HERB - Re: HERB Honey & infants

[Lynette]

Not an issue with pregnant moms.  Just children under5 years.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Katherine Blackthorne" <kblackthorne at hotmail.com>
To: <herbalist at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 12:18 PM
Subject: HERB - Re: HERB Honey & infants


> 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
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> ----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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