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Can Local Honey Help Allergies?

The Bradenton Herald (USA), 2/16/2006

I heard that locally produced honey could help allergies. How much should be taken each day?

Although we, too, have heard of this remedy, a study published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (February 2002) suggests it is ineffective.

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Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Does Raw Honey Help Cure Allergies?

A Honey of a Cure?

Probably not, but it sure tastes good

By Jean Prescott, Sun Herald (USA), 2/15/2006

As if the air weren't polluted enough, it's about to become saturated with spring pollen.

Bob Strickler of Strickler Apiaries in Moss Point says, "Oh, yeah, it's common knowledge that honey helps (with allergies), and we do sell it raw," raw being a requirement for allergy "treatment." It means the honey has not been subjected to the heat of pasteurization. . .

"I don't think there's anything harmful about taking it, but the science just doesn't make sense," said Dr. Douglas Leavengood, an allergist with Gulf Coast Asthma & Allergy Clinic in Biloxi. He has disappointing news for those who swear by the honey treatment.

"Here's the deal," he said. "Pollen allergy is caused by plants that don't flower. Trees, grasses - they produce huge amounts of tiny pollen that fill the air and our nostrils" and produce allergic reactions.

"Bees collect a small amount of much larger, very sticky pollen," he said. This pollen doesn't float in the air but migrates from plant to plant thanks to bees, which are only in it for the nectar.

So the pollen in the beehives isn't the pollen that produces allergic reactions, says Leavengood. . .