Become one with nature

https://lemmy.world/post/14840376

Become one with nature - Lemmy.World

I mean it’s not terrible advice. Alleegies or not, local honey is generally delicious.
While it’s not a cure all, the advice is also legit.
Ingestion of honey improves the symptoms of allergic rhinitis: evidence from a randomized placebo-controlled trial in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia

The role of honey in the treatment of allergic rhinitis (AR) is controversial. We studied the complementary effect of ingestion of a high dose of honey, in addition to standard medications, on AR.Prospective randomized placebo-controlled study. Subjects ...

PubMed Central (PMC)

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.

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

The concept is its very concentrated, but because it’s broken down in the stomach you won’t likely have an allergic reaction. I didn’t know people used honey when they sell bee pollen for the exact purpose.