99p-jar-of-honey-cures-one-man-s-painful-eye-infection

Latchy

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2178816/Man-cures-painful-eye-infection-99p-jar-honey.html?ito=feeds-newsxml


Wonderful human story about the wonder of Honey that also relates to our Bee colony's which are in decline from environmental factors ie ,pesticide use . Growing more flowers everywhere and anywhere possible it seems can help the re dress the balance in ours and the bees favor

Tabnabs

I'm-dubious-about-clicking-that-link,-is-it-safe-does-anyone-know-?

JohnMarston

Racking my brains to think of a bee pun

Cina

Tabnabs wrote: »

I'm-dubious-about-clicking-that-link,-is-it-safe-does-anyone-know-?

dammit-you-beat-me-to-the-obvious-dashes-post-that-will-get-lots-of-thanks.

--Kaiser--

JohnMarston wrote: »

Racking my brains to think of a bee pun

Oh, bee-hive!

ejmaztec

JohnMarston wrote: »

Racking my brains to think of a bee pun

What you need is to consult someone who's a hive of information regarding bee puns.

AnonoBoy

That's nothing. I rubbed jam on my crotch once and it cured my scabies.

Latchy

Tabnabs wrote: »

I'm-dubious-about-clicking-that-link,-is-it-safe-does-anyone-know-?

I've changed it from the Yahoo link to a Daily Mail one for so ...it wont sting ya

Cina wrote: »

dammit-you-beat-me-to-the-obvious-dashes-post-that-will-get-lots-of-thanks.

Beehave .

JohnMarston

AnonoBoy wrote: »

That's nothing. I rubbed jam on my crotch once and it cured my scabies.

I'll take your word for it....

Oh wait,wait....i beeleeve you!

........:o

I'll get me coat

Canis Lupus

You're a honey seller aren't you OP. You want everyone rubbing honey into their eyes.

Nozebleed

eye dont bee'lieve it..:D

Caveman1

He must be buzzing to be finally cured

Latchy

Canis Lupus wrote: »

You're a honey seller aren't you OP.

I'm a Honey consumer ...Honey

You want everyone rubbing honey into their eyes

What ...and possibly go blind ?

Cina

I've got 99 honey's but a bee-tch ain't one.

maddragon

Eye wish people would stop drone-ing on with these puns.

Capt'n Midnight

99p for honey LOL

would be interesting to do a pollen test on it to identify where it came from


if there is no pollen then it's diluted - with sugar if you are lucky - Chinese honey. If you are unlucky then it's “a mix of sugar water, malt sweeteners, corn or rice syrup, jaggery [a type of unrefined sugar], barley malt sweetener or other additives with a bit of actual honey.” And pesticides and hevey metals

mauzo

Bee flying off the shelves now....





Har har

Latchy

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

99p for honey LOL

would be interesting to do a pollen test on it to identify where it came from


if there is no pollen then it's diluted - with sugar if you are lucky - Chinese honey. If you are unlucky then it's “a mix of sugar water, malt sweeteners, corn or rice syrup, jaggery [a type of unrefined sugar], barley malt sweetener or other additives with a bit of actual honey.” And pesticides and hevey metals

I don't think their is any doubt of the healthy benefits attributed to honey and I buy it from supermarkets or health store but as you say , it's what's added to the supermarket brands that might throw suspicion on any health claims and straight from the hive it's going to be in it's natural state .

On a similar 'price of product ' note, a survey in UK last week stated that cheap 99p brands of paracetamol are just as beneficial as the more expensive brands .

Cú Giobach

Honey as an anti-bacterial agent fell out of use with the advent of penicillin and other antibiotics, now with more and more bacteria becoming immune to antibiotics its use is increasing again.

I've used it on myself and shared the knowledge with others who were amazed at its effects.
Here is something a bit more reliable than The Daily Mail.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100630111037.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120131205919.htm

hardCopy

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

99p for honey LOL

would be interesting to do a pollen test on it to identify where it came from


if there is no pollen then it's diluted - with sugar if you are lucky - Chinese honey. If you are unlucky then it's “a mix of sugar water, malt sweeteners, corn or rice syrup, jaggery [a type of unrefined sugar], barley malt sweetener or other additives with a bit of actual honey.” And pesticides and hevey metals

Maybe the pesticides killed his eye infection

Capt'n Midnight

Latchy wrote: »

I don't think their is any doubt of the healthy benefits attributed to honey and I buy it from supermarkets or health store but as you say , it's what's added to the supermarket brands that might throw suspicion on any health claims and straight from the hive it's going to be in it's natural state .

On a similar 'price of product ' note, a survey in UK last week stated that cheap 99p brands of paracetamol are just as beneficial as the more expensive brands .

Real honey has health benefits
Fake honey may do more harm than good and Golden Syrup is probably healthier than some of the worst stuff on the market in China (honey sales there are over 5 times annual honey production and a lot of the honey is exported)

BTW
The patent on paracetamol has expired which means anyone with a properly licensed pharmaceutical factory can make it. No matter what brand you buy it's still N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethanamide

The 99p paracetamol will work just as well as the 39p Boots Generic one

Latchy

Cú Giobach wrote: »

Honey as an anti-bacterial agent fell out of use with the advent of penicillin and other antibiotics, now with more and more bacteria becoming immune to antibiotics its use is increasing again.

I've used it on myself and shared the knowledge with others who were amazed at its effects.

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Real honey has health benefits
Fake honey may do more harm than good and Golden Syrup is probably healthier than some of the worst stuff on the market in China (honey sales there are over 5 times annual honey production and a lot of the honey is exported)

If that guy believes his eye problem was solved bya 99p jar of honey then who going to argue with him . There has always been a jar of honey in our home going back to childhood days and I've been aware of all the health benefits for many years now .

The patent on paracetamol has expired which means anyone with a properly licensed pharmaceutical factory can make it. No matter what brand you buy it's still N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethanamide

The 99p paracetamol will work just as well as the 39p Boots Generic one

Some people see 99p price tag and think ' it can't be much good if it's that cheap ''...so they buy another ,more expensive brand .That goes for other items such as food ,cosmetics and clothes to name a few but that was always part of advertisement trickery '' but now I'm told ,what's new is old ''

woodoo

save the bee

holystungun9

JohnMarston wrote: »

Racking my brains to think of a bee pun

Not too keen on honey but I do like their milk, though.

You get it from Boo Bees.

donutheadhomer

AnonoBoy wrote: »

That's nothing. I rubbed jam on my crotch once and it cured my scabies.

I slipped on a banana skin once

weemcd

Whats type of bee makes milk?



A boo-bee


Honey is usually not sold with a sell-by date, can be used for years as long as water does not get into it.

Honey can be used to treat burns.

When produced in your local area honey should help people with hay fever & alergies.

Honey can also boost your immunity.

Right up there with Hemp with its usefulness, the aul honey.

bamboozle

weemcd wrote: »

Whats type of bee makes milk?



A boo-bee


Honey is usually not sold with a sell-by date, can be used for years as long as water does not get into it.

Honey can be used to treat burns.

When produced in your local area honey should help people with hay fever & alergies.

Honey can also boost your immunity.

Right up there with Hemp with its usefulness, the aul honey.

honey is the one food that does not go-off, apparently honey was found in tombs of pharaoh and thousands of years later it was still good.

bees in my garden go made for lavender, honeysuckle and fruit trees

Plazaman

The man took an arrow to the eye :eek: that gotta hurt.

I have been told that any honey is just as good as say Manuka Honey and it's just a waste of money to go buying these jars with 100+ ratings on them.

Hmm could be good lyrics for a rap song above.....

Dravokivich

I'm actually sitting here in work drinking tea with honey in it. Great for irritated throats.

Grayson

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

Oh, bee-hive!

The internet's always a buzz with these kind of wonder remedies.

Capt'n Midnight

Latchy wrote: »

Some people see 99p price tag and think ' it can't be much good if it's that cheap ''...so they buy another ,more expensive brand .That goes for other items such as food ,cosmetics and clothes to name a few but that was always part of advertisement trickery '' but now I'm told ,what's new is old ''

Buying paracetamol in a 99p shop makes it very expensive when you can buy it for 39p in a real pharmacy with real pharmacists you can ask advice from.

Latchy

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Buying paracetamol in a 99p shop makes it very expensive when you can buy it for 39p in a real pharmacy with real pharmacists you can ask advice from.

I was thinking more of the people who would pay £2.99 for a pack of paracetamol instead of 99p one but even at 39p I wouldn't buy that cheap ...lol and I don't have to ask a pharmacists what amount of paracetamol to take but the dosage is on the pack anyway .

Capt'n Midnight

Latchy wrote: »

I was thinking more of the people who would pay £2.99 for a pack of paracetamol instead of 99p one but even at 39p I wouldn't buy that cheap ...lol and I don't have to ask a pharmacists what amount of paracetamol to take but the dosage is on the pack anyway .

39p is the price in Boots.

It's not cheap. That's what it actually costs to make. And sell at a profit.

And if you are going to buy ibuprofen you might as well get it in Boots since they invented it.

Latchy

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

39p is the price in Boots.

It's not cheap. That's what it actually costs to make. And sell at a profit.

And if you are going to buy ibuprofen you might as well get it in Boots since they invented it.

Joking aside ,there can't be any difference between a 39p and 99p x 12 pack of paracetamol which have the same 500mg strength but you'll often see a 12 pack of 500mg Panadol for a dearer price so it make sense when you read that price aside , they both do the same job.