1 Mar 2010
Wildflower honey is one of the few honeys that can come from almost anywhere. The honey is created as the bees pollinate the local wild flowers growing in any given area. Because of the diversity of the flowers in an area the flavor and texture of wildflower honey can very greatly. When you are buying this type of honey you will want to have an accurate description of the specific honey you are looking at. You will find that they can be lighter in color to very dark in color. The color and flavor can very from season to season in the same region based on the types of flowers in bloom, the winter rainfall, any recent fire activity, etc.
Because of these variables people who suffer from allergies tend to use wildflower honey to help with building up their immune system. By eating a teaspoon full of honey everyday the pollens from the local flowers are slowly being ingested and in turn build up the immune system to those pollens. Many people have seen great results to this natural treatment. There are several things that you need to remember if you choose to eat wildflower honey for this reason.
1. You should buy the honey from a local supplier and make sure that the honey was produced as close to where you live as possible. This is to ensure that the pollens in the honey are the same pollens that are irritating your allergies.
2. You should always start slow. When eating honey that has pollens that you are allergic to you may have a reaction. You should build up your resistance over time. People report that it can take up to a month to really feel the effects of the honey.
3. You should always buy raw honey because when ever honey is strained and heated the pollens can be removed or reduced to the point of being useless. Also when you heat honey you remove a lot of the natural antioxidant qualities that my be present in wildflower honey.
Lory Sanchez
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