The Incredible Healing Power of Manuka Honey with Mike Everly from The Holistic Navigator

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Manuka is arguably the world’s most expensive honey and is becoming more popular by the minute. Most people love honey because of it’s natural sweetness and seeming ability to make just about anything taste good, but manuka honey is renowned for it’s more practical uses and healing properties. Never heard of it? Well that’s okay, you will soon. It’s most popularly known for it’s uses in wound care, but also has many immune boosting properties if taken internally.

Meet Mike: On this week’s episode we talk to a true expert about manuka honey, Mike Everly, founder of Bees and Trees Manuka Honey. Mike started Bees and Trees after living in New Zealand from 2009-2012. They produce small batch, unblended, pure manuka honey from hive straight to jar. Mike walks us through some of the basics when selecting a honey, how it works to heal the body, and how you can use it to help limit illness and infection.

Some Topics We Discussed: What is manuka honey and what are the benefits of it? (4:49)

Can you take manuka honey as a preventative measure? (8:15)

What is the recommended dosage? (10:03)

How can manuka honey be used topically? (11:43)

How is manuka honey able to do what regular honey cannot? (13:32)

How do you pick a high quality manuka honey product? (14:54)

Is it safe for children? (20:26)

Key Takeaways From This Episode: Manuka honey is only produced in New Zealand from bees foraging on Manuka trees. (5:25)

Manuka honey contains a potent, broad spectrum of antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. (5:43)

It’s a great preventative measure as well as an acute response when you start feeling a bit under the weather. (9:15)

Manuka honey is FDA approved as a wound care product. (11:57)