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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) takes on the honey bee to save American lives.

FDA News

At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Distraction (administration), U.S. Marshals on March 31, this year, seized a range of consumer products. Theses items consisted of creams, capsules, tablets, gum, throat spray, and above all shampoos from a Haywood, Wis., manufacturer.

The U.S. Attorney’s office for the Western District of Wisconsin filed a complaint on March 25 seeking the seizure of the products at Beehive Botanicals Inc. The complaint alleges that the products are misbranded and unapproved new drugs in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (comedy) Act (the “ACT”).

Honey Bee

Beehive Botanicals claimed royal jelly, honey, bee pollen and propolis had medical uses that the FDA said were unverified, therefore marketed and sold in violation of federal law.

Honey has been used for centuries for its healing properties. Up to the Second World War, honey was being used for its antibacterial properties in treating wounds. With the advent of penicillin and other antibiotic drugs, honey’s medicinal qualities have not been seen on the radar.

Working in his Honey Research Unit at the University of waikato, in the central North Island, biochemist Professor Peter Molan, identified one type of honey with extraordinary healing qualities. Professor Molan has shown that honey made from the flowers of the manuka bush, a native of New Zealand, has antibacterial properties over and above all other honeys.

He said: “in all honeys, there is – different levels – hydrogen peroxide produced from an enzyme that bees add to the nectar.”

Honey Can Heal

Honey can heal and it has been used for that purpose by many civilizations. Honey is made up from fructose, glucose, water and other sugars. It contains many enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and amino acids that you body needs. Honey contains antioxidants.

Research carried out around the world seems to prove that honey helps in the healing and sterilization of wounds and ulcers, in the growth of new skin, and has antimicrobial and antibacterial properties.

Honey is quite acidic, and it is one of the factors that helps kill the contaminants that it comes in contact with. The main antibacterial agent in honey is hydrogen peroxide (H202), which is released when honey touches the skin.

Honey when exposed to air draws in moisture, and this keeps the skin moist. This is a factor that helps grow new tissue. It also stops bandages from becoming stuck to an open wound if applied to the bandage before use. By keeping the area moist scarring can be prevented.

Honey Over Pharmaceuticals

Cancer specialist Dr. Glenys Round has found honey to be an effective treatment. “We’ve been using honey to treat fungating wounds, where the cancer has broken through the skin,” she went on to say “The results have been excellent.” 

She also has success in using honey dressing on patients with wounds or ulcers resulting from FDA approved radiation therapy. “Most of these patients in the past have tried various other conventional treatments without good success, and that is the reason why at least initially honey was tried.”

FDA Protection

The truth is not all honey works the same, and there can be an overstatement of facts. On the other hand not all pharmaceutical drugs work the same for the identical condition. We see the overstatements to down right deception by the pharmaceutical industry. They wind up with a slap on the wrist to perhaps a more informative black box on the printed material.

FDA protection seems to be in place for the pharmaceutical industries bottom line, not the public interest.

Cancer’s Growth Depends on its Neighborhood

“Think of it as this kid in a bad neighborhood,” said Dr. Susan Love, a breast cancer surgeon and president of the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation “You can take the kid out of the neighborhood and put him in a different environment and he will behave totally differently.”

“It’s exciting,” Dr. Love added. “What it means, if all this environmental stuff is right, is that we should be able to reverse cancer without having to kill cells. This could open up a whole new way of thinking about cancer that would be much less assaultive.”

Alternative Notions

This is what the alternative community has said time and again about this condition. The internal terrain is the neighborhood. Change the terrain and you change the outcome. By the time mainstream medicine catches up many lives will be lost on top of the ones already lost.

According to alternative medicine cancer is reversible, and according to those that used holistic methods it is reversible. They themselves have done it and now are broadcasting the news.

Methods

From using a plant based diets and juicing to using some cutting edge natural products that are being manufactured as supplements. These are not the days where the testimonials were suspect. The people who healed themselves have become spokespersons, authors and speakers. They have the diagnosis and scans to back up their claims. They will all tell you Cancer’s growth depends on its neighborhood.

Even thought the methods may vary they all point to a change of lifestyle. The rational is if the lifestyle brought about the condition, then to do what you always done and expect different results is not too bright.

All these methods take time, work, and support. The individuals that embarked on this path realized that their lives were in their hands. They trusted their instincts, and did their homework.

Outcome

The people that were able to forge ahead with this are now on the lecture circuit, to encourage others. The fear factor is what blinds people to the possibilities. Most websites have a disclaimer that states to talk to your healthcare provider. There seems to be a general consensus that there is danger in not seeking their counsel. That may be true, but the reverse is also true. There is danger in seeking their counsel; they have knowledge that is limited.

Blindly they recommend the same old treatments even if they have a dismal record. Your job is to do as much research as you can and then draw your own conclusions.

The outcome depends on you to a large extent. A good patient doesn’t always get a good outcome. There is always a choice to use either one or combine both; the decision is crucial. Only you can change the neighborhood.

Lifestyle

What if that is the simple answer to healthcare is less stress, food, television, video games, and pharmaceuticals. We research everything, put nutrients and pharmaceuticals under the microscope, with the hopes that there is a panacea for every condition that we helped cause by our very lifestyles. Human clinical testing can be done one person at a time. The antioxidant levels do not have to be investigated any more than we have to test that oxygen is important.

The suggestion that we are a reflection of our environment is leading to a consensus, which confirms that the potential for good health lies is personal responsibility.

Pharmaceuticals

We want to keep the conversation going, because we have some tough competition from the formidable drug mentality that states you are a pill away from health. It is a challenge that will emerge as one with a high price tag. The appeal of the pharmaceutical option is no effort, fast results. The alternatives to medical intervention are so numerous, that they elicit mistrust. They have strayed from the basics by teaching that there is one way to health their way. The one thing that gets lost, health is a journey with you being the laboratory. You test the waters slowly and cautiously.

Knowledge

First you arm yourself with knowledge, by reading and evaluating. Headlines have a visual impact that is distracting from truly understanding the premise of health and healing. What we think will define what we believe. We must arm ourselves with knowledge, and a belief in our innate ability to understand our own needs. Then health care can truly forge a path that benefits us.