Raw honey and Lyme Disease

Kev9412

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Joined : May 2017

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Posted 6/26/2017 11:51 AM (GMT 0)

Hello, so I heard that raw honey actually got some great anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, antioxidant and antiviral properties. On the other hand I also knew that raw honey contains a great deal of sugar so it actually can be inflammatory for lymies. So question comes, is raw honey inflammatory, or anti-inflammatory? lol

TxBart

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Posted 6/26/2017 12:11 PM (GMT 0)

I've been curious about honey as well, so this weekend I went for the big guns and ordered some Manuka honey with a UMF of 20+. I'm not sure how much has to be consumed on a daily basis to do any good. I'm not expecting it to cure me, but if it helps even a little bit, it's money well spent.

Traveler

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Posted 6/26/2017 12:55 PM (GMT 0)

I think it comes down to personal tolerances. I can't have a lot of sugar, or my intestines get crazy with cramping and making all kinds of odd noises, so I can't have a lot of honey, but I can use some, so I'm not sure if it would help me to take it daily for the other properties.

Others have found Manuka honey to be beneficial - but I don't know the daily dose either.

But honey has a lot of great things about it: /link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00217-014-2297-6

And while honey is listed as okay in many Lyme diets and treatments - it's not a good choice for those that are battling yeast issues. Sugar is sugar at that point.

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