Manuka Honey Health Benefits

When it comes to considering the health benefits of taking Manuka honey, there are two important points to first note.

1. All sellers of Manuka honey, including ourselves, are not doctors or medical professionals, merely having knowledge (to differing degrees) of the product, not being experts in peoples health conditions. If you do have a particular medical or health issue, then you should get advice for that condition from your regular medical professional.

2. Not all Manuka honey products being sold are the same. There is a hydrogen peroxide based activity that is common to al types of honey. Some brands are misleadingly referencing this activity with their test results. The reputation and supporting evidence of Manuka honey is based on a special, extra, non-peroxide based activity. They are two different properties. The best assurance of getting the product you are expecting is with a jar that contains the UMF® quality mark on its label, along with a currently valid license number. The UMF® certification has measured specifically the unique extra non-peroxide activity that relates to the known benefits of this honey.

The main benefits from taking this special food relate to the unique additional antibacterial properties (in UMF® certified jars) that are stable and remain during storage of the jars and when actually using this honey.

While all types of honey can provide some benefits, with UMF® Manuka honey (or approved medical grade products) you are getting additional unique properties to that many users report support their health.


•    Antibacterial properties - unique extra ones not found in regular honey
•    Unique healthy phenolic antioxidants
•    Helps you support a healthy digestive system
•    Soothing properties (many users say it helps them with coughs and sore throats)
•    It is still a natural food - you are not adding anything artificial to your body
•    Research supports sterilised medical grade manuka honey in wound use

UMF^® certified Manuka Honey is independent (and internationally verifiable) proof of the unique additional antibacterial properties of a batch of Manuka, unlike jars that state a number without a UMF logo, for example ‘Active 5’.

Read more about Manuka Honey Health Benefits here.

For those who may be wanting help with their diets or any other aspects of nutrition - then how do you go about finding a suitably qualified nutritionist?

Thankfully - for those of you in the UK anyway - the people at Nutritionist Resource can help.

www.nutritionist-resource.org.uk

The is a search box on their main page where you just enter your postcode, and they will show you a list of qualified nutritionists in your area, along with a few bio and contact details of them.

There is also a series of articles on different aspects of nutrition that you can browse through.

So if its something you would like some professional advice on, have a look to find the qualified people closest to you.