where to buy manuka honey

Edwardia

Lugh_Chronain wrote: »

Yes, maybe, and I do respect your point of view.

Though bear this in mind.

The danger with alternative remedies, or fad diets, is when a person develops a serious illness and decides to turn to alternative treatments rather than see a doctor.

Incidentally, what blood tests and eye tests have you had?

My mother is a lacto-ovo-vegetarian with occasional fish lapses, has been vegetarian for thirty years and despite all the supplements and remedies is the unhealthiest person I know. I badger her to see her GP as I'm extremely sceptical about homeopathy and natural remedies.

I'm just as sceptical about medical treatment by statistics eg statins, aspirin and polypills on the basis of health profiling.

Hb1Ac, cholesterol, LFT and loads more - about 12 vials every three months plus an annual retinal screening plus annual eye test at opticians (again with retinal photography) and I had more eye tests done by consultant in May.

Personally I wouldn't call low carb the way I do it (nowt to do with Atkins) a fad diet since low carb diets were used to treat Type 2 diabetes before oral medication and GOSH uses them to treat kids with epilepsy.

Organic does have a bit of a flakey hippie rep granted. But I don't want to eat pork loin steaks with sodium acetate or bits of animals fed on GM feed. Going organic made a big difference to eye test result in May compared to the February one after only going organic in March.

Stompa

melroccan wrote: »

They do, it's about £4 but it's the set kind if that matters to you.

This is it:

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/product_range/product_range_21359.htm

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Amazon have it and you can buy a bulk 1kg for around 12 pounds on subscribe & save but it is OOS at the moment!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lifeplangolden-Hills-Manuka-UMF-Honey/dp/B0087D8M84 ( You can pre-order it but then you miss out on the subscribe & save discount rather than wait for it to come back into stock )

Or you can get 500g for around £7 on subscribe & save ; http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rowse-Supahoney-Manuka-Blend-Pack/dp/B006DIDSBQ

I actually got the raw New Zealand honey for £6.99 delivered plus 7% TCB

http://www.discount-supplements.co.uk/health-supplements-health-foods-drinks-new-zealand-eco-kiwi-raw-honey-500g

( I got the last one & it wouldn't let me order more than 1 but it seems to come back in stock after & is not a bad deal if you want raw unprocessed honey with free delivery for the next 7 days too )

Am waiting for a £10 Amazon voucher to come through so will stock up on this 1kg one for just 98p after my voucher! http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002FOOUMS/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=A2XJ0FEOVXPYKT

Have gone honey mad @ the moment and am also going to bring some back from my travels / duty free if the price is right! :-)

I really do feel the health benefits since replacing honey for sugar and love the taste now & crave it if I run out and have to use sugar instead!!

honestjoe_2

People, if someone puts tap water in a bottle but adds a Champagne label to it, it does not make it champagne. Sorry, but those people who have gone and bought manuka honey from Aldi and similar sources are not saving money - you are being mis-sold. How can they be selling it cheaper than what the beekeepers in NZ are receiving for it?

Disclosure: I do work in the health food area, and have seen enough to know most people would be better off buying even cheaper english honey than most of the manuka that gets sold in the shops. The correct manuka honey is a very good product, and is very effective, with some good research behind it as per the links Lugh_Chronain above.

Problem much of what is sold simply does not match the right quality. 'Bakers honey' is the appropriate label under EU law per one Trading Standards report I've seen, and I've been told by sources (whom I believe) that there are other test results that have been done that show just how much fake manuka honey is sold (not only in the UK but globally).

I can't post links yet (which is reasonable and fair enough), perhaps a mod can add the actual links?

But do a google search for these terms:
1. manuka honey quality questioned NZ Herald News - you should get an interesting recent news story about a PhD student's research in NZ.
2. "actual 2012 test results of manuka honey" - which gives a summary of the actual tested strength levels.

There was also last year a radio program in NZ about the quality and labeling problems with manuka honey, but I can't find the link source to it anymore.

Buyer Beware.

ariba10

Just bought 12+ Manuka honey in Costco. A pack of 2 x 340g for £9.79.