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Why Medicinal Honey Heals Us
The reason medicinal honey is able to cure and heal us of so many health and medical problems is its ability to naturally produce and stimulate hydrogen peroxide.
Many people are confused believing honeys content to be high. I am going to clear up this misconception for you.
The producing capacity of honey, not its hydrogen peroxide content, is the main reason for honeys antibacterial activity and just one of the reasons we need honey.
Hydrogen peroxide can kill bacteria on contact and has been widely used for that purpose. The straight version however is unstable and rapidly loses its effectiveness when exposed to air and light it can also damage skin tissue when used in high quantities.
For these reasons it has fallen out of favour with doctors and hospitals who are now beginning to recognise once again honey as an excellent substitute.
Honey has the necessary components to produce amounts of hydrogen peroxide over a prolonged period of time.
This slow release capability makes honey an ideal substance to use in the treatment of wounds and bacteria-caused disorders.
The slow release mechanism is a simple chemical reaction that works as follows:
Honey is approximately 30% glucose. A much smaller component of honey is glucose oxidase, an enzyme found in the digestive system of honey bees and secreted into the nectar when bees make honey, Just one of their many talents.
Under the right conditions, glucose oxidase has the ability to break down glucose into gluconic acid and hydrogen peroxide.Honey itself does not supply the right conditions for this reaction to occur.
To become active and begin to break down the glucose in honey the glucose oxidase requires an optimum Ph OF 6.1 with good activity from Ph 5.5 to 8.0.
The pH of honey is too low to activate the enzyme. A second condition is also required before the this becomes active........ water or damp conditions.
Skin and body fluids have high pH and sodium levels. When pure honey comes into contact with skin or an open wound and even when enjoying the benefits of eating honey, the high pH and sodium levels start to activate and it begins to break down the glucose, releasing hydrogen peroxide causing the glucose oxidase to function and heal and cure us.
To summarize, when medicinal honey makes contact with human skin, wounds or bacteria, the dormant enzyme –glucose oxidase – becomes highly active inducing the health benefits of honey of medicinal honey on the skin, wounds or bacterial infections.
Doses of hydrogen peroxide are continually released from the medicinal honey directly to where they are needed most.
It would take a billion dollar company unlimited time, effort and resources to equal the power of honey which is why they produce chemical medicines because it’s easier for them.
Forget them honey, use what nature provides us with. Makes you think doesn't it?
