2007-09-02 15:51:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Honey feeds. No cure.
2007-09-02 17:43:57 · answer #1 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A lot of people who swear by holistic medicine really believe in the benefits of honey and I'm sure there is some back up to the claim. Honey is used to feed the growing bee colony so it is obviously going to have certain vitamins and nutritional components to it. I personally don't think it's as useful as most people think it is: it's mostly sugar. It elicits insulin response just like sugar does and is used in the body like sugar. Also, it contains microbes which are deadly to children under the age of two and other people with limited immune systems.
2007-09-02 16:07:40 · answer #2 · answered by Jessica 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, honey has all sorts of uses. The ancients used it on cuts and wounds.... the sugar in it kills the bacteria... that's why you can leave it out in the air, and it will not rot.. It's just messy to put on a sore, put a piece of plastic over it, then tape. Google it... you might find all sorts of other things it was used for as well. As for a food, it is just calories. there is nothing magical in honey as a food.....And, as an aside, don't use it in your hummingbird feeder.... it weakens their bills.
2007-09-02 16:06:42 · answer #3 · answered by April 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
of course it is . it has been used as a medicine over hundred of years
2007-09-10 02:00:32 · answer #4 · answered by pretender 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know it's good for the hair, and for a dry sore throat
2007-09-02 15:56:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋