Polly - What Do You Think Of This?

[tex]

Believe it or not, these researchers claim that honey can be used to kill the bacteria that cause chronic sinusitis, (not just any honey will do, though, apparently). In fact, they claim that it works better than antibiotics for MSSA, and MRSA.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/ ... 1318.shtml

Interesting, is it not?

Love,
Tex

[Polly]

WOW, Tex!

Interesting?........ for sure! I wonder the method used? It sounds as if they used the honey in vitro - by putting it directly onto the bacterial cultures on an agar plate or in a test tube. Of course, they would also have to prove that honey worked in vivo (in the actual body). If one eats the honey, the actual active ingredient might become inactivated by the GI tract - stomach acid especially. Or maybe you would apply the honey topically into the sinuses - squirt it up the nose? LOL! The part about the biofilm is especially significant, because that's the form the bacteria often take in the sinuses, which make them much more difficult to eradicate.

Great find! I'd like to see the original article. Yet another great reason for returning to the hunter-gatherer (caveman) diet, no? Thanks for sharing.

Love,

Polly

[tex]

Hi Polly,

Yes, I agree with you - getting it to where it needs to be could turn out to be somewhat tricky. LOL.

It's no wonder that honey is off limits for infants, it's pretty potent stuff, to say the least.

Apparently this study is being presented at the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery annual meeting in Chicago, but I have no idea when that meeting will be, (or was), held.

Printed information concerning the actual original report seems to be a bit scarce online. All I could find online was a brief description, (it is listed as a miniseminar, and there are 575 if them listed for this meeting). It is listed as:
Effectiveness of Honey on S.aureus and P.aeruginosa Biofilms
Talal Alandejani, Joseph G. Marsan, Wendy Ferris, Robert Slinger, Frank Chan, page P107

This is the full text of that listing:

http://www.otojournal.org/article/PIIS0 ... 4/fulltext

And here is the same thing, in a PDF version:

http://download.journals.elsevierhealth ... 009674.pdf

I suppose you have to attend the seminar to get the details, but maybe they will release a detailed document after the meeting.

Love,
Tex

[annie oakley]

That was interesting to read. Polly's right what an interesting find. I need to come to this part of the site more often
Love Oma

[hazel]

My friend who lives on Long Island got relief from his allergies by eating local honey every day. He's been doing it for 2 or 3 years and swears by it. He said it's important that it's local honey so it's made from the plants that bother you.