Health Benefits of Really Raw Honey

In digestive disturbances honey is of great value. Honey does not ferment in the stomach because, being an inverted sugar, it is easily absorbed and there is no danger of a bacterial invasion. The flavor of honey excites the appetite and helps digestion. The propoma of the ancients, made of honey, was a popular appetizer. For anemics, dyspeptics, convalescents and the aged, honey is an excellent reconstructive and tonic. In malnutrition, no food or drug can equal it. The laxative value of honey, on account of its lubricating effect, is well known. Its fatty acid content stimulates peristalsis. In gastric catarrh, hyperacidity, gastric and duodenal ulcers and gall bladder diseases honey is recommended by several eminent gastroentrologists.

Dr. Schacht, of Wiesbaden, claims to have cured many hopeless cases of gastric and intestinal ulcers with honey and without operations. It is rather unusual that a physician of standing has the courage and conviction to praise honey. The beekeepers and their friends know that honey will cure gastric and intestinal ulcerations, this distressing, prevalent and most dangerous malady, a precursor of cancer. But the news has not yet reached 99% of the medical profession. The remaining few physicians who know of it, are afraid to suggest such an unscientific and plebeian remedy, for fear of being laughed at by their colleagues and scientifically inclined patients. You may read in almost every issue of agricultural papers the reports of correspondents regarding their experience with honey for gastric ulcers, after going through the medical mill for years without improvement, without even hope of ever getting cured. Then incidentally they meet a beekeeper or one of his converts and if they have courage and common sense (there are few) to heed the advise, they get well. It is disheartening for a physician to read such reports. For instance, a correspondent (A.L.T. of Omaha, Nebr.), writes in Gleanings in Bee Culture, February, 1931), "I have been a sufferer from ulcerated stomach for several years, part time in the hospital, part time in bed and nearly all the time in much pain. I noticed from the middle of September I was much better and gave no thought to the reason but kept up eating honey because I relished it. I had no attack since and it held good…." It would fill a volume to assemble similar testimonials, praising particularly the curative value of honey in gastric and intestinal disorders, including ulcers. Father Kneipp, a great admirer of honey, remarked, "Smaller ulcers in the stomach are quickly contracted, broken, and healed by it."

Raw Honey Affective in Treating Allergies

Ada, Okla. (AP)-An Oklahoma allergist told a meeting of 150 beekeepers that raw honey is an effective treatment for 90 per cent of all allergies.

Dr. William G. Peterson, an allergist from Ada, said he now has 22,000 patients across the nation who are using raw honey along with more customary medications to relieve allergy symptoms.

"It must be raw honey because raw honey contains all the pollen, dust and molds that cause 90 per cent of all allergies," he told a meeting of the Oklahoma Beekeepers Association.

"What happens is that the patient builds up an immunity to pollen, dust or mold that is causing his trouble in the first place."

The raw honey must "not be strained, not even through a cloth" he added. "I know the customer wants good, clear strained honey, and that's fine, but for health reasons, raw honey is what we need."

Dr. Peterson said he and the 20 doctors at his clinic at Ada normally prescribe a daily teaspoon of raw honey. The honey treatment continues even after the allergy is under control.

The above historical information from the 1930s and contemporary commentary compiled from: Honey and Your Health, Bodog F. Beck, M.D. and Doree Smedley, Health Resources Press, Inc., Silver Spring, MD, 1997.

“The body’s line of force and fountain of life. Essential biochemical units regulating and coordinating all life, both physical and emotional. Only with enzymes is life possible. Enzymes are the missing link to radiant vitality. Enzymes allow life. Vitamins and minerals are only activated by enzymes. Aging is the slow depletion of enzymes from the body. Raw honey is one of the few foods you can ingest where you are getting a surplus of amylase. (The enzyme that breaks down sugars and carbohydrates.)”

“Honey doesn’t spoil. Raw honey doesn’t even recrystallize (get sugary). We have heard that unprocessed honey found in the tombs is edible. Honey was used for embalming. It is a natural preservative.”

Heat will melt Really Raw Honey. It will look and taste like liquid honey. At that point, enzymes are destroyed. But you can refrigerate it and do no harm. Then it can be eaten like candy because it is so solid.”

“Water added to raw honey (still containing enzymes) will cause it to ferment - giving us mead or vinegar.”

“...commercially processed, clarified, strained honeys lose from 33% to 50% of their original vitamin content. Raw honey contains live enzymes, important to the internal actions of many systems of the body. The enzyme content of raw honey is one of the highest of all foods.”

-- Bee Hive Product Bible, Royden Brown, Avery Publishing Group

We’re not pretty for very good reasons and here’s why...

As soon as you open a jar of Really Raw Honey it’s pretty obvious our honey won’t win any glamour awards. Crowning the top of every jar are flecks and specks of natural ingredients produced in the hive--pollen, propolis and bits of honeycomb. Really Raw Honey is completely unfiltered, unrefined, unheated and utterly extraordinary. These precious “crown jewels” are valuable to your health and swirled throughout our honey. We use goldenrod, aster and other wild flower nectars to make Really Raw Honey creamy, thick and spreadable.

We’ve made a commitment to provide our customers with Nature’s finest, highest quality honey--pure and simple! Therefore, the fields of wildflowers where our bees gather nectar are never sprayed with pesticides or chemical fertilizers. Nor do we alter, in any way, the wonderful honey that results.

Really Raw Honey is extracted by centrifugal force from the hive and bottled without filtering or cooking of any kind. Consequently, Really Raw Honey is real food; the enzymes, royal jelly, pollen, propolis and simple sugars naturally present have not been altered or destroyed by having been heated.

A Honey of a Healer

The tiny, but noble honey bee has richly blessed us with an extraordinary source of wellness and healing from her hive--Nature’s medicine cabinet. Ancient civilization looked to raw honey for its role in preventing disease. For thousands of years, honey has served as a natural remedy for sore throats, dyspepsia, stomach problems, burns, skin rashes, allergies, asthma and other ailments.

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