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Can anyone talk to their experience of honey reducing (or not) cough and allergies due to pollen?

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Jeroen Ubbink 9mo ago

I too am interested in this.

I used to take a 10mg ceterizine (antihistamine) pill for this, but a few weeks ago when the season started for me i popped a few for about a week and started to look like the Michelin mascot.

I would not really like to take a tablespoon of honey since i want to keep things keto but if it really helps i am willing to try.

I heard it should be unprocessed and "local" honey so you are mostly exposed to the same pollen as you inhale at home. I don't know how local it should exactly be as there seems to be nobody selling within a couple of km. On the other hand i have allergies no matter where i go.

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elsat 9mo ago

Probably radius is bigger than 2 km. Look at similar climate, and ecology. Likely 50-100km radius, at least.

Jeroen Ubbink 9mo ago

In that case i may know some places. I'll keep an eye on this thread to see if more positive reactions come in.

elsat 9mo ago

Your local farmer, beekeeper, farmers market should have options. Local fb groups are great resources for local foods.

https://secure.westonaprice.org/cvweb_weston/cgi-bin/utilities.dll/openpage?wrp=chapter_dir_inter.htm#link_Netherlands

https://www.realmilk.com/raw-milk-finder/international/

BitBees 9mo ago

Local and raw means unprocessed, unpasteurized. Local is 150 mile radius (some say 50, but on the coast it is 150 because so many plants are the same pollen producers in a wider area than if you are farther north/south. Raw is unpasteurized (unheated past 120℉)… some consider raw to include chunks of wax, bee legs, bee wings and other bits that look untidy. That is certainly raw, but certainly unpalatable to many. So a gauze filter cloth is used to prevent that detritus from entering the bottle/jar.