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Honey

The Essentials

An open glass jar of amber honey with a spoon standing in it, a piece of honeycomb visible inside and the lid resting beside it
Raw honey with comb in the jar: cloudy, thick and slow off the spoon.

One of the world's oldest continuously used medicines — with modern trials to match Persian tradition on cough and wound care.

Raw, unheated honey preserves the enzymes, phenolic compounds, and propolis traces that give it its edge over refined sugar.

Never for infants under 12 months — a rare but serious infant-botulism risk; still sugar. Modest daily servings. Not a free food for anyone with diabetes.