I read your information on Sugar and on the cure for the cold!

I would be very enthusiastic to hear some information about Honey as a replacement for sugar. Have you any research information on this topic yet?

I transferred to honey four years ago and replaced as much of my sugar intake as I could at that time. These are the things which happened to me: -
1. I found I no longer had a craving for sugar.
2. I have not had a cold for four years now and I used to get one every month or two during the winter before that. When I feel the tell-tale sign of a tickling throat my ‘medicine’ is a glass of warm milk with a teaspoonful of honey dissolved in it. Ideally the milk should be just warm enough to give that little pleasant ‘bite’ to your taste and the honey for a severe sore throat should be strong enough to feel that ‘honey bite’ also. (I don’t know how else to describe it.) The glass of warm milk needs to be taken at least three or four times per day until the tickling sore throat disappears. Don’t worry it will try it. It has worked for me every time in the last four years. If the cold develops fast as some colds do - within a couple of hours to a runny nose, step up this treatment. You will still clear it up within 48 hours.

So this is a report of a ‘clinical test’ on myself which I would like to suggest could be followed up by wider testing in some way. Unfortunately I do not have the resources to do this myself.

Other information I have learned about honey is as follows: Honey contains Propolis, which is the most powerful antibiotic to be found in nature. Recently a honey producer was cleaning out one hive, which had been neglected. He discovered a dead mouse in the hive. Apparently the hapless creature had found its way into the hive - no doubt for shelter; had been attacked and stung to death by the bees and then since they could not remove the carcase it had been injected with Propolis(!), which had the effect of mummifying the creature and thus rendering it harmless to the bees. Maybe the Propolis is contained in the sting? Where I live Propolis can be bought in its natural state and used very sparingly for certain medical purposes. A friend of mine hereabouts tried taking some Propolis neat for a cold cure and ended up badly blistering her mouth. So I have not had the courage to experiment with this very much. However I surmise that since Propolis is the same colour as honey (perhaps a little darker) then it is the Propolis which gives the honey its colour. Pale honey sold as Acacia Honey to unaware ‘connoisseurs’ to my mind is rather weak possibly useless as a health support. I have come across various preparations of Propolis for medical purposes including what I consider a pointless preparation called ‘Tincture of Propolis’. Of course a tincture is a solution of the substance in alcohol. Alcohol is often used as a disinfectant. But Propolis must be a very powerful disinfectant (c.f. the poor mouse above). Why place one disinfectant in another - of dubious value to administer as a medical aid?

We have a lot to learn about this topic and I would like to hear more. Not without significance is the saying “…the land of Milk and honey…”. Did the ancients know something we don’t know or have forgotten? Is the ‘land of milk and honey’ otherwise known as the mystical Shangrila? And don’t forget how grateful we should be for the bees. I believe it was Einstein who said that if the bees disappeared from the face of the earth then mankind would not be long in following. The bee is responsible for over 70% of the pollination process amongst plants. So the news of Monsanto’s disastrous experiments with genetically modified corn which appeared to have caused the death of large percentages of the bee population here should more than fill us with dismay.

Interesting?

Best, Joe Boylan

I started drinking coffee about 4 years ago to the happiness of my husband. I cannot drink it black. I do not like to drink water unless it is ice cold. I crave Coca-Cola. I drank Cokes everyday from the time I was 15 until I was 30. Sometimes, I would drink up to 2 liters. My teeth are fine, I gained and lost a lot of weight over those same years (178 lbs both ways).

About a month ago, we ran out of coffee for a couple of days. I drank Coke to get the caffeine to keep the headaches away. Now a month later, I drink a cup of coffee in the morning (sweetened with sugar and creamer) and two 16 oz Cokes throughout the day, with another cup of coffee in the evening. Sometimes, a glass of tea instead of the coffee, but everyday for the past month - Coke.

I have started to loose weight. I feel full most of the time and do not have the hungry feeling to snack. I know all the things you can use a Coke for (cleaning up blood, taking rust off of a bumper, and removing corrosion from a battery). However, I do not eat breakfast, that makes me nauseated. I eat a decent lunch and dinner. Now, because I am full, I do not eat as much at dinner and no longer snack at night.

Is this my imagination or does this really happen? Can drinking Coke help a person to loose weight? That is the only real changes to my ‘environment’. I have an office job, hate diet drinks, and drive an hour to work. I do nothing, too tired at night to walk, too distracted to workout in the morning, and sometimes I get motivated on the weekends.

But if my calorie intake is between 1200 and 1500 even with the Cokes, and considering my lifestyle, is this possible?

I’ve consumed coffee and coke in the past and I’ve found that

1. Both working together over a long period of time can reak havoc on your teeth.

2. I’m not healthy. Between the caffeine and sugar and whatever else, I generally feel less than good most of the time, other than when I’m drinking coffee, and I AM slim, but that is just because I am a slim build: there is actaully really noting too me, I just feel really weak.

I’ve gotten used to this state so it has become normal. It is tolerable, and I have to wonder if there even is anything better, but to be honest I would say there is. I have no motivation for exercise, it is as if the state my body is in is not changing at all. I’m stimulated but I never actually grow, I’m somewhat redundant. So the little exercise I do do has next to no effect because it is canceled out by the caffeine. Even eating well appears to have no substantial effect. It really is as if I’m not absorbing the things that can actually heal me and make me feel better, It is relaced with the caffeine and sugar and the artificial functions they initiate that cause happiness in me. It’s a fake happiness.

Thanks for highlighting this issue

If we are to be open and honest with ourselves, then we have to face the fact that soda is not a food, and it’s usually perceived by the body as a toxin. So the best drink is water.

Cola is so bad for you