Anyone else seen this?

[Poly Hive]

I am wondering if this is correct?

PH

 

[Beefriendly]

Study was done on Irish Heather Honey. I think it was mentioned on the forum at the time it was first published.

 

[Hivemaker.]

Anyone else seen this?

I have.

 

[Murox]

The premium paid for mānuka has led to an increasing number of worldwide “mānuka honeys” that are counterfeit or adulterated.

 

[Millet]

Study was done on Irish Heather Honey. I think it was mentioned on the forum at the time it was first published.

Do you know if it is true...my lady friends Whippet had to have a toe cut of a few days ago...it is on steroids for another problem which means injuries take a long time to heal..the vet nurse put some manuka honey on the wound under the dressing and it looks nice and clean...could Heather honey or normal honey give the same results..

 

[B+.]

Do you know if it is true...my lady friends Whippet had to have a toe cut of a few days ago...it is on steroids for another problem which means injuries take a long time to heal..the vet nurse put some manuka honey on the wound under the dressing and it looks nice and clean...could Heather honey or normal honey give the same results..

It is well known that the high sugar concentration of honey inhibits bacterial growth. Medicins sans frontieres used to pack wounds with honey in war zones where medicines were limited

 

[Poly Hive]

I read somewhere years ago that honey absorbs the water from bacteria and thug inhibits/kills them. Whether its true or not I don't know. Anyone?

PH

 

[Millet]

I read somewhere years ago that honey absorbs the water from bacteria and thug inhibits/kills them. Whether its true or not I don't know. Anyone?

PH

I have read the same somewhere..what i read as far as i can remember stated with honey having such a low moisture content and hygroscopic any bacteria that touches it get the moisture pulled out of it by the honey which kills the bacteria.

 

[Beefriendly]

Do you know if it is true...my lady friends Whippet had to have a toe cut of a few days ago...it is on steroids for another problem which means injuries take a long time to heal..the vet nurse put some manuka honey on the wound under the dressing and it looks nice and clean...could Heather honey or normal honey give the same results..

Yes is the answer. Richard the Third had a septic arrow wound cured with English honey.
All honey has antibiotic properties.... unless you boil it.
Manuka just has the same plus a different antibiotic ingredient and a superb marketing division.
The article PH was referring to was a study done on Irish Honey which found that Heather honey had similar very high antibacterial properties to Manuka honey.
I'm at Wynyard on Saturday if you need some Yorkshire Heather honey...gratis.

 

[beebopper]

I read somewhere years ago that honey absorbs the water from bacteria and thug inhibits/kills them. Whether its true or not I don't know. Anyone?

PH

Yes it’s true. It is refereed to as osmotic pressure. Effectively water passes through the cell wall to try to equalise the sugar concentration on both sides of membrane. This ‘dehdrates’ The cells so stopping them multiple.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

There have been various studies done - extensive ones by the Parmacological college in Cardiff, floral honey off the West Wales coast (Tywyn) was one found as good as ifn not better than manooky, unfortunately the honey was one submitted by a leavitalone beekeeper whose colonies have subsequently died in another study Scottish honey from the Portobello area was flagged up (so has the coastal theme anything to do with it?) - never seen heather honey mentioned as particularly efficacious though

 

[Millet]

Yes is the answer. Richard the Third had a septic arrow wound cured with English honey.
All honey has antibiotic properties.... unless you boil it.
Manuka just has the same plus a different antibiotic ingredient and a superb marketing division.
The article PH was referring to was a study done on Irish Honey which found that Heather honey had similar very high antibacterial properties to Manuka honey.
I'm at Wynyard on Saturday if you need some Yorkshire Heather honey...gratis.

I might just nip along.. ..

 

[Beefriendly]

I read somewhere years ago that honey absorbs the water from bacteria and thug inhibits/kills them. Whether its true or not I don't know. Anyone?

PH

Its main antibiotic activity is hydrogen peroxide generated by glucose oxidase doing what it sounds like...particularly when you dilute it slightly. Manuka has this plus methylglyoxal which is it's additional antibacterial molecule.

Honey doesn't suck the water from bacteria, it simply absorbs water and where there is no water no bacteria can grown, It's osmolarity is inhibitory rather than killing in this case, but the peroxide does kill.

 

[B+.]

Yes is the answer. Richard the Third had a septic arrow wound cured with English honey.
All honey has antibiotic properties.... unless you boil it.

All honey has antimicrobial properties but HMF can affect it. My son did a project on this last year. He had to measure the zone of inhibition around wells containing bacteria. He did the practical part sometime over the winter and I only had OSR honey from a few years ago to give him. I think the age/conditions the honey is stored in affects the antibacterial action.

 

[Beefriendly]

- never seen heather honey mentioned as particularly efficacious though

https://www.dcu.ie/news/news/2018/A...alth-benefits-comparable-Manuka-honey.shtml-0

 

[Finman]

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You know what happens to honey when it gets few percent unit more water.
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[Hivemaker.]

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You know what happens to honey when it gets few percent unit more water.
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Yes, it becomes more runny.

 

[dano41]

Has anyone read the research or has a link to the one mentioned in this
https://www.rte.ie/eile/brainstorm/2018/0904/991460-how-irish-honey-is-the-bees-knees/

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

https://www.dcu.ie/news/news/2018/A...alth-benefits-comparable-Manuka-honey.shtml-0

Ta

 

[For want of a better word]

Do you know if it is true...my lady friends Whippet had to have a toe cut of a few days ago...it is on steroids for another problem which means injuries take a long time to heal..the vet nurse put some manuka honey on the wound under the dressing and it looks nice and clean...could Heather honey or normal honey give the same results..

Possibly the best use for Munuka honey... it has a taste that reminds me of Germalene!

Hope your lady friend's whippet gets well soon!

Nadelik Liwen