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[–] [email protected] 90 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I mean it's not terrible advice. Alleegies or not, local honey is generally delicious.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Likely because honey has anti-inflammatory properties.

The local honey myth is about using the honey as a form of allergy immunotherapy since it would be from local pollen.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I thought it would work until I realized I've been exposing myself to pollen every damn year as it is. If my body was ever going to get used to it then it would have already lol

Now I just keep eating the honey because it's honey, why not? Lol

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

50 - 80g of honey a day?! Allergies are gone hello diabetes!

Seriously 1g honey to 1kg of body mass is insane. This is obviously ignoring the cost which is also insane.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Yay allergies solved. New problem: diabetes.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Picked up spicy peach honey. Was delicious.

Then the habaneros came a-knocking.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Where did them bees find spicy peaches? 🤔

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 7 months ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

I'm not your Mary Tyler Moore.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not your Holly, Hunter

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

But I like chain restaurants. And don't call me "honey".

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Same idea as immunotherapy shots or sublingual drops.

Whether it's actually local, and if the allergens are actually concentrated enough to make any difference, is a very different question. Set of questions.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Don't forget this one: Is it actually honey? Honey flavored corn syrup doesn't help.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I'm guessing this is a US thing? At least I've never heard of it before as a european and I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be allowed to be sold as honey here

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, us Canadians have to check the label to make sure the honey is Canadian, otherwise its usually 50% corn syrup.

Another easy tell is if you don't mix it for a couple months it splits, and all the corn syrup floats to the top.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

American here ... we're really sorry. We don't like it neither; but the corporations, you see? they need their profits.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Another American here … I have literally never seen honey that’s been stepped on.

What brands do this?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Also very much a problem in Europe sadly. Of course not allowed, but pretty hard to detect. There are test that can tell the difference, but they are not accepted by the EU (yet?).

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

They said local honey, not factory made junk.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

I would hope the roadside stand in front of the apiary has real honey and not corn syrup. But you never know...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Excuse me? Immunology shots are freaking amazing. I've been on them for about 2 years and the difference between last spring and this sptirng is incredible. I no longer need Allegra daily.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think he meant for honey. The shots are very specifically concentrated lol.

Even then honey has some anti inflammatory effect that can help regardless of the added benefit of bee pollen

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Pollution makes my hayfever so much fucking worse.

Walking down the river, trees, grass, weeds everywhere. Fine.

Walk to work down busy A-roads, eyes and nose streaming.

Fuck cars.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (16 children)

I see lots of competing discussion on whether this is a bs wives tale or not.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Its enough of an excuse to eat more delicious honey though

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Oh so you just want everyone to be sticky????

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The things you are alleegic to aren't the things bees are making honey out of. We mostly have allergies to things that are broadcast spwaning obscene amounts their pollen like ragweed, mold, and grass, while bees use flowering plants to make their honey.

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