On 17 Sep 97 at 16:14, Edward Beary wrote:
 
> organisms, be it from out houses or what ever.  The problem comes
> when the honey is heated to over a 100 F which destroys the enzymes
> that produce the peroxides and is far from the temperature that
> would destroy the harmful bacteria.  (Actually 100 F is pretty close
> to ideal for bacteria that might grow in humans.)
 
I picked this out of a post from Edward Beary, and am rather suprised
that no-one else made any comment.
        The way I read this, and I am open to correction, is that pasturised
honey does not contain the enzymes (destroyed by heat) that produce
the bacterial destroying peroxides. Put more simply, it won't kill
the bugs off, in which case most of it's ideal properties are lost.
        So if I use pasturised honey for health remedies it would be a waste
of time?
        I think this matter is worthy of more discussion.
 
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