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Manuka honey helping triglycerides and cholesterol

Posted by gwenp @gwenp, Mar 16 11:48pm

Have had lower triglycerides for the past two years from taking Manuka honey 850 MGO. Could never get in the normal range previously.

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gloaming | @gloaming | Mar 17 12:03pm

I would need to see a proper study done on this. To me, honey is glucose with fructose, with some enzymes from having been produced by a living organism, and other micronutrients (so I do tend to prefer it over table sugar). It is conceivable that Manuka has some kind of advantage over all other types of honey in some way, but I have yet to see any scientific research showing it. I have seen claims that it has antibacterial properties, but that would be the 'medical grade' variety. When I do a google search, all sorts of hits show, but they're all from 'wellness' sites that promote Manuka. Not a single university or hospital paper, not from NIH, BMJ, PubMed, JAMA, ...
Whatever you are doing, I'm happy you can relate that you are in better condition, and I hope it continues for you.

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njx58 | @njx58 | Mar 17 1:27pm

I don't see how honey would do anything for cholesterol.

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harveywj | @harveywj | Mar 18 5:43pm

Effect of natural honey on lowering lipid profile
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9149702/
"In conclusion, natural honey in our review expressed a statistically significant reduction in triglycerides, LDL, and total cholesterol. Honey increased HDL significantly. Noteworthy, honey can be recommended for patients with dyslipidemia if consumed in small quantities not more than 75g as used by most of the included studies whether alone or dissolved in water. The impact on clinical outcomes such as cardiovascular mortality and morbidity needs to be evaluated in large studies."

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njx58 | @njx58 | Mar 18 7:11pm
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@harveywj

Effect of natural honey on lowering lipid profile
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9149702/
"In conclusion, natural honey in our review expressed a statistically significant reduction in triglycerides, LDL, and total cholesterol. Honey increased HDL significantly. Noteworthy, honey can be recommended for patients with dyslipidemia if consumed in small quantities not more than 75g as used by most of the included studies whether alone or dissolved in water. The impact on clinical outcomes such as cardiovascular mortality and morbidity needs to be evaluated in large studies."

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This study says the opposite, but I'm sure that a thousand Web sites will tout the benefits of honey as if it's a sure thing. 🙂
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34218823/
"The meta-analysis of twenty-three trials showed that honey had no significant effects on TC, TAG, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol:HDL-cholesterol ratio."

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harveywj | @harveywj | Mar 19 12:58am
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This study says the opposite, but I'm sure that a thousand Web sites will tout the benefits of honey as if it's a sure thing. 🙂
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34218823/
"The meta-analysis of twenty-three trials showed that honey had no significant effects on TC, TAG, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol:HDL-cholesterol ratio."

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I did not take a stance in either direction. That said one study gives a complete analysis with full details of how they got the their conclusion. The other link one links an Abstract. With a bit of work I was able to find the full paper. Interestingly these papers came out almost at the same time. One of them from Saudi Arabia and the other from Iran.

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