Hey Honey, it’s gonna be a sweet and sticky Saturday night!

Were getting sticky sweet on The Modern Eater this week!

Honey is not only delicious and good for you but did you know honey heals? This week we welcome Colorado Hemp Honey into The Modern Eater studios to learn all the buzz around honey. Serve honey to you pets? Wah? Tune in and hear why Colorado Hemp Honey thinks your furry friends need a lil taste of the sweet nectar of the bees. Does hemp honey get you high? We’ll probably have to ask…

Leave a comment below and tell us how you use honey!

How many uses for honey can you think of?

According to Dr. Axe Food and Medicine here are the TOP 20.

1. Improve digestion – Use a tablespoon or two to counteract indigestion since it doesn’t ferment in the stomach.
2. Relieve nausea – Mix honey with ginger and lemon juice to help counteract nausea.
3. Acne cure – It can be used as an affordable face cleanser to fight off acne, gentle on sensitive/all skin types. Take half a teaspoon, warm between hands and spread on face gently, leave on for 10 minutes then rinse with warm water and pat dry.
4. Exfoliator – Honey makes a great exfoliator! Use honey on dry winter skin by adding two cups of honey to a bath, soak for 15 minutes, then add one cup of baking soda for the final 15 minutes.
5. Improve diabetes – Consumption of raw honey can reduce risk of developing diabetes and help aid medication used to treat diabetes. Raw honey increases insulin and decreases hyperglycemia. Add a little at a time and see how your blood sugar reacts to it.
6. Lower cholesterol – It can help reduce cholesterol and therefore decrease your risk for coronary artery disease.
7. Improve circulation – Raw honey makes your brain function optimally by strengthening the heart and improving blood circulation.
8. Antioxidant support – Consumption of raw honey increases plaque-fighting antioxidants.
9. Restore Sleep – Raw honey promotes restorative sleep. Add a tablespoon to warm milk to help increase melatonin and help you sleep.
10. Pre-biotic support – Raw honey is full of natural prebiotics which promote the growth of good bacteria in the intestine.
11. Improve allergies – If sourced locally, raw honey can help reduce seasonal allergies.
12. Lose weight – Substituting raw honey for white sugar can help in weight management
13. Moisturize – A spoonful of raw honey mixed with olive oil and a squeeze of lemon can be used as a hydrating lotion.
14. Hair mask – Raw honey hair mask can help boost shine, mix 1 tsp of raw honey with 5 cups of warm water, rinse thoroughly , air dry and style as usual.
15. Eczema relief – Use to treat mild eczema. Use it as a topical mixture of equal parts of honey and cinnamon.
16. Reduce inflammation – Raw honey has anti-inflammatory agents that can treat respiratory conditions such as asthma.
17. Heal wounds – Raw honey used topically can help quicken healing time for mild burns, wounds, rashes, and abrasions.
18. Cure UTI – Honey can help improve urinary tract infections due to its antibacterial properties.
19. Shampoo – Raw honey can cleanse and restore the health of your hair and scalp. Try this homemade shampoo recipe.
20. Relieve sore throat – Honey uses for sore throats is another fantastic remedy.  Simply mix it with lemon essential oil and peppermint oil for fast acting benefits.

Colorado Hemp Honey

Who’s making your favorite local craft beer? There’s so much great craft beer in Colorado and we’re featuring it as often as we can, this week it’s Resolute Brewing Company! The next time you’re looking for an awesome dog friendly tap room, with a big outdoor patio, food trucks seven days a week, and serving up award winning craft beer, stop by Resolute Brewing Company!

Resolute Brewing Company, Centennial Colorado

We’re jumping Chef Daniel Asher from inside the kitchen at Acreage! You might hear yelling like “order up!” or “no onions heard”. Our feature segment “In the Kitchen” this week has one of the absolute best chefs in Colorado and planet earth for that matter!  It’s going to be hot, the knives will be chopping, the fryers frying and the chef in the trenches on a Saturday night! This new restaurant Acreage, brought to you by Stem Ciders, Kelly Whitaker’s ID Est. Hospitality Group and chef Asher is making Lafayette a destination city for dinner and cider!

Chef Daniel Asher and chef Kelly Whitaker from Acreage

Are you, ya know, gassy? Bloated? Uncomfortable? Why wouldn’t you like to feel better? If you have that rumble in your gut that puts an odd look on your face when you’re in the middle of a conversation, it might not mean you’re hungry, it might mean you need to change your diet! Carley Smith, The Fairy Gutmother is back, and she has the cast of The Modern Eater Show on the beginning stages of a gut protocol to improve their gut health!

Carley Smith, The Fairy Gutmother

The Modern Eater Show broadcasts live every Saturday night from 6-8pm MT on Denver’s Talk Station 630 KHOW, and you can listen live online right—->HERE!!