Honey Consumption when Dealing with Endometriosis

Ideally you should be able to use honey as an alternative to sugar to help with endometriosis, but unfortunately honey can no longer be assured as pure and safe. 


Endometriosis and honey in your diet


The honey industry faces a major crisis regarding widespread product adulteration and economic fraud, with food testing investigations revealing that a significant portion of cheap supermarket-blend honey is bulked out with industrial sugar syrups rather than being pure bee product.

Cheap imported bulk honey is routinely diluted with high-fructose corn, rice, or beet sugar syrups designed to pass basic laboratory screening.



You need to be aware of not buying contaminated imported honey, which can be diluted or contaminated with antibiotics and other chemicals.


Also it has been found that some honey is obtained from bees that are using pollen from GM crops to produce honey. And finally, honey can be filtered so much during processing that there is no beneficial pollen left in the honey, thus leaving it with no nutritional value.  Unfortunately this is a huge growing industry with vast amounts of contaminated honey being imported to the west from various countries.


This article outlines some of the stark facts, following investigation into the practise by large foreign companies in the honey business. 



Article extracts from: The Telegraph Newspaper


A five-month investigation by the Seattle Post-Intelligence newspaper found the international honey trade rife with criminal enterprises designed to take advantage of the demand for imports created by the mysterious collapse of bee colonies across America. 

According to the paper, large shipments of tainted honey from China have recently arrived at Western US ports after being repackaged as a product of Russia. Tens of thousands of tons of honey also enter the US each year from countries with few bees and no record of exporting honey such as Singapore and the Bahamas. 

Other shipments have come via India, Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand and even Poland. The smugglers aim to avoid the health checks, tariffs and import fees imposed on foreign food products that deliberately undercut US domestic prices. 

The US Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on honey launderers amid fears that dangerously contaminated honey could slip into the US market and harm consumers. Efforts to tackle honey laundering have also been launched in Russian, India and Australia. 

The concern about Chinese honey stems from the use of a toxic antibiotic to fight a contagious bacterial epidemic that raged through hives across China in 1997. The outbreak reduced the country's honey production by two thirds. 



So which honey is safe?


The only safe honey to use in your diet is pure, certified organic honey that has been produced using bee colonies that are not obtaining their pollen from GM crops. You need to do some research with suppliers to ensure that the honey you use is safe and is not contaminated in any way. 

To buy safe, natural honey from your supermarket look for transparent labelling indicating single-origin or raw properties rather than generic mass-market blends. Alternatively, purchase unheated, unpasteurized honey in glass jars directly from trusted local beekeepers, farmers' markets, or specialized suppliers.

The only ingredient that should be list is 100% HONEY



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Reference:

https://www.blackbeehoney.com/blogs/stories/the-honey-scandal?srsltid=AfmBOorGoRe3bCNIz3RzT5I1GswnKKQgqVd8SQcjIgdfGz7Klcet7_sF

https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/the-scandal-of-fake-foreign-honey

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7692231/


About the Author

Hi, I am Carolyn Levett, the Founder here at endo-resolved - I am an Integrative Health Coach having studied nutrition, naturopathy and aromatherapy as well as being a published author of three endometriosis books. I used to suffer from severe endometriosis and was fortunate to be able to regained my health and recover from this disease with the support of nutrition, natural therapies and lots of determination.

My motivation is to help other women with endometriosis to heal their bodies so they may start to overcome this awful disease without having to totally rely on toxic drugs and surgeries which can cause further damage  -  with healing thoughts, Carolyn.



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