In article >,
BlueBrooke > wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:16:05 -0400, Peppermint Patootie
> > wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> >
> >> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > Julie Bove wrote:
> >> >> I looked it up and it sure looks like bee vomit to me! They suck up
> >> >> the nectar into their mouths and regurgitate it.
> >> >>
> >> >> http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/honey.asp
> >> >
> >> > Not from their stomachs though.
> >>
> >> I don't care where it comes from. They're still regurgitation it. Due to
> >> my medical problems I often throw up stuff that never made it to my
> >> stomach.
> >
> >You just don't care about facts, do you? You think what you think, and
> >there's no budging it.
> >
> >PP
>
> What keeps popping into my mind while watching this discussion is the
> fact that honey is so clean, you can use it medicinally. I had some
> kind of, for lack of a better word, lesion on my ankle for months.
> Never did figure out what it was. Put a little honey on it and it
> cleared up in days. I've had a jar of honey in the top of the
> cupboard for years -- it doesn't mold.
>
> If that's "bee barf" all I can say is, as prolific as my dogs are, I
> wish they could produce something that useful. ;-)

Yes, honey has been used throughout history to promote healing of
wounds. I don't think it's because it's "clean," though. It isn't to
be given to very young babies because it can contain spores that can
produce a terrible strain of botulism, I think. Babies don't have
sufficient immune defense against it yet, but adults and older kids do.
I imagine it provides a decent seal to keep bad bugs out, and it may
contain helpful bacteria.

Health is not supported by cleanlines, per se. We are all colonies of
organisms working together for our own survival and, synergistically,
for the survival of the corporate organism we create together. Without
the bugs in our gut, we'd starve and be horribly sick. Other organisms
serve similar purposes. My understanding is that the mitochondria in
our cells once existed on their own and invaded a proto-human cell, then
stayed and started working together with its host.

If one applies 21st century U.S. standards of "cleanliness" to life, one
can miss out on a lot, including aspects of health.

Priscilla