Posted on 08/21/2024 9:27:40 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
There’s a lot more Manuka honey sold every year than is produced. Buyer beware.
Manuka honey is said to work on. Things like diabetic foot and/or ulcers better than traditional methods of treating g the ulcers.
Manuka honey...
The price just doubled and it was already expensive.
Good tip - thanks. Will be cautious.
Manuka is $13 for 8oz at Amazon. Manuka hype is amusing, when I can buy 24oz of verified clover honey for $5 at Aldi last week. It has this seal of verification on the bottle>>>>
https://www.instagram.com/truesourcehoney/
Beware...you really need Raw Manuka with a high UMF (24+ is what I get)...and a high MGO (1122+). I get it thru New Zealand Honey Co. It is not cheap.
Other honey types do not have significant amounts of MGO if any; just sugars and hydrogen peroxide produced by enzymes.
Clover honey has little or no MGO. Also, authentic Manuka such as Med-Honey (for topical use) is priced at more like $7.50 per half ounce.
Any real certified honey will work on a wound/ Though I prefer H2O2. I doubt that Munuka is any better on an open would, than the certified clover I bought last week.
The honey I bought had this certification>>>>>>
“True Source Certified® Honey: This certification ensures that honey is sourced from beekeepers who adhere to strict quality standards. The honey is subjected to comprehensive testing regardless of its origin, providing assurance to consumers about its authenticity and quality.”
The various components significantly help with autolytic debridement, even if the ulcer is not infected.
All honeys will have weak antibacterial action but honeys without MGO do not work as well. Huw could they? Lots of research and traditional supports this.
“Also, authentic Manuka such as Med-Honey (for topical use) is priced at more like $7.50 per half ounce.”
What topical use besides open wounds? You are being scammed by Maunka. Anyways use H2O2 on cuts and wounds. Long term wounds? Use H2O2 many times a day. I bought 32oz H2O2 at Wally Mart three weeks ago for 99¢. Used eyedropper to pour into both ears. H2O2 dissolved all the wax. My hearing improved 7x better
Bee vomit.
I love honey. I have a pantry about 4 x 8 and there’s over a hundred pounds of it in there. All kinds, blueberry, cranberry, orange blossom, buckwheat, wildflower, clover, sunflower, and some others. I’m a honey hoarder. Whenever I have an extra couple bucks and I see a kind of honey I don’t have, I put it in my cart. I use it in my coffee every morning, in marinades, desserts, etc. I’m rarely sick, don’t know if the honey helps with my health or not, but it doesn’t hurt. I’ve tried Manuka, thought it was over priced and was not as flavorful as some of the others. My favorite honey is from my neighbor’s bees. Dark and delicious.
I need to correct that spelling to Medihoney, which is actually a blend of different leptospermum honeys and is considered Manuka (although not with a real high MGO content). The hydrogen peroxide content in honey is an important component for wound care.
“I’ve tried Manuka, thought it was over priced...”
That’s probably true if you’re not specifically using it for medical purposes.
I found this interesting piece of info:
The colour of honey reflects various components present such as polyphenols, minerals, and pollen [21], with dark honey having a higher amount of pigments such as flavonoids [22]. The colour of honey ranges from light yellow, through to amber and dark reddish amber to a nearly black colour [23]. According to the results of Estevinho et al., dark honey has a high level of phenolic compounds and this has been shown to have a good correlation with its higher antibacterial activity [24]. Molan also highlights that dark-coloured honey obtained from the mountains of central Europe has a particularly high antibacterial activity compared to the light variant from the same region [10]. Other dark-coloured honeys have also demonstrated high antibacterial activity such as sweet chestnut honey (Castanea sativa), Manuka honey (Leptospermum scoparium), and Heather honey.
Much more at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6589292/
It did.
As a control for another honey product, we used 5% Mesquite honey, a honey native to the southwestern United States and Mexico.
These findings suggest that the pro-apoptotic effects of Manuka honey are not associated with the sugar content of Manuka, nor are the pro-apoptotic effects associated with Mesquite honey from a different region.
Wow!
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