[troutman]

Originally Posted by 81flames

Apparently, if you take a tablespoon of local honey a day, it helps in reducing allergy symptoms. I’m not 100% sure that it works, but my sister swears by it….she doesn’t get allergies. It has to be local honey though.

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This sounds quite amazing, but it’s likely false. You see, most pollen allergies come from tree and grass pollens, not flower pollens. This means, of course, that these aren’t the pollens bees are likely to collect and put into their honey. It appears to be just another aspect of this “natural is better” craze that is strong right now, even though it is so often illogical and unproven (or disproven).

Don’t believe me? A controlled study in the Annals of Allergies, Asthma, and Immonology, (Abstract here) concluded that

This study does not confirm the widely held belief that honey relieves the symptoms of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis.