Holland and Barrett Manuka Honey

pimento

artbaron wrote: »

As this is a money saving site it's reasonable to point out these lack of benefits when considering spending £25 on a jar of honey that has no proven medical benefits over one costing £1.99.

Quite. There's no evidence that rubbing a gold wedding ring on a stye works either, but it does. No evidence for putting Vicks on the soles of your feet if you have a chesty cough but it works. A £25 jar will last for years.

In my husband's circumstances, I'm happy to cough up (if you'll pardon the pun).

globalds

you can get it from home bargains for a much more reasonable price ..I think only the 10 +
I bought some for a friend diagnosed with Cancer and think it can do no harm and maybe will do something good.
I would say even just using any old honey is healthier than sugar

iammumtoone

Whether the properties in it work or not the OP has paid for these properties and they are not in the honey she has received, this must be against trade descriptions?.

If someone is suffering from cancer and they wish to take it then good luck to them, I wish them well. It won't do them any harm and if they believe it is doing good then it may well do so (the power of the mind of what people believe is not be be underestimated). In these circumstances £25 is a small price to pay.

paulwellerfan

i didnt know vicks on the soles of the feet cure a chesty cough...
i will have to try that one....

peachyprice

iammumtoone wrote: »

Whether the properties in it work or not the OP has paid for these properties and they are not in the honey she has received, this must be against trade descriptions?.

We don't know yet where she got the information from that it doesn't, hopefully she'll post back with a link showing where she found out the honey has been incorrectly labelled, or not.

Pollycat

pimento wrote: »

I treated it with +25 manuka honey (Comvita brand) as recommended by a friend in New Zealand.

The ulcer cleared up within a week.

He has been eating manuka +15 on his toast and to sweeten his coffee for six months now and it may not be helping but it certainly isn't harming him.

Just curious - what is the difference between 25+ & 15+?

As I said in an earlier post, I looked on the H&B website and there's lots of different numbers.

How much better for you is a 25+ than a 15+ or a 5+?

I agree with this:

peachyprice wrote: »

We don't know yet where she got the information from that it doesn't, hopefully she'll post back with a link showing where she found out the honey has been incorrectly labelled, or not.

paddyrg

There are whole industries based on woowoo and false hope foor vulnerable people. Absolutely no causal proof that it does anything other than having sciencey numbers and high price tag contribute to the (very real and powerful) placebo effect.

Don't get me wrong, placebo effect is powerful, and likely contributes more to 'getting some tablets from the doc food my cold' than anything.

artbaron

pimento wrote: »

Quite. There's no evidence that rubbing a gold wedding ring on a stye works either, but it does. No evidence for putting Vicks on the soles of your feet if you have a chesty cough but it works. A £25 jar will last for years.

In my husband's circumstances, I'm happy to cough up (if you'll pardon the pun).

I'm not criticising what you personally are doing, other than advocating this on a money-saving site, but I feel obliged to warn others. Of course there's no problem in someone eating one type of honey over another, even if it is rip-off expensive, the problem comes when someone with a serious condition actually believes an old wives' tale that doing X or eating X has medicinal benefits and opts to do this instead of undergoing proper medical treatment, or taking medically-approved drugs. And believe me, many do.

iammumtoone

paddyrg wrote: »

There are whole industries based on woowoo and false hope foor vulnerable people. Absolutely no causal proof that it does anything other than having sciencey numbers and high price tag contribute to the (very real and powerful) placebo effect.

Don't get me wrong, placebo effect is powerful, and likely contributes more to 'getting some tablets from the doc food my cold' than anything.

Exactly the placebo effect works and if you have to pay £25 for this to happen and this helps you then I see that as a good thing for the patient. I take your point that companies are benefiting from this but it is still helping people.

Pollycat

I really do hope the OP comes back to enlighten us on how she knows that the H&B Manuka honey doesn't have the properties claimed.

I'm quite interested in this thread, I really thought that honey was honey (IYSWIM) and you just put a squirt on your morning porridge.