-- grantredshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
The paper also shows synthetic methylglyoxal is also anti-bacterial and
if added to common honey can provide the reliable anti-bacterial
activity.

>>>my reading (which may have been only a summary, and not the whole paper) did not claim that they had any data to suggest that honey was even involved in the benefits...they speculated that it might, but didn't offer any data.

This is why Manuka Health has developed testing procedures
able to identify the difference between natural methylglyoxal compared
to "added" methylglyoxal in honey.

>>>mmmm, just like the previous "standard" (UMF), they developed testing procedures and a trademarked grading system so that only they can provide "certified" honey.  this is marketing, not science.  even if they can tell the differance between "naturally occuring" methylglyoxal in honey and honey "fortified" with the substance (this is your claim, i didn't get this from what i read), the paper didn't offer any data that the former is more effective than the latter.

deknow

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