Benefits of Active Manuka Honey

• Helps to promote general wellness & overall digestive health
• Reduces oral pathogens in plaque aiding in oral health
• Helps to soothe a sore throat, helps protect against common cold
• Helps to relieve sinus infection when used with nasal rinse
• Helps to relieve mild digestive upsets, indigestion, gastric reflux
• Aids in the healing of stomach ulcers, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
• Promotes acne reduction, enhances facial complexion
• Helps treat external wounds, even those with antibiotic resistant bacteria such as MRSA

Great-Tasting, Natural Food, No Side Effects

Active Manuka honey is a great alternative to, or compliment to, traditional medications.  It can be enjoyed daily, as part of an overall wellness approach, or taken in response to specific health issues.  

Links To Some Interesting Articles

Science & Medical Research

Antioxidant

Cancer

• Intravenous Administration of Manuka Honey Inhibits Tumor Growth and Improves Host Survival When Used in Combination with Chemotherapy in a Melanoma Mouse Model  http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0055993
• Manuka honey synergistically enhances the chemopreventive effect of 5-fluorouracil on human colon cancer cells by inducing oxidative stress and apoptosis, altering metabolic phenotypes and suppressing metastasis ability  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30056083
• Effectiveness of Honey on Radiation-Induced Oral Mucositis, Time to Mucositis, Weight Loss, and Treatment Interruptions Among Patients With Head and Neck Malignancies: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of Literature     https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27028991/
• Oxidative stress, inflammation, and cancer: How are they linked?   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990475/  

Cystic Fibrosis

• A demonstration of the susceptibility of clinical isolates obtained from cystic fibrosis patients to manuka honey  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25680398
• Manuka honey to kill drug-resistant bacteria found in cystic fibrosis infections  https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190529131142.htm

• Anti-pseudomonad Activity of Manuka Honey and Antibiotics in a Specialized ex vivo Model Simulating Cystic Fibrosis Lung Infection  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31105667

Gastric Ulcers, H. Pylori

• Antioxidant, Anti-inflammatory, and Antiulcer Potential of Manuka Honey against Gastric Ulcer in Rats  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26770649
• Molecular Mechanisms of Natural Honey Against H. pylori Infection Via Suppression of NF-κB and AP-1 Activation in Gastric Epithelial Cells  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0188440916301424

GUT

• Effect of different doses of Manuka honey in experimentally induced inflammatory bowel disease in rats  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ptr.2523/abstract 

Parasites

• Comparative effect of manuka honey on anaerobic parasitic protozoans with standard drug therapy under in vitro conditions: A preliminary study.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30505056

Pathogens, Bacteria, Viruses

• Antibacterial effect of Manuka honey on Clostridium difficile https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3669629/
• Anti-influenza viral effects of honey in vitro: potent high activity of manuka honey  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24880005
• Comprehensive In Situ Killing of Six Common Wound Pathogens With Manuka Honey Dressings Using a Modified AATCC-TM100  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28678730
• The unusual antibacterial activity of medical-grade Leptospermum honey: antibacterial spectrum, resistance and transcriptome analysis

https://www.anbg.gov.au/leptospermum/leptospermum-scoparium.html

• Manuka-type honeys can eradicate biofilms produced by Staphylococcus aureus strains with different biofilm-forming abilities  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3970805/
• In vitro antiviral activity of honey against varicella zoster virus (VZV): A translational medicine study for potential remedy for shingles  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22822475
• Proteomic and genomic analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) exposed to manuka honey in vitro demonstrated down-regulation of virulence markers  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922154/
• Identification and Quantification of Methylglyoxal as the Dominant Antibacterial Constituent of Manuka  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18210383/

Sinusitis

• Manuka honey sinus irrigation for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis: a randomized controlled trial  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27935259
• Manuka honey sinus irrigation for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis: a randomized controlled trial https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/alr.21898

Wound, Skin Care

• Acceptability to patients of a honey dressing for non-healing venous leg ulcers  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15160574
• Honey is potentially effective in the treatment of atopic dermatitis: Clinical and mechanistic studies  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28474502
• Resolution of folliculitis decalvans with Medical Honey  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/07n6v0hs
• Manuka honey‐impregnated dressings in the treatment of neuropathic diabetic foot ulcers  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.01082.x

Miscellaneous

• In vivo absorption and metabolism of leptosperin and methyl syringate, abundantly present in manuka honey  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28444960
• Identification and quantification of methylglyoxal as the dominant antibacterial constituent of Manuka (Leptospermum scoparium) honeys from New Zealand  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mnfr.200700282

News Articles & Medical Reporting

• Story about Tom Lloyd, man who credits Manuka honey with saving his leg from rare infection  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/medicine/news/article.cfm?c_id=255&objectid=10566663
• Manuka Honey: 2012 Fox News article: "Topical aid for skin enhancement and healing." By Chris Kilham  http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/02/28/manuka-honey-topical-aid-for-skin-enhancement-and-healing/
• Discussion about recent research study on use of manuka honey against MRSA & other "superbugs."  http://www.nhs.uk/news/2011/04April/Pages/manuka-honey-mrsa-superbug-bacteria.aspx
• BBC 2004 "Harnessing Honey's Healing Power."  Dr. Peter Molan  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3787867.stm
• PRWEB March 2012 overview of health benefits of manuka honey  http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/3/prweb9264235.htm
• 5 Benefits Of Manuka Honey In Ulcerative Colitis  https://healthyy.net/superfoods/5-benefits-of-manuka-honey-in-ulcerative-colitis

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