honey

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Honey

Honey is a sweet, viscous food substance made by honey bees and some other insects. Beyond its sweet flavor, it has medicinal properties and is used in many home remedies. It contains a number of antioxidants, including phenolic compounds like flavonoids.

Category
Natural product
Molecular Formula
Variable, but primarily consists of fructose (C6H12O6) and glucose (C6H12O6)
Mechanism of Action
Honey exerts its effects through a combination of antimicrobial activity, antioxidant activity, modulation of the immune response, and effects on wound healing.
Evidence Grade
B

Other Names

  • Liquid gold
  • Bee nectar
  • Apis mellifera

Primary Benefits

  • Antioxidant support
  • Wound healing
  • Cough relief
  • Gastrointestinal health

Recommended Dosage

Children Not recommended for children under 1 year
Adults Up to 2 tablespoons per day

Side Effects

  • Allergic reactions
  • Elevated blood sugar levels

Precautions

  • Should not be given to children under 1 year due to botulism risk
  • Individuals with allergies to pollen or bees

Interactions

  • May interact with anticoagulants or antiplatelet drugs

Key References

  • Al-Waili, N. S. (2001). Therapeutic and prophylactic effects of crude honey on chronic seborrheic dermatitis and dandruff. European journal of medical research, 6(7), 306-308.
  • Bogdanov, S., Jurendic, T., Sieber, R., & Gallmann, P. (2008). Honey for nutrition and health: a review. Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 27(6), 677-689.
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“Cholesterol maybe isn't what you think it is and saturated fat isn't out to get you and kale is all the way to now even being kind of uh stoking the fires within the ancestral Community now like Honey's okay for you and fruit's okay for you.”

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“I use one here called South West uh Ranches and raw dairy, raw cheese, you know their bees, their honeys. I mean, and it's and it's just it's just amazing.”

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The Root Cause of Metabolic Dysfunction w/ Dr. Casey Means
Understanding Metabolic Health: Risks, Dysfunction, and Dietary Recommendations 1:19:42 0
“I've been impressed with honey, you know I mean I think there are trials that it actually raises testosterone in males.”

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The Root Cause of Metabolic Dysfunction w/ Dr. Casey Means
Understanding Metabolic Health: Risks, Dysfunction, and Dietary Recommendations 1:19:47 0
“There's actually a really interesting trial in diabetics that I've cited a lot where they gave people honey up to I think 125 gram a day and over that time so what happened their blood sugar goes up a little bit I think A1C went up um a small amount I think the average blood sugar difference between the honey and non-honey groups was about maybe 10 milligrams per deciliter so the A1C went up but the um the fasting glucose went down.”

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Why Paul Saladino, MD Quit A 100% Carnivore Diet, Impacts of Cholesterol, And the Value of Insulin
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“I've actually started doing this thing I call lateral shifts where I take I go into anybody's cabinet and I I take whatever it is that they like to eat and I say okay I'm not going to add a dime to your budget I'm going to not change the flavor profile I'm just going to massively shift the nutritional profile and show you how you can go from like this Dan and yogurt with fruit on the bottom and high fructose corn syrup to um you know a whole f Greek yogurt with a fist full of berries and some natural honey and still you'll actually be more satiated have a better nutritional profile and you actually won't miss the taste of that.”

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“I make a smoothie in the morning now of raw milk, honey, blueberries, creatine from Lineage. I've got some Lineage Honey, uh, and maybe some collagen from Lineage and I'll put in some raw heart in there and it just blends up and I just drink this raw heart.”

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Heart Surgeon Exposes Why Doctors Are Wrong About Cholesterol (with Dr. Ovadia)
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“I eat 150 grams of honey a day and my fasting insulin is three, you know, and my fasting glucose is 74.”

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“getting like a honey well HEPA filter like for each room they're really not that expensive and they do filter out a lot of particulate matter um that you're breathing in including microplastics”

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“we tell you to have green tea to have honey all of those types of things which have been shown through research to benefit your microbiome in your case specifically”

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Dr. Robert Lustig: How Sugar & Processed Foods Impact Your Health
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“we talked about dessert for breakfast in the form of cereals some of which are um disguised or couched as healthier, you know I think of like Honey Nut Cheerios it seems healthier than Froot Loops it looks healthier like the just by way of color it looks kind of weedy you know color.”

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“Okay I think the biggest ones are honey and grapes okay so grapes first you think it's a fruit it's healthy it's natural it's good for me right well actually all the fruit that we find today in supermarkets is not natural it is the product of human breeding for thousands and thousands of years to make them extra sweet extra juicy.”

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Glucose Goddess: The 10 Glucose Hacks!
Optimize Energy Levels: Simple Strategies for Stable Blood Sugar 19:09 0
“all sugar is the same even you know honey Agave maple syrup all these things that have these Health Halos because of marketing it's all the same molecules so I recommend that people just have the sugar that they like best don't think that one is going to be better for you than the other and have all sugar as dessert.”

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