HERB - Re: HERB Honey & infants

Katherine Blackthorne kblackthorne at hotmail.com
Fri Sep 8 12:18:29 PDT 2000


OK, so what about honey & pregnant women?  I know you must never give honey 
to an infant, but should it be avoided during pregnancy as well?

--Katherine




----Original Message Follows----
From: "Gaylin J. Walli" <gwalli at ptc.com>

Grania posted:


>BTW, one of the reasons you never give honey to an infant is that it is 
> >full of botulism spores that most adults can fend off, but someone with 
> >a weak or compromised immune system doesn't have a chance against.  
> >That's my understanding anyway.

Full of botulism spores might be a bit of an exaggeration. Honey *can*
contain it, but not all honey does necessarily. Wound treatment and
internal consumption are two different things, however. Your
understanding about the immune system is essentially correct,
I believe. But you can't make the same association for wounds.

Jasmine
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