I noticed a full page advert in today’s newspaper for Manuka Honey. As this is the season where many of us look for help in boosting our health for the oncoming winter I thought I would share a few facts to save you being ripped off.
Honey has healing properties. This has been known for thousands of years. When applied to wounds they heal better and Manuka Honey exhibits the best results. This is scientifically proven fact and applies to pure Manuka Honey of factor 20 and above. A genuine jar of this is extremely expensive.
When you swallow Manuka honey there is no scientific evidence that it works to kill bacteria internally. In the laboratory in a Petri dish it can for example kill the bacteria which causes ulcers but it has not been shown to have any efficacy when swallowed.
In the U.K. we buy more Manuka Honey than is produced in the whole world. That is in this country alone! Fraud is rife in the honey business and in a more litigious society such as the U.S.A. this has been proven in court with highly respectable companies such as Trader Joes being proven to have sold honey which was not as advertised.
The point of this thread is to warn gransnetters not to be conned into buying a product in the belief that it is
1. What it purports to be on the jar or
2. That is has any special health giving properties when swallowed.
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