At 05:07 PM 7/18/96 +0000, you wrote:
>Recently there has been discussion of the use of raw honey in the treatment of
>allergies.  Ostensibly the ingestion of allergens in the honey results in
>decreased allgergies (e.g. hay fever . . .)
>
>We are interested in beginning such a study and have done a pretty thorough
>search of the literature.  Our search did not yield any papers that directly
>dealt with this problem.
>
>We would really appreciate any information that members of this list might have
>regarding personal experience, references, knowledge of others that may be
>involved in this type of research.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Jay Jones
>Univeristy of La Verne
>La Verne, CA  91750
>909 593-3511 x4040
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Hi Jay
 
 I had a number of customers who wanted raw honey for their allergies.
These people, for the most part, told me that had always been told that
consuming local raw honey helped to combat the effects of hay fever and
other pollen related allergies.  Others, including one nurse who works in an
allergist office,  told me that the doctors say that consuming honey
produced within 50 miles,  helps to produce a tolerance to those  local
pollens thus reducing the effects of allergies.  Sounds logical to me.
 
Frank Humphrey
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