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Wild Honey Bees are Full of Healthy Lactic Acid Bacteria

In vitro visualization of lactobacilli. Photographer Lennart Nilsson

I picked this article up from Organic Connections, the University of Lund has just made some amazing discoveries about bees and their gut flora. The prevalence of antibiotics throughout our environment are destroying their vital diversity. The Burmese have a traditional folk remedy using wild forest honey for the digestive tract. Simply take a spoonful before you go to bed at night. This article explains why this is beneficial.

via Univserity of Lund

Antibiotic Resistance and Bee Deaths

The stomachs of wild honey bees are full of healthy lactic acid bacteria that can fight bacterial infections in both bees and humans.

Honey, I Killed the Superbug

Honey, I Killed the Superbug

Source: The Australian - Honey, I killed the superbug Australian researchers have been astonished to discover a cure-all right under their noses -- a honey sold in health food shops as a natural medicine. Far from being an obscure health food with dubious healing qualities, new research ha ...

Parasitic Gut Microbes Create Sick & Paranoid People

Parasitic Gut Microbes Create Sick & Paranoid People

Do we really want people controlled by parasitic micro-organisms controlling our world? Please be sure to watch the video at the end of this post before answering this question. More and more information is coming out about probiotics lately and the intimate symbiotic relationship formed between ...

GAPS/SCD Full Moon Roundup

GAPS/SCD Full Moon Roundup

We have been on the GAP Syndrome diet for a year now. The improvements to our health, immunity, emotional stability and energy levels are remarkable. We owe a lot to Natasha Campbell McBride for her book Gut and Psychology Syndrome. As she says at the Wise Traditions 2010 UK conference, gut flora ar ...

The Gift of Typhoid

The Gift of Typhoid

I was given a melted popsicle from a local ice-cream seller while visiting a pagoda in the suburbs of Yangon/Rangoon. It was a bit of a surreal experience. The old man smiled so kindly as he eagerly handed it to me. He was so sweet and toothless. He had come across me as I was trying to find ...