Comments on: What Is Raw Honey? Benefits For Health

By: Jedha

Jedha — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:03:58 +0000

I’m not a honey expert Sonia but I’d say it’s perfectly fine to eat, people eat honeycomb straight front the hive.

I bet it tastes amazing.

By: sonia

sonia — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 16:33:49 +0000

Hi,

I got honey extracted direct from the hive which was in Asopalav tree(Polyalthia longifolia) in my Apartment.

I filtered it with strainer and muslin cloth twice.

Is it then ready to consume ?

I think its the purest form of Raw honey

By: Jedha

Jedha — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 06:28:04 +0000

Apologies for the late reply Dawn. It’s not normal but it is an allergic reaction called oral allergy syndrome.

This is a common but mild form of food allergy that occurs from fruits, vegetables or as a reaction to pollens.

Symptoms are usually limited to the mouth and include itching, tingling, red bumps like hives but under the skin, swelling of the lip, oral mucosa, palate, and throat.

These symptoms will occur during or soon after contact with the allergen. If you find a food that does this, most commonly you just have to avoid certain things if symptoms persist.

There’s more detailed info about different types of food allergies here http://goodfoodeating.org/6421/food-allergies/

By: Dawn

Dawn — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 13:24:00 +0000

Hello. I was wondering if it is normal for your tongue and inside your mouth to become itchy after eating raw honey?

By: Jedha

Jedha — Sun, 12 Jul 2015 10:17:06 +0000

Well said Willie!

By: Willie Glover

Willie Glover — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 05:12:04 +0000

Raw is good for your health

By: Jedha

Jedha — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:52:45 +0000

Thanks so much for your input, I really appreciate it

Good point about the organic honey, I never thought about that but bees do wander. I will definitely be looking into keeping bees I think it would be a great experience.

By: S. Nimz

S. Nimz — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:45:21 +0000

Oh, and do keep bees if you get a chance..you won’t regret it, or the sweet rewards that come from well managed hives

By: S. Nimz

S. Nimz — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:44:34 +0000

Yes, most is extracted through a centrifuge looking contraption. Again, honey is maintained at around 90 degrees in the hive, bees are a tropical insect. If you try to extract honey at less than 70 degrees, it doesn’t centrifuge out..promise We do fine centrifuging it here in the late Autumn and Summer, between 80-upper 90s ambient temperature. It still has all the beloved goodness in it!
I try to correct these things when I see them, I think the more educated a consumer is, the wiser the choices they will make.
I tell people frequently not to buy organic honey. You can organically manage the bees, but it doesn’t make the honey free of pesticides. Bees will forage withing a 5 mile radius for nectar, and to be truly organic, it would have to be verified that not a single home owner, city, or county used pesticides in operation. Not likely in most of the world (Brazil however produces it!)
Raw honey is a definite boon to health, I think we all agree there! It has stopped my Spring allergies, and I sleep better at night with a few spoons before bed. I am also diabetic and use it to help manage blood sugars. It truly is fascinating stuff!!

By: Jedha

Jedha — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 20:37:00 +0000

Thanks for leaving such a detailed comment.

I have looked into bee keeping myself, I think it’s fascinating and may get a hive myself one day.

As for the extraction, true raw honey is extracted using a centrifuge as Wilhelmina suggests, it’s like a wheel where they insert the hives and it runs in a circular motion at very high speeds and this extracts the honey in it’s natural state. From the research I’ve done, the heating process does destroy beneficial properties, though I may have been incorrect at the variaying degrees of heating involved. In any case, I think the overall point was to buy raw honey because it is definitely a better option health wise