“Manuka honey significantly reduced tumor growth in mice with ER-positive breast cancer cells by 84% without affecting normal breast cells or causing major side effects.”
No need to go take a lot, but it surely looks possible some wouldn’t hurt, and might help a fair amount.
Interesting...where do you get it?
Thanks for sharing!
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Been used for its extremely potent antibacterial effects for thousands of years. I’m talking about humans; yeah, bees use it too!
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Do you eat it. Or do you apply topically and then lick it off?
What is it about the Manuka tree that does this?
Or is it the way the bees process it?
A link to the study...
Manuka Honey Inhibits Human Breast Cancer Progression in Preclinical Models
A very interesting bit...
...Further, MH treatment stimulated apoptosis of MCF-7 cells in vitro, with most cells exhibiting acute and significant levels of apoptosis that correlated with PARP activation...
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.
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 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/
Expensive? Like my wife said "So is chemo."