{"id":2379,"date":"2015-10-09T07:18:22","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T12:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=2379"},"modified":"2015-10-09T07:18:22","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T12:18:22","slug":"honeys-magical-properties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2015\/10\/09\/honeys-magical-properties\/","title":{"rendered":"Honey’s Magical Properties"},"content":{"rendered":"

Katherine Martinko @ TreeHugger.com <\/b><\/i>reviews <\/a>some information on raw honey vs refined honey, and, loving honey, I had to read it.\u00a0 This caught my eye:<\/p>\n

1. Raw unfiltered honey contains bee pollen, which has long been considered one of nature\u2019s most nourishing foods.<\/strong> Bee pollen is packed with protein, and has been used in Chinese medicine to improve unbalanced nutrition, vitality, longevity, and energy. It is also used for weight control, beauty, anti-aging, allergies, and overall health.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Any time I see a reference to Chinese medicine, holistic medicine, etc, my ears prick up.\u00a0 So I checked on bee pollen on WebMD<\/b><\/i>.\u00a0 It doesn’t address the topic directly, but rather simply says<\/a>,<\/p>\n

You may also hear recommendations for using bee pollen for alcoholism<\/a>, asthma<\/a>, allergies<\/a>, health maintenance, or stomach<\/a> problems, but there is no proof that it helps with these conditions. Before you take any natural product for a health condition, check with your doctor.<\/p>\n

Bee pollen is also recommended by some herbalists to enhance athletic performance, reduce side effects of chemotherapy<\/a>, and improve allergies and asthma<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At this point, medical research has not shown that bee pollen is effective for any of these health concerns.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Or anything at all, really.\u00a0 On the other hand, it’s not considered dangerous except to pregnant women.\u00a0 Another case of greener grass in other pastures, I suppose.\u00a0 The nitty-gritty of the local variety of medicine can’t compare to the unverified claims for the one in the next valley over.<\/p>\n

But I still like most honey.\u00a0 (Didn’t care for buckwheat-derived honey so much, though.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Katherine Martinko @ TreeHugger.com reviews some information on raw honey vs refined honey, and, loving honey, I had to read it.\u00a0 This caught my eye: 1. Raw unfiltered honey contains bee pollen, which has long been considered one of nature\u2019s most nourishing foods. Bee pollen is packed with protein, and \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2379"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2381,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379\/revisions\/2381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}