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Having a hard time understanding what in Raw honey will cause an infection. So you are stating treat the body system like the 1 year or less immune system ??

The fact that honey is unable to grow bacteria when unpasteurized

Honey: Raw, Unpasteurized, and Pasteurized
Honey can be raw, unpasteurized or pasteurized. But what is the difference? And is one better than the other? We explain it all.

The difference in these three types of honey can be found in the way the honey is processed.

Raw honey can be seen as honey straight from the hive. It is extracted from the honeycombs and poured over a nylon cloth to separate the honey from any impurities. Once the honey has been extracted, it is jarred without being heated and only lightly filtered. Due to the honey being kept in it’s natural state, it still contains all of it’s nutritional properties.

Unpasteurized honey is slightly heated while being processed. Most of the honeys nutritional properties will still be present after processing.

Pasteurized honey has been exposed to high heat while being processed. During the heating process, the yeast that is naturally present in honey will be destroyed, giving it a smoother texture. Unfortunately the high heat also destroys most of the honeys nutritional properties. Pasteurized honey will therefor contain fewer antioxidants, amino acids, vitamins, minerals and healthy enzymes than raw and unpasteurized honey. For this reason all the honey sold at Country Bee Honey Farm is raw and unpasteurized.

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The primary concern in raw or even pasteurized honey is Botulism. If you read any honey label there is a caution about giving honey to infants under 18months of age. That’s because their immune system isn’t strong enough to protect them against botulism poisoning.

If your loved one had a bone marrow transplant or Car T therapy, their immune system is in its infancy stage for a certain period of time. I’m not sure about CarT but for a bone marrow transplant it takes a minimum of 12 months or longer for the immune system to mature to that of an adult. I was told to wait at least 18 months for honey or until was off my anti-rejection med…which is an anti-inflammatory drug.
When did your loved one have the transplant?