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Honey found to be a better treatment for upper respiratory tract infections than traditional remedies
Medical Xpress ^ | AUGUST 19, 2020 | Bob Yirka

Posted on 08/22/2020 9:50:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A trio of researchers at Oxford University has found that honey is a better treatment for upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) than traditional remedies. In their paper published in BMJ Evidence-based Medicine, Hibatullah Abuelgasim, Charlotte Albury, and Joseph Lee describe their study of the results of multiple clinical trials that involved testing of treatments for upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) and what they learned from the data.

Over the past several years, the medical community has grown alarmed as bacteria have developed resistance to antibacterial agents. Some studies have found that over-prescription of such remedies is hastening the pace. Of particular concern are antibacterial prescriptions written for maladies that they are not likely to help, simply due to demands from patients. One such case is often URTIs, the vast majority of which are caused by viruses, not bacteria. Because of such cases, scientists have been looking for other remedies for these infections, and one therapy in particular has begun to stand out: honey.

Anecdotal evidence has suggested that honey can be used to treat colds in general and coughs in particular—people have been using it as a therapy for thousands of years. In this new effort, the researchers looked at the results of multiple clinical trials testing the effectiveness of therapies against URTIs. In all, the team looked at data from 14 clinical trials involving 1,761 patients.

In analyzing the data from all of the trials combined, the researchers found that the trials had included studies of virtually all of the traditional remedies such as over-the-counter cold and sinus medicines as well as antibiotics—and honey. They found that honey proved to be the best therapy among all of those tested. In addition to proving more effective in treating coughing (36 percent better at reducing the amount of coughing and 44 percent better at reducing coughing severity), it also led to a reduction in average duration of infection by two days.

The researchers note that the reason honey works as a treatment for URTIs is because it contains hydrogen peroxide—a known bacteria killer—which also makes it useful as a topical treatment for cuts and scrapes. Honey is also of the right consistency—its thickness works to coat the mouth and throat, soothing irritation.


TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: honey; pulmonary; respiratory
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To: nickcarraway

Yep. I always feel better after Wifey gives me a little “honey”.


21 posted on 08/23/2020 12:01:36 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (Voltaire: "Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool".)
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To: nickcarraway

Honey is too cheap. We must wait til Bill Gates has a cure developed that will cost much more. Till then honey must be banned from being used.


22 posted on 08/23/2020 12:22:27 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: nickcarraway

“Medical Xpress”

That has to be right up there with the New England Journal of Medicine ‘n stuff.

What do you suppose lead author Hibatullah Abuelgasim’s curriculum vitae looks like? Beekeeper?


23 posted on 08/23/2020 12:40:43 AM PDT by Pelham ( Mary McCord, Sally Yates and Michael Atkinson all belong in prison.)
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To: wildcard_redneck

Winnie the Pooh has never been sick once.


24 posted on 08/23/2020 12:43:07 AM PDT by Pelham ( Mary McCord, Sally Yates and Michael Atkinson all belong in prison.)
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To: wildcard_redneck

...attempting to treat disease with food ingredients like ignorant peasants and dying like flies.
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There is an interesting scientific research article on line that replicated a Medieval potion for infections and found it was better than current antibiotics for staph.

It contained garlic, onion, ox gall and wine. Maybe honey, too, I don’t honestly recall.

You can likely find it without too much effort.

Personally, I am happy we have antibiotics and easily obtainable antiseptics. However, many problems _can_ be effectively treated with simple remedies that often, but not always, utilize foodstuffs or contain elements of them. We use them in our home all the time. We have had great results, often for issues for which modern medicine has nothing much to offer. We have survived to our 70s with minimal recourse to modern medicinals. We have often discussed this with clinicians who can usually explain why any particular such treatment works.

Enzymes, preservatives, elements found in the portions of vegetables we normally discard, weeds, plant matter that isn’t normally eaten, minerals,commonly available by-products (like charcoal)...all of these were used by our ancestors to good effect and is likely why the human race thrived to this very day.

It’s an interesting study and could stand us all in good stead in the event civilization does collapse, for whatever reason.


25 posted on 08/23/2020 12:55:33 AM PDT by reformedliberal (Make yourself less available.)
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To: nickcarraway

One way I like to use honey and stay Keto is to take flavored rice cakes, apply cream cheese, then just enough honey to give it sweetness.

To me it’s like having a slice of cheesecake. Not quite but close enough.

Quick, easy, in low cost as well. Apparently I’m also warding off some of the nasties of the world.

If only it would remove leftists...


26 posted on 08/23/2020 1:14:12 AM PDT by Boomer (Leftists/Leftism ruins everything it touches.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

I was prescribed Quadrinal - a combination of ephedrine, theophylline, and phenobarbital. What a trip!


27 posted on 08/23/2020 1:14:22 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (This Space For Rant)
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To: nickcarraway

bookmark


28 posted on 08/23/2020 1:25:23 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: GOP Poet

Bookmark


29 posted on 08/23/2020 1:30:47 AM PDT by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannperhaps thot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor

bbb


30 posted on 08/23/2020 2:11:19 AM PDT by thinden
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To: Jeff Chandler

That’s pretty much what I got too. Trippy dreams at the age of 4 are no fun.

CC


31 posted on 08/23/2020 2:29:49 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: nickcarraway

If you’re otherwise healthy, sure. If you’re immunesuppressed, not so much.

It’s something I munch on regularly anyway; on toast with butter. It settles my stomach, and local honey helps my dog’s skin.

The CBD honey helps her anxiety when I’m gone for days or weeks on a trip.


32 posted on 08/23/2020 2:48:31 AM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: wildcard_redneck

The ruling class and their associates get better treatment.. while the working class goes into medical bankruptcy.


33 posted on 08/23/2020 3:03:57 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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To: minnesota_bound
Honey is too cheap. We must wait til Bill Gates has a cure developed that will cost much more. Till then honey must be banned from being used.

But if the MSM publishes this report of the efficacy of honey then the price will skyrocket - unless the President recommends it. Then it will be "debunked."

34 posted on 08/23/2020 3:13:09 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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To: o-n-money

Bourbon (vasodilator) lemon (vitamin C), and honey


35 posted on 08/23/2020 3:51:22 AM PDT by personalaccts (Is George W going to protect the border?)
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To: nickcarraway

Thank you for posting this.


36 posted on 08/23/2020 3:59:05 AM PDT by gattaca ("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." Ronald Reagan)
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To: nickcarraway
No way.....It says "anecdotal evidence" says it works....

I'm 75...may parents always made honey and lemon tea for us when we had some type of cold/flu.

37 posted on 08/23/2020 4:25:33 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: wildcard_redneck

It was the lead cups they were drinking out of that killed them.


38 posted on 08/23/2020 4:27:08 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: nickcarraway

BTTT!!!


39 posted on 08/23/2020 4:30:40 AM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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To: nickcarraway

Last summer, I moved from Texas to Panama and was ill soon afterwards. My landlord suggested I needed to ingest some of the local honey because the local honey was produced by local bees who were spreading pollen from the local flowers and the honey was said to carry the antibodies to keep you from getting sick from local plants.

I can say it was helpful in soothing my throat and upper palate from too much sneezing but I can’t vouch for the rest. I’ve been suffering from allergies all summer and can only find temporary relief through honey or OTC medicines. I don’t want to take antibiotics constantly because I don’t want to become resistant to them.


40 posted on 08/23/2020 4:53:49 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Face masks are simply mouth diapers for liberals.)
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