Why Honey is a Healthy Food for Infants

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Why Honey is a Healthy Food for Infants

People have been convinced by the medical authorities thathoney is

dangerous for infants to consume. Indeed, most honey on the

market in groceries stores today is unhealthy for anyone to eat, let

alone infants.

 

However, there is more to the story about honey than meets the eye.

Most honey sold in grocery stores is not raw. It has been filtered,

and in some cases, heated to kill any bacteria that might be

contained therein.Heating the honey is what renders it unhealthy for

adults, anddangerous for infants.

 

In the heating process, all the live enzymes in the honey are

destroyed. It is the live enzymes and their precursors, contained in

the honey, that make it such a healthy food for both adults and

infants.

 

Why are live enzymes in honey important?

According to Dr. John McKenna, " We know that honey is antibacterial -

it kills bacterial cells by drawing water out of them.In addition,

the enzyme " inhibine " , which is found in honey, converts glucose and

oxygen into hydrogen peroxide, a well-known disinfectant " .

 

In fact, " honey helps replace missing enzymes for nearly all

purposes throughout the entire body " .This is only true, however, of

honey that has never been heated over

about 96 degrees Fahrenheit during processing and packaging.

 

Since enzymes power all immune system functions, unheated honey is

be a powerful way to boost the immune system.

 

Some of you may remember studying in school about a scientific

experiment that was done on raw meat versus cooked meat. They took a

piece of raw meat and a piece of cooked meat, and put them outside

wherethey could have contact with flies. Of course, flies lay eggs

whichin

turn hatch and become maggots. Guess which piece of meat grew

maggots,and which didn't? You guessed it.....the cooked meat began

to decay and produced hordes of maggots.

 

The raw meat was untouched. Of course,the flies laid eggs in both

pieces of meat. Why did only the eggs in the

cooked meat survive? For two reasons. First, the live enzymes kill

bacteria which makes the meat decay, and it also kills the maggot

eggs.The purpose of enzymes is to break whole substances down into

digestively appropriate substances.

 

All the cases of botulism in infants involved heated honey. Of

course,these cases cannot be used to prove that unheated honey would

cause the same result.

Even if the label of the honey says it is raw, it can still be

heated above 96 degrees during processing.

 

Before any honey is consumed, one should call the company who

packagesit to find out about the temperature during processing. It is

preferable to get honey from a local provider, and to visit their

establishment and observe their packaging techniques, as well as the

safeguards which assure that it is not heated during processing.

 

When one is sure one has obtained unheated honey, feel free to feed

it to everyone in your family, including your infants.

 

Unheated honey will not support the growth of unhealthy bacteria, so

there is no danger.

Also, if unhealthy organisms were to get into the body, the fact

thatsome of the honey is converted to small amounts of hydrogen

peroxide makes it perfect for disinfecting the body. I would not

suggest that

you go and drink a bottle of hydrogen peroxide.

 

However, the small amounts which this natural process produces are

just the right amount to produce good health.

 

There is a comparison which I find amusing. Very few parents would

allow their infants to consume honey, even though it is a very

healthy,natural substance.

 

But many of these same parents allow their children to be injected

withvaccinations which contain known carcinogenic substances, heavy

metals,

and have dangerous, predictable side effects. The number of cases of

injury and death due to vaccination side effects is extremely large

incomparison to the number of reported cases of botulism in infants.

 

In fact, the first number dwarfs the second by comparison. Yet,

parents continue to allow their children to be vaccinated, risking

their lives in the process, all for the sake of preventing diseases

which are no longer lethal in our country.

I find it funny and yet sad that theseparents would refuse to give

their children a substance which is

much safer by comparison.

 

Honey is an excellent antibiotic.

 

If applied to wounds or burns, it accelerates wound healing and

prevents infection.If honey produced locally is consumed, the

pollens in the honey helpthose with allergies to local plants to

control their allergicresponse.

And in addition to all this, the immune system depends upon the

enzymesin the honey, as well as those produced by the combination of

theenzyme precursors in the honey, and other substances in the body.

 

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