baywax
Sep26-08, 07:47 PM
This is something a Grandmother or the local bee keeper has always told us but, Bee's Honey is now being studied in labs and is showing the promise of being hugely more effective than antibiotics in many cases including super bug infections.
OTTAWA (AFP) - Honey, used in tea or hot water in Canada for generations to soothe sore throats, could soon be substituted for antibiotics in fighting stubborn ear, nose and throat infections, according to a new study.
Ottawa University doctors found in tests that ordinary honey kills bacteria that cause sinus infections, and does it better in most cases than antibiotics.
"It's astonishing," researcher Joseph Marson said of bees' unexplained ability to combine the nectar of flowers into a seemingly potent medicine.
The preliminary tests were conducted in laboratory dishes, not in live patients, but included the "superbug" methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA, which is highly resistant to antibiotics.
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080924/health/canada_medicine_research_1
I've always heard about the Russian Bee Keepers who eat honey all day long, and Royal Jelly from the bees. The rumour about them was that they consistently live to be around 125 years old, and attribute this longevity to their diet of bee's honey and royal jelly. Manuka Honey from New Zealand has also been touted as a cure for the lesions and cuts that won't heal on a Diabetic's body. Now here's some proof that these claims may be real...
OTTAWA (AFP) - Honey, used in tea or hot water in Canada for generations to soothe sore throats, could soon be substituted for antibiotics in fighting stubborn ear, nose and throat infections, according to a new study.
Ottawa University doctors found in tests that ordinary honey kills bacteria that cause sinus infections, and does it better in most cases than antibiotics.
"It's astonishing," researcher Joseph Marson said of bees' unexplained ability to combine the nectar of flowers into a seemingly potent medicine.
The preliminary tests were conducted in laboratory dishes, not in live patients, but included the "superbug" methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA, which is highly resistant to antibiotics.
For the rest of the story click below...
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080924/health/canada_medicine_research_1
I've always heard about the Russian Bee Keepers who eat honey all day long, and Royal Jelly from the bees. The rumour about them was that they consistently live to be around 125 years old, and attribute this longevity to their diet of bee's honey and royal jelly. Manuka Honey from New Zealand has also been touted as a cure for the lesions and cuts that won't heal on a Diabetic's body. Now here's some proof that these claims may be real...