Manuka Honey Health Benefits For Cats
I rediscovered the joys of manuka honey recently for health reasons, mine and for cats. My cholesterol and glucose levels are high and apparently one, rare kind honey helps. Sweet! I was curious to try it on Merlin’s gums for his chronic periodontal issues. A swab twice a day can’t hurt and can help so we’re trying it out. One jar is 10+ times the cost of regular honey, so it’s not the kind to slather on toast. It’s thick, tastes sweet and natural but with an extra kick. I decided to learn more and it turns out one of our loyal readers not only swears that manuka has helped her cats, she wrote our guest post on manuka honey health benefits for cats (dogs and humans too!) Visit JBBardot.com for her extensive archive on holistic health articles.
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Manuka Honey Health Benefits For Cats
By J B Bardot (originally published as Manuka Honey For People and Pets: Remarkable Healing Properties Destroy Frightening Superbugs Better Than Antiobiotics) JB Bardot
Manuka honey is a powerful antibacterial, antiviral and anti-inflammatory agent that kills antibiotic-resistant superbugs such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). Clinical trials have been conducted into its effectiveness against conditions such as diabetes, bladder infections, skin infections, ulcers and cancer. Due to its tremendous antibacterial and antiviral properties, manuka honey powerful action action diseases such as plague and ebola. Honey has been used medicinally for thousands of years in ancient Greece, in China for Traditional Chinese Medicine and in India with Ayurveda. While western cultures have always seen it as a health food, its medicinal properties are only recently being discovered. Researchers now believe that certain types of honey have stronger healing properties than others. Manuka honey is considered to be one of the most potent, and Western medicine is only just beginning to understand its amazing healing potential. Due to the popularity of Manuka honey, some manufacturers have attempted to cash in on the trend by producing low grade honey and labeling it as authentic Manuka Honey. To let consumers know exactly what they are buying, licensed manufacturers have come up with a labeling system known as the Unique Manuka Factor which lets individuals know the strength and potency of the product.
Where Does Manuka Honey Come From?
Manuka honey is produced by imported European honeybees that harvest pollen only from the Manuka tree (Leptospermum scoparium) which grows wild throughout New Zealand and Australia. The Manuka tree is also known as myrtle or the Tea Tree and produces small white flowers that are responsible for the earthy, herbaceous taste associated with Manuka honey. It has become big business for beekeepers in Australia and New Zealand who are now exporting the honey all over the world.
What is Unique Manuka Factor (UMF)?
Unique Manuka Factor, or UMF, is a quality control scale that lets you know the potency of the honey before you buy it. All whole, raw honey has antibacterial properties due to it containing a small amount of naturally-occurring hydrogen peroxide. Manuka honey contains a unique non-peroxide antibacterial compound that gives the honey its remarkable healing properties. Researchers have named this compound the Unique Manuka Factor and established a standard for measuring the potency of different strains of honey…
To read the complete article click on Manuka Honey For People and Pets.
Editor’s Note: I bought this on Amazon. Let me know if you find it cheaper elsewhere. With the rate of bees declining, expect higher prices and for all honey and more manuka copycats.
24 Comments
Dee Dawson
Have poor venous circulation. Manuka honey is the only thing that healed a bad ulcer after trying for a year with conventional medicine. Use it for all wounds now. Draws out infection and clears up staff and rashes. Love it.
PepiSmartDog
PepiSmartDog: Manuka Honey helped save mum’s life, after life saving surgery which got infected. Nothing the doctors gave her would stop the infection. Finally she tried Manuka Honey and it worked! We highly recommend it!
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speedyrabbit
Mummy and Daddy use it a lot ,they swear by it,xx Speedy
Annabelle
We had never heard this. What great information.
Pawesome Cats
Growing up in NZ, I’ve always been a huge fan of Manuka honey, it’s fabulous for sore throats and laryngitis… Nice post!
Cathy Keisha
TW is going to have to check this out! She has high blood pressure and stuff and she can’t take Easter meds. She’s been eating tons of watermelon cos of it’s antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties and it’s delish or so she says.
Skeeter and Izzy
Honey,like so many other natural things is a wonderful thing!!!!
We try to have goodies for the bees. Bats are another creature that are in serious trouble. We have become so ignorant in our intelligence. Sad, sad.
Thanks for sharing the wonderful info on the honey!!
Luvs
Skeeter and Izzy and the Feral Gang + Twig & Peanut & Romeo and the Angels >^..^^..^<~
Sometimes Cats Herd You
We knew a little of that about honey, but not most of it. We certainly didn’t know that honey was used to treat MRSA!
Sammy
WOW…..super interesting information……I have high cholesterol and have been on meds for years…..this might be worth a try!
Hugs, Pam
Dezi and Lexi
Gweat posty. Fanks fur da info. Weez found it lots of places fur cheaper including amazon. Puritan.com, ebay, and several udder vitamin wetailers have it. Have a gweat day.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
Tamago
Thank you for the great information! I came across manuka honey before as part of dental care. Haven’t tried yet…I wonder how it will work if you try with Merlin.
da tabbies o trout towne
guys…manee thanx for sharing thiz ….we troo lee apurreciate any holistic/all natural add vise……this type oh honey soundz amazing…..we will tell food gurl ta chex it out on amazon ♥♥♥ ~~~~~~
Brian Frum
That was darn interesting and sounds like a wonderful and magical honey!
Kathryn
Shared. Very important. Too important not to share. Thanks for this. Ched and Mao asked, ”We try some, plz mom?”
Bev Green
I have that exact jar in my pantry..it is an amazing product..used for sores etc as a brilliant antibiotic..bees are in a lot of trouble..i am allergic and yet i make sure i have planted a lot of flowering plants for them to enjoy..our native bee here is a beautiful creature if you google blue bees you will see what a special little guy this is and so pretty..sadly they are being decimated by pesticides which i do not use in my garden and they are also being killed off by wasps..we need to take their preservation seriously as without pollination crops fail..so sad we have this problem …by the way love the new format 🙂 hugs Fozziemum
Layla
Bev, I thought of you while I was writing and wondered why AU wasn’t orange on the map. Glad to hear you use manuka.
Bev Green
No idea Layla but we have a problem for sure..maybe just not popular politics!
The Island Cats
That honey sounds like some good stuff! Thanks for sharing this info.
Flynn
That is very interesting. I am wondering if it may help Flynn. His teeth have a little tartar but not much, but he does grind his teeth when he eats. Our vet is loathe to put him under anaesthetic so I think it is worth buying some to rub on his gums and see if it makes a difference.
I never use pesticides in the garden and we never use them in the fields either, but all the farms around us do. We have a large amount of bees visiting us. Maybe they sense our pollen is better and safer than elsewhere.
Layla
Thank-you for farming organic! The bees know it’s safe at your place.
Jenna Meow
Excellent post! It is defiantly important to go for the good stuff. Cheap imitation honey is not the same.
Jenna Meow
Great post! It is defiantly important to go for the good stuff. Cheap imitation honey is not the same thing.
easy rider
that sounds like an all in one, thanks for the information. it’s on my amazon-wishlist now :o)
Summer
My human wonders if this might be helpful for my human’s boyfriend, whose cholesterol tends to run high, even though he works out daily (hard! P90x) and eats way healthier than my human.