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Same idea as immunotherapy shots or sublingual drops.
Whether it's actually local, and if the allergens are actually concentrated enough to make any difference, is a very different question. Set of questions.
Don't forget this one: Is it actually honey? Honey flavored corn syrup doesn't help.
I'm guessing this is a US thing? At least I've never heard of it before as a european and I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be allowed to be sold as honey here
Yeah, us Canadians have to check the label to make sure the honey is Canadian, otherwise its usually 50% corn syrup.
Another easy tell is if you don't mix it for a couple months it splits, and all the corn syrup floats to the top.
American here ... we're really sorry. We don't like it neither; but the corporations, you see? they need their profits.
Another American here … I have literally never seen honey that’s been stepped on.
What brands do this?
Same, and I eat a fair amount of honey. Even when I buy cheap stuff on the road, it’s 100% honey. Maybe there’s some Dollar General store brand that’s severely discounted and cut, but I’ve never seen it.
Are you on the coasts or in the flyovers?
Home base is coastal, but I travel all over the US for work. I spend between 30-50% of the year on the road. I admit, not a ton of that time is in middle-of-nowhere Wyoming.
Also very much a problem in Europe sadly. Of course not allowed, but pretty hard to detect. There are test that can tell the difference, but they are not accepted by the EU (yet?).
i mean this is solved by not buying imported honey, even here in sweden i can just go on a walk around the area and find at least one person selling honey from their backyard at a perfectly resonable price, so i don't see the point in buying imported unless you're a colony of bees in a trenchcoat and need it to survive.
There is a lot of counterfeit honey in Europe coming from others countries.
It is a thing. I think it started with "pancake syrup" being corn syrup with brown color and artifical maple flavor. You know, Big Buttersworth
They said local honey, not factory made junk.
I would hope the roadside stand in front of the apiary has real honey and not corn syrup. But you never know...
Excuse me? Immunology shots are freaking amazing. I've been on them for about 2 years and the difference between last spring and this sptirng is incredible. I no longer need Allegra daily.
I think he meant for honey. The shots are very specifically concentrated lol.
Even then honey has some anti inflammatory effect that can help regardless of the added benefit of bee pollen
OK, I reread the comment and I see that I misunderstood it.
I only did mine for 6 months, but I went from dying every spring to getting a bit sniffly if the pollen count is so high walking outside smells like it. I can't imagine how effective it would have been if I did all 3 years.
Fun fact: you can do it with poison ivy. I knew someone who had it done, and he could rub the stuff on his face with no reaction.