@ HONEY, what have those bees been up to?

HONEY. It is said that human beings are addicted to sweets especially in their earliest years. It was somewhat unexpected for me to find out how valuable HONEY can be as an effective inhibitor of cancer. Apparently bee PROPOLIS is also an important cancer fighting phytonutrient. Nor would I be surprised to find out that Royal Jelly, which I have not yet researched also fought cancer. Of all the things that mankind has used to sweeten his life, and there are many, honey is one that has been with us for thousands of years.
We know where the word “honeymoon” came from. Egypt. But did you know that before antibiotics, hundreds of years before antibiotics, wounds and burns were often treated with honey?
There is a delightful variety of different HONEYS of which I’ve only explored one or two. Sadly. Why put a teaspoon of Tupelo in my tea when Clover will taste just as good? Tupelo has some special characteristics which make a better honey for use by diabetics.

HONEY is an antioxidant. It is a source of POLYPHENOLS and PHENOLICS. It is anti-microbial. When it comes to cancer, is anti-proliferative.

Some phytochems which we have already seen in other sources are in HONEY as well, KAEMPHEROL, QUERCETIN, GALANGIN, CHRYSIN, CAFFEIC ACID PHENYL ESTERS (CAPE), ACACETIN, PINOCEMBRIN, APIGENIN, CAFFEIC ACID, LUTEOLIN.

my raw early research notes appear below, polishing and a more detailed discussion of the supporting studies will have to appear later.

-the darker the honey the stronger the flavor.
-300 different +- unique varieties in the US alone depending on floral sources.
-water = 17.2%
-levulose = 38.19%
-dextrose = 31.28%
-sucrose = 1.9%
-maltose = 7.3%
-others = 3.24%
-high sugars = 1.49%
-HONEY was shown to induce apoptosis (cell death) in colon cancer cells.
-has anti-metastatic effect on tumor/mouse models
-described as very effective for repressing the growth of bladder cancer cell lines
-some chemotherapeutic drugs are enhanced
-of the ten common polyphenols found in HONEY all have shown definitive ability to inhibit cancer in formal testing.
-ALOE VERA and HONEY are synergistic. ALOE VERA reduces tumor mass and metastasis rates while HONEY inhibits tumor growth.
-CHRYSIN is present in HONEY and PROPOLIS and has been shown to significantly reduce those chemicals that contribute to inflammation, it also suppresses signaling molecules involved in neuroinflammation. Neurogenic diseases causes by neuroinflamation are also affected by CHRYSIN.
-the anti-proliferative effects of honey due mostly to the presence of CHRYSIN, one study declares
-HONEY and one of its constituents EUGENOL are considered “promising candidates in cancer chemoprevention”
-one very interesting study compared the anti-oxidant values of several sweeteners:
MINIMAL ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY:
refined sugar, corn syrup and agave nectar
A LITTLE HIGHER:
raw cane sugar
INTERMEDIATE ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY
maple syrup, brown sugar, and HONEY
HIGHEST:
dark and blackstrap molasses

-antitumor activity of HONEY may occur through the activation of macrophages, T-cells and B-cells.

That bottle of HONEY took on a whole new dimension didnt it? Your choice: cane sugar (a poison) or HONEY.
Fight cancer or help it? Corn syrup? I’ll have more corn syrup with that please? When you go to McDonalds for their large (very) iced tea order it unsweetened, you may just save your life and a heck of a lot of empty calories.
Choose. Intelligently. Knowledgeably!

martin