How to know about manuka honey
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hi i'm dr joe nemeth i'm a periodontist
in southfield michigan
and uh
this is going to be for what one might
call manuka groupies are you a manuka
groupie those are people who are into
manuka honey doreen is here with me and
she's going to feel some questions or
ask some questions
regarding manuka honey dr nemeth i've
been hearing a lot of talk about manuka
honey being good for various different
things
what do you know about it
well manuka honey
comes from new zealand
and the manuka honey that we see most of
the time has various levels of
antibacterial activity
so
what there was one study that indicated
manuka honey with an antibacterial
activity of 15 or more
so it has to have a rating an
antibacterial rating
is used actually for sores on the skin
that don't heal burns that sort of thing
because it is antibacterial
and it does have healing qualities
so there's been some information
recently on using manuka honey in the
mouth
to help treat
for instance periodontal disease
well i've tried manuka honey and it's
delicious so
whatever well honey is delicious period
so
what would you suggest as a regimen to
try to get the best
results from the manuka honey
well
there have been two studies that had
people
chew on a manuka honey chew
or chew with sugarless gum and i think
this was for 10 minutes every day for a
period of i think they did it for
several weeks and they found that the
group that had the manuka honey chew
that they chewed on that for 10 minutes
a day actually had less plaque less
bleeding
less
bacterial activity than the sugarless
gum group so
it does appear that the antibacterial
activity of manuka honey may be
beneficial in reducing plaque bacteria
and maybe even helping with periodontal
disease my concern is
let's talk about not periodontal disease
but what's the other common disease
that people have in their mouth caries
yeah carries are a dental decay
so listen i mean honey maybe manuka
honey particularly it may be really
helpful
but we don't really know the effect that
it may have on decay or cavities now
supposedly there's conflicts here
because it's antibacterial
so will it kill the bacteria
that cause dental decay well there's
some question about that because i think
there was a study done
targeting the bacteria that caused
dental decay and it did not seem that
the rinsing with manuka honey was
significantly helpful for those bacteria
so the honey may nourish those bacteria
those that cause dental decay we don't
really know
it may inhibit the bacteria that cause
periodontal disease so it's kind of a
mixed bag
it may be helpful
you know difficult to know i'll tell you
what i do think i think if one has a
sore mouth you could rinse with the
manuka honey
maybe and
that would kind of coat the tissues it
might have actually helped in healing
sores or tender gum tissue that's that
seems to me like something that is a
realistic possibility that's uh
the latest scoop on manuka honey there
may be more but this is what i just
became aware of more recently
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