This one's for you cocktail swillers, The NYU Langone Medical Center reveals that honey taken orally might, "increase the body's ability to metabolize alcohol, thereby limiting intoxication and more rapidly reducing alcohol blood levels." Honey shots all around.
coli and salmonella, as well as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, both of which are common in hospitals and doctors' offices. In clinical studies, medical grade honey has been shown to kill food-borne illness pathogens like E. (And don’t knock the healing power of placebos!) Kills antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Whether it can be proven by science or not is one thing but at its worst, it makes for a delicious placebo. That said, some experts say that honey can contain traces of flower pollen, and exposure to small amounts of allergens works as good treatment to combat reactions. As honey has anti-inflammatory effects and is known to soothe coughs, it may not seem like much of a stretch but honey’s efficacy for treating allergy hasn’t been proven in clinical studies. Many people swear by honey’s ability to lessen symptoms of seasonal allergy. More research is needed, but the remedy could hold great potential. In one small trial, 40 percent of cancer patients who were known to be at risk of neutropenia (very low blood count) had no further episodes of the condition after taking two teaspoons daily of therapeutic honey during chemotherapy. The Mayo Clinic notes that honey may be a promising and inexpensive way to prevent low white blood cell count caused by chemotherapy. Potentially prevents low white blood cell count Provides nutrientsĪccording to the National Honey Board, honey contains “small amounts of a wide array of vitamins and minerals, including niacin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.” Thus, using honey instead of sugar provides you with more nutrients for your calories. When used directly, 15 mL to 30 mL of honey has been applied every 12 to 48 hours and covered with sterile gauze and bandages or a polyurethane dressing. Wounds that were sterile at the outset, remained sterile until healed, while infected wounds and ulcers became sterile within one week of applying honey.įor the treatment of burns and wounds, WebMD notes: Honey is applied directly or in a dressing which is usually changed every 24 to 48 hours. All but one of the cases showed remarkable improvement following topical application of honey. In another study, 59 patients suffering from wounds and leg ulcers – of which 80 percent had failed to heal with conventional treatment – were treated with unprocessed honey. In a Norwegian study, a therapeutic honey called Medihoney (a New Zealand honey that undergoes a special purification process) and Norwegian Forest Honey were found to kill all strains of bacteria in wounds. In numerous studies, honey has been found effective in treating wounds. That said, some critics of the study say that it wasn’t scientifically sound because it was small and didn’t last long. After four months, those who took honey or hormone pills recalled about one extra word out of 15 presented on a short-term memory test. Boosts memoryĪccording to research reported by Reuters, 102 healthy women of menopausal age were assigned to consume 20 grams of honey a day, take hormone-replacement therapy containing estrogen and progesterone or do nothing. Another study published in Pediatrics included 270 children aged one to five with nighttime cough due to simple colds in this study, the children who received two teaspoons of honey 30 minutes before bed, coughed less frequently, less severely and were less likely to lose sleep due to the cough when compared to those who didn't get honey. A 2007 study from Penn State College of Medicine that involved 139 children, found that buckwheat honey outperformed the cough suppressant, dextromethorphan (DM), in calming nighttime coughs in children and improving their sleep.
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