, if honey containing Clostridium botulinum spores is taken, the spores may be activated in the intestinal tract and multiply, which in turn produces botulinum toxin, which can lead to toxicity in babies. There have been cases reported in France, Japan and other countries where babies died of botulinum toxin poisoning due to taking honey. So, to be safe, do not give honey to infants. For infants, if they have a cough, the American Academy of Pediatrics suggests trying apple juice to stop the cough, and if necessary, seeing a doctor for symptomatic treatment such as nebulization under the doctor’s guidance, but it is usually not recommended that infants and young children take over-the-counter cough suppressants. Is honey considered a health food? According to the recommendations of the World Health Organization, honey is a free sugar and its intake is restricted for both adults and children. So honey is not a health food and if you ingest it you should treat it as pure sugar and control the amount on a daily basis. Can I rely on honey to relieve my baby’s constipation? Although honey can play a certain role in relieving baby constipation, however, honey contains a large number of monosaccharides, i.e., fructose and glucose, which can be directly absorbed and utilized without the need for gastrointestinal decomposition, long-term consumption of gastrointestinal will make the stomach and intestines become lazy. Therefore, baby constipation should be improved from increasing the amount of vegetables, fruits, drinking water and reasonable diet and so on. Then after 1 year old baby can drink honey without fear? Not really After 1 year old baby, parents can make specific judgments based on the child’s sensitivity to food. If the baby has an allergic reaction to the food, consumption should be cautious. If the baby does not have any special allergic reaction, the mother must control the dosage when feeding honey and related foods, honey 1/3 teaspoon at a time can be, and do not consume it frequently, in order to avoid the hormones in the honey to the baby’s influence.