{"id":56557,"date":"2021-12-08T13:34:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.powermints.de\/?p=56557"},"modified":"2022-05-24T10:47:20","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T09:47:20","slug":"ginger-and-honey-the-perfect-combination-for-the-cold-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.compass-mints.com\/en\/ginger-and-honey-the-perfect-combination-for-the-cold-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Ginger and honey: the perfect combination for the cold season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>When it gets really uncomfortable and cold outside, there is probably nothing better than a cup of warming ginger tea with a spoonful of sweet honey. This combination is not only useful for warming up on cold days, but also has a number of other advantages.<\/strong><\/p><p>For example, ginger (Latin: zingiber officinale) is said to relieve nausea, a feeling of fullness, indigestion and pain. These great effects are due to the essential oils and non-volatile pungent substances, such as gingerol, that each ginger root contains. The typical smell is caused by the contained zingiberol.<\/p><p>In addition, ginger can also be used in cooking. The pungent substance gingerol gives every dish a wonderful flavor and freshness.<\/p><p>For us, ginger is a true miracle cure, but honey also has some great properties. This was known thousands of years ago. The first depictions of people collecting honey date back to 12,000 BC. back.<\/p><p>Honey has long been considered the number 1 home remedy for colds and coughs and of course also as a traditional sweetener.<\/p><p>For the Egyptians, honey was a real treasure. It was used as a commodity and a means of payment and was also considered the &#8220;food of the gods&#8221;. But the Greeks were also enthusiastic about honey early on and used it as a beauty and healing agent. Even Olympic athletes drank honey water back then to regain their strength faster.<\/p><p><strong>Of course, our Compass Mints couldn\u2019t be without such a great combination as ginger and honey. In the ginger-honey pastilles we combine the spicy freshness with a fine sweetness and still remain sugar-free, as always.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it gets really uncomfortable and cold outside, there is probably nothing better than a cup of warming ginger tea with a spoonful of sweet honey. This combination is not&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":56217,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[371],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-56557","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-compass-mints"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.compass-mints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Honey.jpg?fit=2000%2C2000&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.compass-mints.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.compass-mints.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.compass-mints.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.compass-mints.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.compass-mints.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.compass-mints.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.compass-mints.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.compass-mints.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.compass-mints.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.compass-mints.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}