Honey, did you know?

      I got this info from an article about fraudulent honey. (Shared with me by a church friend) I had NO idea. I mean, I am not surprised at all but felt I needed to share for all those other peeps (the maybe 10) that read my blog so we can start getting the word out. There will be no more honey imposters over here! 


      "Just because those cute little bear-shaped bottles at the grocery store say "honey" on them does not necessarily mean that they actually contain honey. A comprehensive investigation conducted by Food Safety News (FSN) has found that the vast majority of so-called honey products sold at grocery stores, big box stores, drug stores, and restaurants do not contain any pollen, which means they are not real honey. 


     Some guys did a study of honey from 10 different states and found that 76 percent of "honey" samples purchased from major grocery store chains like Kroger and Safeway, and 77 percent of samples purchased from big box chains like Sam's Club and Wal-Mart, did not contain any pollen. The full FSN report with a list of all the pollen-less "honey" brands can be accessed here:  http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/  
                                                             
    According to FSN, the lack of pollen in most conventional "honey" products is due to these products having been illegally ultra-filtered. This means that they have been intensely heated, forced through extremely tiny filters, and potentially even watered down or adulterated in some way prior to hitting store shelves.                                    Ultra-filtering eliminates and destroys all medicinal properties of honey and renders them medicinally dead. 


    Raw honey is a health-promoting food that can help alleviate stomach problems, anemia, allergies, and other health conditions. Ultra-filtered honey is nothing more than a health-destroying processed sugar in the same vein as white table sugar or high fructose corn syrup.    
                                 
    The good news is that all of the honey products FSN tested from farmers markets, food cooperatives, and "natural" stores like Trader Joe's and Whole Foods, were found to contain pollen and a full array of antioxidants and other nutrients. Local beekeepers are another great source of obtaining raw, unprocessed, real honey.    


Be sure to read the entire FSN report at: http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/