There was a great deal of chatter on the World Wide Web final week about Olympic gymnasts’ use of honey during competition. With a bottle of the sticky stuff next to the chalk basin, everyone wondered what purpose it served. Many speculated that it was used for a quick shot of energy, but that turned out to not be the case. The honey, it was later revealed on many websites, was used to help gymnasts preserve a better grip on the bar during undoubtful events.

This actually isn’t very surprising, since honey has many uses for helping the skin. Most recently, in fact, researchers from New Zealand found that burned skin covered with antibiotic ointment healed much more slowly than burned skin coated with honey. Honey not only soothes the pain of burned skin, but it additionally reduces inflammation and prevents further infection.

Being that

the burned skin covered with honey healed about four days faster than burned skin covered in antibiotic creams, bringing a small jar with you on that sunny vacation your planning may not be a not good concept. And, as evidenced by how well the gymnasts performed at that year’s Olympics, bringing it to your kid’s next gymnastics meet wouldn’t hurt, either.

Original post by Chris Sparling

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