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apple cider vinegar, and spices to taste
    1 cup fresh seasonal berries or half a grapefruit (with 1 teaspoon honey)

    Dinner:

    6–8 ounces fresh flounder, sole, or salmon
    Asparagus with lemon, apple cider vinegar, and parsley 1 cup fresh seasonal berries or half a grapefruit (with 1 teaspoon honey)

    â€¢ Drink a minimum of six 8-ounce glasses of water with fresh lemon throughout the day.
    â€¢ Include fat-fighting green tea three times per day. This fat-burning tea contains norepinephrine, a brain chemical that speeds up your metabolism.
    â€¢ You may use up to 5 teaspoons of honey each day . . .
    â€¢ . . . and don’t forget fat-burning raw apple cider vinegar (1 to 3 teaspoons per day). It’s tastier with honey in hot tea or on vegetables with olive oil.
    â€¢ Take a multivitamin mineral supplement.
    â€¢ Check with your doctor before starting this or any diet.
    HEARTY CHUNKS OF HONEY
    A healthful diet and lifestyle is part of the arsenal to beat the battle of the bulge, which can often be linked sooner rather than later to heart disease—still America’s number one killer for both men and women, according to the American Heart Association.
    Heart-healthy honey may help you to lower blood pressure and regulate cholesterol by reducing the bad kind (LDL) while maintaining the good kind (HDL).
    High Blood Pressure
    It’s the total heart-healthy diet and healthy lifestyle package that may help keep blood pressure numbers normal—not just honey. But honey can be a good thing for your heart.
    How Honey Works: It’s time you can say, “Please pass the honey,” rather than pass on the sweet stuff, because its oligosaccharides—good-for-you antioxidants—may help reduce blood pressure. But that’s not all....
    The Honey Revolution author Fessenden links sleep deprivation and elevated blood pressure. If you’re not getting adequate zzz’s it can lead to hypertension, since you’re not allowing your body to get its needed rest and rejuvenation. That’s why consuming honey before bedtime is heart-healthy, because it “reduces the release of adrenaline, a catecholamine that raises blood pressure and heart rate,” says Fessenden. “Longer sleep means a reduced risk for hypertension.” 7
    What You Can Do: Try eating 1 teaspoon of honey before bedtime. Pairing it with a cup of milk or herbal tea will increase the odds of you getting seven to eight hours of sleep and keeping those BP numbers at 120/80—and lower.
    And chances are, if you have high blood pressure you may have high cholesterol, too.
    Cholesterol Ups and Downs
    In adults, total cholesterol levels of 240 milligrams or higher are considered high risk and levels from 200 to 239 are considered borderline high risk, according to the AHA. Your triglyceride level should not be more than 150. Research proves that polyphenols—like the kind found in honey—can help you stay heart-healthy. Research shows bee foods may also have a positive benefit on the heart.
    How Honey Works : A small study in Japan showed that royal jelly supplements lower cholesterol levels in humans. The scientists studied the effects on cholesterol and triglycerides. Several people took 6 grams a day of a royal jelly supplement for four weeks. Their total cholesterol and low-density LDL “bad” cholesterol was much lower than that of those people in the control group who experienced no change in cholesterol levels. 8
    What You Can Do: If you want to lower your cholesterol, you may get help from royal jelly like queen bees do. This bee “caviar” supplies heart-healthy B vitamins, antioxidants C and E, more than a dozen minerals, 18 amino acids, and other key heart helpers. Royal jelly is available at health-food stores. It’s sold in a variety of forms, including fresh royal jelly, royal jelly honey (this is what I have, and it is edible in smoothies), and capsules. The recommended dose