Guest guest Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 Does anyone know where I can find a small, affordable jar of active manuka? I'd like something that has been rated, I don't necessarily care how high it rates - I'm just looking to trial some. The local HFS carries manuka, but only the large $30 jar is rated. Thanks! -Lana -- " There is nothing more useful than sun and salt. " - Latin proverb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 Lana, > Does anyone know where I can find a small, affordable jar of active manuka? > I'd like something that has been rated, I don't necessarily care how high it > rates - I'm just looking to trial some. The local HFS carries manuka, but > only the large $30 jar is rated. > I don't think I have ever seen an inexpensive jar of active Manuka. I believe I saw a small jar once at Whole Foods but it was still pushing $20. Also, IIRC, in order to get the active rating, the honey is treated in some way. It is a link I posted a long time ago but the treatment seemed like some kind of irradiation of sorts, but I could be very wrong about that. I'm just guessing, so don't hold it against me if I am wrong :-) -- " It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 Was this it? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <slethnobotanist@...> Date: Dec 27, 2005 12:57 PM Subject: Re: Re: raw honey? On 12/26/05, downwardog7 <illneverbecool@...> wrote: > > > > I think unfiltered is best as the so called impurities actually > > contain other bee products that are nutritious in and off themselves, > > but I wouldn't call low heat or no heat filtered honey " cooked " , > > although it might not be the exact same thing you would get in nature. > > , or anyone else, > do you know if the $25 Manuka honey at Whole Foods is unheated? I > assume as much but it doesn't actually say so on the label. I'm > unwilling to *cough* invest *cough* in the product unless I can confirm. > B. B, It is supposedly unheated. Also the *active* manuka honey is the " medicinal grade " honey that is even reported to actively work against candida. By all reports it is even more healing than regular honey. You can check out this paper: http://bio.waikato.ac.nz/pdfs/honeyresearch/bioactives.pdf and here is the originating website: http://bio.waikato.ac.nz/honey/contents.shtml However, I seem to recall reading recently that the Active UMF Manuka Honey is now being treated to standardize the UMF value to make sure the medicinal activity is always the same. IIRC, they said it does not in any way affect the nutritional/medicinal value of the honey. You might want to check that claim out more closely. I know I will in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Yup, but still lacks a link on how it is " standardized " Sorry I couldn't be of more help. On 9/6/07, Lana Gibbons <lana.m.gibbons@...> wrote: > > Was this it? > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: <slethnobotanist@... <slethnobotanist%40gmail.com>> > Date: Dec 27, 2005 12:57 PM > Subject: Re: Re: raw honey? > < %40> > > On 12/26/05, downwardog7 <illneverbecool@...<illneverbecool%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > > > > > I think unfiltered is best as the so called impurities actually > > > contain other bee products that are nutritious in and off themselves, > > > but I wouldn't call low heat or no heat filtered honey " cooked " , > > > although it might not be the exact same thing you would get in nature. > > > > , or anyone else, > > do you know if the $25 Manuka honey at Whole Foods is unheated? I > > assume as much but it doesn't actually say so on the label. I'm > > unwilling to *cough* invest *cough* in the product unless I can confirm. > > B. > > B, > > It is supposedly unheated. Also the *active* manuka honey is the > " medicinal grade " honey that is even reported to actively work against > candida. By all reports it is even more healing than regular honey. > You can check out this paper: > > http://bio.waikato.ac.nz/pdfs/honeyresearch/bioactives.pdf > > and here is the originating website: > http://bio.waikato.ac.nz/honey/contents.shtml > > However, I seem to recall reading recently that the Active UMF Manuka > Honey is now being treated to standardize the UMF value to make sure > the medicinal activity is always the same. IIRC, they said it does not > in any way affect the nutritional/medicinal value of the honey. You > might want to check that claim out more closely. I know I will in the > near future. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 Thanks , The stuff I saw in the store looked a few shades lighter than marmite and was very see-through, so I think I'm gonna assume that both jars (rated and unrated) were heat treated. I've never seen raw honey that wasn't at least somewhat opaque. I'm looking to get raw active manuka, since I want the microbes that produce the H2O2 and not just the H2O2 itself. Has anyone seen raw (or opaque) Manuka anywhere? -Lana On 9/7/07, <slethnobotanist@...> wrote: > > Yup, but still lacks a link on how it is " standardized " Sorry I couldn't > be > of more help. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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