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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey#In_medicine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey#In_medicine Read up on medical-grade Manuka honey. It's antibacterial proper

by halviti 13y ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey#In_medicine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey#In_medicine Read up on medical-grade Manuka honey. It's antibacterial properties have been proven countless times in medical journals around the world. If you think it's "just sugar", then you've never researched honey.

drakaal 13y ago
Not a single study has proven it to be any more effective than an equivalent "dose" of glucose and fructose. Honey is only "antibiotic" in that being a super cooled crystal it doesn't allow gas exchange so things don't grow in it which is why it doesn't spoil, (and why bees make it).
- collyw 13y ago
  No money for the pharma companies to prove that honey, garlic or any other naturally occurring substances that they can't patent are effective medicines.
- dllthomas 13y ago
  From wikipedia: "Antibacterial constituents and mechanisms identified include hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), methylglyoxal (MGO), bee defensin-1, the osmotic effect, and pH effects." With a footnote to here: http://dare.uva.nl/document/175222 http://dare.uva.nl/document/175222
  - drakaal 13y ago
    Hydrogen Peroxide isn't an anti-bacterial, it is an antiseptic. So that's a great reference. Being as it is wrong.