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From: Gary Hawkins (no email)
Date: Sat Mar 02 2002 - 00:34:41 EST
"Instead honey kills bacteria quickly and is, in fact, a good wound dressing."
http://georgiahoney.com/guarantee.htm
http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=100&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=honey+kill
s+bacteria&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=
i&as_sitesearch=&safe=off
"Honey kills bacteria by converting an anti-bacterial enzyme it contains to
hydrogen peroxide, which aids in the healing of burns and wounds."
"Eating honey kills bacteria in the intestinal tract that cause diarrhea."
Were it not true it would spoil, but instead lasts practically forever
unrefrigerated.
> Honey should not be used as a sweetener for small children
> because they don't have enough resistance to salmonella!
> Not very bacteriostatic, is it?
> healing. Any particular honey your wife uses? Wil get some next week.
Yes. Unheated! Temperatures just over 100 F destroy enzymes.
Gary
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