Also, I read an article the other day that said Muraka honey, specifically, works at 80% effectiveness on staph infections (both the ow's and the clearing it from the nose since that's where it lives most) compared to the ointments like bacitracin (50% effectiveness) that are normally prescribed.
It sounds like Muraka and other kinds of honey (clover, etc.) could have different properties for different things, but like you said there's not much research on it being ingested and having benefits other than "it's good for you lol".
Oh, and blueberries = tasty. :D Those and strawberries have TONS of antioxidants. That reminds me, those fruit and yogurt parfaits at McMunchies have both in them... I'll have to get one soon. I think they're on the dollar menu.
Hehe, you did your research after your sir got sick I see :P How is he doing btw? I haven't heard from G&C in a while.
Honey is actually pretty amazing all around. I think one of the problems with trying to analyze honey as a functional food was that the phytochemical / antioxidant content of honey varies so much depending upon season/temperature, type of pollen used, time collected, etc. It was so much easier to analyze honey in terms of sugar content and antimicrobial capacity, because they tend to be similar across the board.
He's doing much better, back at work and not feeling like crap anymore. Poor thing. LSU Health Center misdiagnosed him. His ow is almost gone though, we're all glad because he complained so much, lol. I was getting worried, he didn't look good. G&C and Tina and I are all doing the bacitracin-in-the-nose thing and will again in three months, because he's had 3 staph and then the MRSA in the span of about 6 months. That should stave it off pretty good, I think.
Ah, I had no idea it was that complicated to analyze honey. D: Maybe one day, though, right?
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Also, I read an article the other day that said Muraka honey, specifically, works at 80% effectiveness on staph infections (both the ow's and the clearing it from the nose since that's where it lives most) compared to the ointments like bacitracin (50% effectiveness) that are normally prescribed.
It sounds like Muraka and other kinds of honey (clover, etc.) could have different properties for different things, but like you said there's not much research on it being ingested and having benefits other than "it's good for you lol".
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Honey is actually pretty amazing all around. I think one of the problems with trying to analyze honey as a functional food was that the phytochemical / antioxidant content of honey varies so much depending upon season/temperature, type of pollen used, time collected, etc. It was so much easier to analyze honey in terms of sugar content and antimicrobial capacity, because they tend to be similar across the board.
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Ah, I had no idea it was that complicated to analyze honey. D: Maybe one day, though, right?
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