MDW005
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Can we replace Stevia with honey?
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Keebler
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- Only if candida is not a concern, and it's a small amount with a well balanced meal so that the overall glycemic intake is not thrown off base. Honey is supposed to be more complex than simple sugar but a spoon of it by itself can still allow for a spike and fall in blood glucose levels. With other foods, it's much slower to digest.
When making cranberry sauce, I'll use mostly stevia but then just a little bit of honey. (I also have no problem with candida as I'm not on abx and the herbs I take keep candida away.)
How were you wanting to use it?
Maybe a little in lemon-ginger tea during a bad cough? The DARKER the honey, the better. Try to buy in glass, not plastic and from as close to where you live as possible.
Is it that you've not found a good-tasting stevia? Some can taste a bit like pasture grass but I find Trader Joe's powdered extract to be very nice with no after taste.
Sweet Leaf Stevia Clear, too, is very pleasant. -
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Thats a good question. We need some definitive studies on the bees to see if they have Morgellons.
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Keebler
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- And I go running off into the field like Peanut's "Lucy" . . . Argggh !
I never thought of that. Wouldn't bees die if ill?
I know bees exposed to toxins will die and that a lot of bees have died in large numbers all over the world, mysteriously, but I thought those still with us are okay and that their nectar is still the food of the gods.
Have there been studies on this? Any links to learn more? Has Morgellons ever been connected with honey?
I love bees. And I love honey. Manuka honey, especially, has wonderful properties. -
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Pinelady
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I agree. I think the bee research should be put above ours in order of importance.
Funds are most likely seen as a contributor to a sting, not funding for life giving food by plant propagation.
I contacted 2 bee web sites to ask if they were investigating-they had never heard of Morgellons. If they don't get off their thrones.....
``Dr. Cox-Foster has seen as many as five different viruses and unidentified fungi in the bees. She says that is two times more pathogens than she's ever seen before in honey bees.''
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MDW005
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Pielady: very interesting article. Makes one wonder.
Keebler: With the weather changes we are having, my sinuses swell and I get a wet cough, so I like to drink hot tea with lemon and honey. I also don't have candida.
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MDW005
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I get my honey from two different couples in the North Ga. mountains. Yummy!
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BackinStOlaf
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I wouldn't
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quote:Originally posted by BackinStOlaf: I wouldn't
Olaf, don't know who you're talking to, but my thought is that if it's raw honey and MDW has weakened immune system from TBD, there's possibility of Clostridium or other infection(s). The warning that advises against letting very young children eat it, might apply for immunocompromised pts too. Don't know, just a thought.
Be careful !
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Keebler
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- I can understand St.Olaf for cautioning as it's important to know it's not an across the board answer.
Some who have severe candida would not be wise to take honey. Others who are at a different stage, may. Still, everyone has to keep in mind moderation and food blending regarding blood glucose stability. -
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MDW005
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I will be very careful to take in moderation.
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MDW005
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I bought some Bee Propolis awhile back and haven't tried it yet. What do you think about it?
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Keebler
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- I thought Propolis was an herbal tincture from berberine-containing plants. It's pretty amazing, actually. But I must have my names mixed up as, in searching, I see that . . .
Propolis does seem to have come connection with bees. I want to search around a bit but wanted to post this right away.
Excerpt: " . . .Bee keeping is a huge world-wide industry, supplying honey, bee pollen, royal jelly, propolis, and bee's wax. . . ." -
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randibear
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i'd say no. and i'm allergic to bees so the propolis is out too.
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MDW005
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very interesting article keebler. I think I will continue to get my honey within 50 miles of home.
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