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A friend told husband M about Manuka honey from New Zealand. He is always interested in any good product which may help with his health issues. We did some research and found an informative link about it.
'Surprisingly, hydrogen peroxide is one of the components of honey. This is what gives honey that antibiotic quality. This is also found mainly in manuka honey. This is because a compound called dihydroxyacetone is found in the nectar from the flowers of the manuka plant. Besides hydrogen peroxide, manuka honey will have MG—methylglyoxal. Other honeys will have only traces of MG. '
Some benefits of Manuka honey are that it heals wounds (when applied on the skin), it aids in treating high cholesterol, inflammation, and gastrointestinal issues.
UMF is the Unique Manuka Factor which measures the potency of Manuka honey. Here are 5 recommended brands with a UMF 12+ rating, be sure it says 'Made in New Zealand'. (I noticed the Comvita brand that Costco sells has only a 5+ UMF rating.)
1) Comvita
2) Kiva
3) Manuka Health
4) Wild Cape
5) Bee's Inn
We might get this monofloral (not a blend) Wedderspoon brand from Whole Foods, they sell 500g for $47. M's plan is to take 1/2 teaspoon with tea once or twice a day.
Have you heard about Manuka honey?
20 comments:
I like your winter scene - another nice card!
I don’t recall ever hearing about Manuka honey, but now I feel like I need to keep a look out for it because it would be good for several of my issues.
Love your winter painting. Hugs, Valerie
Hi Christine wow you are a wealth of information,interesting post my friend xx
Sweet.
God bless.
Lovely winter scene,and sweet topic (honey)!
Your winter scene looks lovely and peaceful - like my garden today- we got 15 cm new snow this night.
Sounds like this honey is superb! We have wonderful local honey here in my region. My husband loves it for breakfast on dark bread.
Happy week Christine!
Big hugs,
Susi
A lovely painting, Christine... 🙂
Never heard of it!
Your art is lovely. Heartwarming, today.
Wonderful winter scene ! I am thankful for the honey article info, too!
Wow, that is most interesting about the honey. I love honey and use it quite often. The winter scene is note card worthy.
That is really interesting information. I love good quality honey.
And that is a beautiful scene!
Interesting
I didn't know that. Very cool. Thanks!
I haven't been eating honey so I have not heard of manuka honey.
lovely winter landscape.
have a lovely day.
What a lovely scene! And I love manuka honey!
very nice winter scene :)
I can't have that honey, I'm allergic to something in it :/
this is really good information dear Christine!
thank you for sharing
loved this cozy house in winter
I do like your winter scene Christine.
When growing up I can remember my mum occasionally putting honey on toast or bread, and it tasted very nice. Of course when you have a cold honey and lemon can be very soothing.
I'm sure Manuka Honey tastes great and for many it will be fine, but if you are diabetic, or are allergic to bees or pollen care must be taken. Also if people are having chemotherapy care must be taken.
Not wishing to put anyone off of enjoying some Manuka, if you can eat it enjoy it :)
Bees of course play such an important role in the wider world as they are an important pollinator of food crops.
All the best Jan
This is the first time I heard Manuka honey! I just googled and found that it is also avaliable as a cream in Turkey however it is very expensive...
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