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Researchers may have finally discovered how honey actually heals.
Manuka honey has been used successfully in hospitals to kill bacteria that are highly resistant to penicillin. However, its exact healing methods are still not known. A new discovery by the University Of Wales Institute in Cardiff may shed light on one possible mechanism.
The researchers isolated proteins from bacterial cells treated with manuka honey and found that an important protein was missing. They discovered that the protein FabI was completely missing from the manuka treated bacteria. This protein is needed for the fatty acid biosynthesis essential for the bacteria’s cellular development. The absence of the protein may explain how manuka honey kills bacteria by stopping their development.
Honey has been used to tread would infections for centuries and is now being used to treat hard to kill bacterial infections.
SOURCE:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-09/sfgm-hmh090209.ph
I can attest to the amazing healing ability of manuka honey for treating my own internal intestinal problems. Unfortunately, I suffer from Ulcerative Colitis and when under stress or when I don’t exercise regularly I usually end suffering from severe bouts of the disease as a result. The only way I have found for treating the bouts is to go on a manuka honey spread over dry (unsweetened biscuit) diet for a week.
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