Gosh, I love this stuff. No really, I mean I really love this stuff. I don't think I can ever go back to eating ordinary honey and being satisfied with it.
Thanks to my old New Zealand roomie, Rebecca, I was already aware that this honey was great, but now that I'm back in Australia where you can easily buy the stuff, I've done my own personal research and become a huge fan.
Manuka Honey is a special type of mono-floral honey which is produced from bees that gather nectar from flowers that grow on the Manuka bush, indigenous only in NZ and certain parts of Australia. Studies have found that Manuka Honey contains very powerful antibacterial, antimicrobial, antiviral, antioxidant, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and anti-fungal properties, making it extremely effective in treating a wide variety of health conditions.
Manuka Honey vs. Regular Honey
Manuka Honey is significantly different than regular honey that you would find at your local supermarket. Even though standard honey contains hydrogen peroxide which is a known antiseptic, it looses most of its healing properties when it comes in contact with certain conditions such as light, heat or dilution. Only Active Manuka Honey has additional antibacterial properties that have the ability to destroy the infectious bacteria that cause most health complications. Unlike standard honey, Manuka Honey is also stable so there is no concern of it losing its potency or healing properties.
There are a few major differences between ordinary honey and Manuka Honey.
1. Only Manuka Honey provides non-hydrogen peroxide antibacterial components.2. Manuka Honey's antibacterial factor is unaffected by enzymes in the body that destroy hydrogen peroxide components.
3. Manuka Honey is highly effective against antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria.
4. Manuka Manuka Honey contains active healing properties not found in other types of honey.
Who couldn't love this stuff?
Don't know where you could easily find it in the US...maybe a super duper natural grocer's. If you're really nice, maybe I could ship some from here.
Till then, read more from the Honey Researchers themselves. amazing stuff.
And for those of you still not convinced, check out this article.
Stephanie, my father gave me some New Zealand honey when I recently told him I had a sore throat. He said it was especially good at soothing. I took one spoonful of the stuff, swallowed it as slowly as possible and the sore throat was gone. For good. Amazing stuff.
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