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I don't use honey in my hair. What is it used for?


Most honey sold in U.S. grocery stores not worthy of its name
Most of the honey sold in chain stores across the country doesn't meet international quality standards for the sweet stuff, according to a Food Safety News analysis released this week.

One of the nation's leading melissopalynologists analyzed more than 60 jugs, jars and plastic bears of honey in 10 states and the District of Columbia for pollen content, Food Safety News said. He found that pollen was frequently filtered out of products labeled "honey."

"The removal of these microscopic particles from deep within a flower would make the nectar flunk the quality standards set by most of the world's food safety agencies," the report says. "Without pollen there is no way to determine whether the honey came from legitimate and safe sources."

Among the findings:

• No pollen was found in 76 percent of samples from grocery stores including TOP Food, Safeway, Giant Eagle, QFC, Kroger, Metro Market, Harris Teeter, A&P, Stop & Shop and King Soopers.

• No pollen was found in 100 percent of samples from drugstores including Walgreens, Rite-Aid and CVS Pharmacy.

• The anticipated amount of pollen was found in samples bought at farmers markets, co-ops and stores like PCC and Trader Joe's.

Why does it matter where your honey comes from? An earlier Food Safety News investigation found that at least a third of all the honey consumed in the United States was likely smuggled from China and could be tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals.

Foreign honey also puts a squeeze on American beekeepers, who have been lobbying for years for an enforceable national standard to prevent foreign honey from flooding the market.

The Food and Drug Administration does not have a standard of identity for honey like it does for milk or other products, a spokesman said.

The lack of regulation is what enables potentially unsafe honey is able to make its way into the country, Andrew Schneider, author of the Food and Safety News report.

"Where there's no pollen, there's no way for authorities to confirm where the honey came from, so it's easy to smuggle illicit honey into the country," he said.
 
hair4romheaven,
I use organic honey from locally grown sources for my hair, in facial and body masks (clears blemishes), and in herbal teas (instead of other sweetners). It is a wonderful humectant!:yep: A tablespoon or so a day with lemon juice has good dietary benefits too.
 
I use honey on my hair and I like the shine and moisture it gives my hair so I'm not really concerned about the pollen levels b/c I'm not ingesting the honey. It is still an interesting article b/c I know some people who use honey in their tea.
 
Prudent1 I use organic honey for my facial scrubs & protein shakes, but not in my hair. A humectant huh? So it should be used in the spring,summer? What is it added to a moist DC or protein?
 
I don't even like the taste of American honey. I knew something was up with that. I only buy from Whole Foods or Trader Joe's.

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People use honey for the humectant factor. The humectant is the sweetness in honey. Other than that hair is dead protein so if you use regular grocery store honey it won't make a difference even if it's short on pollen.
 
I read this on Natural News. Honestly, it doesn't surprise me that it's not real.

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So glad I have beekeepers as personal friends! I haven't bought honey from a store in 6 years! They keep me stocked in honey, which is a plus since I'm using it in my DC, DH uses it in his BBQ sauce recipe, kids eat on their pancakes, and I make a great Jack Daniels toddy with it!
 
See this is why I feel bad when my aunt brings me honey from Haiti. She heard that we like honey so she would bring each of us a jar. I feel bad because I just use that good honey for sugar/honey scrub for my skin. I haven't put it in my hair yet. I will have to try.
 
hair4romheaven said:
@Prudent1 I use organic honey for my facial scrubs & protein shakes, but not in my hair. A humectant huh? So it should be used in the spring,summer? What is it added to a moist DC or protein?
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hair4romheaven,
Yes, Many ppl mix it into a favorite DC to infuse more moisture. I originally started using it in a home-made 'caramel' recipe in the beginning of my HHJ (Which is just another type of DC). I actually started my HHJ during the winter. It did not strip my hair like some say glycerin does during the colder months. But, I seal religiously:yep:. My hair was parched back then.:ohwell:
 
Oh wow, this is crazy. I usually buy my honey from Walmart or Target. I use it for when I eat bisquits and I put it in my tea. Organic honey is just so expensive, but I guess thats the best route to go
 
Makes sense. I use honey in my tea on bread and in my hair. Looks like I need to go to Trader Joe's today cuz I don't need any more antibiotics nor metal! lol

And yet some politicians want to deregulation. Please. They'd would be selling us roadkill and calling it loin of beef!
 
I wonder if these metals and antibiotics are what make honey unsafe for babies....

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Meemee6223 said:
I wonder if these metals and antibiotics are what make honey unsafe for babies....

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I think that is moreso about babies having allergic reactions, but this tainted honey wouldn't be good for anybody.

So can't the gov. check out the distributors and find out where this stuff is coming from? They could find out if they cared, and shouldn't this already be regulated now?
 
Meemee6223 said:
I wonder if these metals and antibiotics are what make honey unsafe for babies....

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It's because babies can catch botulism from honey. Older kids and adults can digest the botulinum spores but babies can't so they tell you to avoid honey in babies
 
Hair2romheaven, thanks for posting the text, I should've thought of that. I use honey in my shea butter moisturizer and sometimes add it to my DC. Not only a good humectant but also adds shine to your hair and is antifungal so it acts as a preservative.

Bottom line, ladies, you need to find a local source for your honey. Or befriend a beekeeper like Charla :)

Anyway, you know the world is upside down when something as simple and pure as honey can't even be trusted anymore. SMH.
 
Keen said:
See this is why I feel bad when my aunt brings me honey from Haiti. She heard that we like honey so she would bring each of us a jar. I feel bad because I just use that good honey for sugar/honey scrub for my skin. I haven't put it in my hair yet. I will have to try.
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Hey, I'm Haitian too! Had some raw honey from there a couple of years ago....so GOOD. Wasn't using it in my hair back then, though. Body scrubs are great too, aren't they? Can't get enough honey, LOL. :lick::yep:
 
When I was in Egypt, I was introduced to honey and cheese with flat bread for breakfast and it was the most delicous thing I had ever had. I came back home ready to continue this and the honey tasted like chemicals. It tasted nothing like the Egyptian honey at all. I never touched honey again. Next time I go to Egypt I will stock up on honey.
 
i use raw unfiltered organic honey from health food stores only......i also don't microwave anything i eat or use on my body/ hair. radiation changes the molecular structure of things. i mentioned this cause many people use microwaves to warm hair products or melt thinsg to use on their hair. if you boil water on a stove and some in a microwave and let them cool and water plants with each one the plant given the microwaved water dies.


melissa-bee

an herbalist once said "Since the best isn't available, eat the best of what's available.":nono: the united states, canadian, and uk governments have played a huge role in the gmo food industry and are ratchet as hayle.:look: do what you can when ya can, don't let all the news thats out there discourage or overwhelm you.
 
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