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Honey and Small Children

Question: Should honey be given to small infants under the age of 12-18 months?

Raw honey has been linked to botulism poisoning in small infants under the age of one, at which time their digestive tracts have not yet fully developed. As a result, many medical doctors advise against giving honey to infants under the age of two. Botulism has also been found in heated honey.

All of this is controversial. Raw honey is known to kill bacteria in a few hours. Raw honey is a natural preservative, and it has an almost indefinite shelf life because it is "hygroscopic" (has the ability to readily absorb moisture). Honey contains little moisture and therefore draws water from germs, which are about 90% water, killing them, so honey lasts almost forever.

In Prescription for Nutritional Healing, an extremely popular book by the husband and wife team of Phyllis A. Balch, CNC and James F. Balch, M.D., we find this fairly common medical advice:

"Buy only unfiltered, unheated, unprocessed honey, and never give honey to an infant under one year of age. In its natural form, honey can contain spores of the bacteria that cause botulism. This poses no problem for adults and older children, but in infants, the spores can colonize the digestive tract and produce the deadly botulin toxin there. Honey is safe for babies after age one."

On the other side of the coin are other doctors. One of these is Dr. Cass Ingram, both a physician and medical researcher. He gives a lengthy explanation of this whole controversy in his book, Lifesaving Cures:

"...Honey is a predigested food. This means that it is readily digested by virtually anyone. Cane sugar or molasses requires energy to digest; honey requires none. Thus, it helps produce energy. Contrary to popular belief, crude raw honey is well tolerated by infants and is entirely safe for their consumption."

"Certain medical doctors prohibit the consumption of honey in infants. In fact, the medical profession has made this policy prevalent in the United States and Canada, but it is not a prevalent attitude in all Westernized countries such as those in Europe or Asia ... There is no increased risk for illness or botulism in infants who are fed raw honey. It is harmless. Rather, the consumption of this natural antiseptic food protects infants from such diseases. The fact is when this substance is placed on wounds infected by the botulism organism, it sterilizes them. Raw honey has been consumed by the primitives and their children for thousands of years. It never has and never will cause botulism."

LDL ("Bad") Cholesterol

Question: Is LDL Cholesterol Really Bad?

Many medical doctors consider HDL (high-density lipoprotein) as the "good" type of cholesterol, while LDL (low-density lipoprotein) is thought of as the "bad" type of cholesterol, althought there is another type (Chylomicrons) that is also considered "bad." The blood is often tested for Total Cholesterol, HDL Cholesterol, and LDL Cholesterol. Furthermore, the ratio of HDL ("good") Cholesterol to Total Cholesterol is often computed. Many doctors consider Total Cholesterol to be less important than how much of it is HDL ("good") Cholesterol as compared to how little of it is LDL ("bad') Cholesterol. These doctors want their patients to have more of the "good" HDL Cholesterol and less of the "bad" LDL Cholesterol.

According Dr. Mercola (whose fantastic website is www.mercola.com), "The ideal HDL/cholesterol ratio should be higher than 25% and generally speaking the higher the better." This means that when HDL is 25% of more of Total Cholesterol, then we have a reasonable large amount of the "good" HDL Cholesterol in the blood. However, he also writes on his website that "40 percent of people prone to suffering from a stroke or heart attack have low or normal LDL levels."

Dr. Mercola tells us that the Chylomicrons, mentioned above, a class of lipoproteins, are "metabolized balls of fat and cholesterol" that "enter the blood stream through the intestines after a meal and accumulate on arterial walls." He indicates that doctors find it difficult to measure chylomicrons becaus they process so quickly. He also indicates that this "new" cholesterol may be more dangerous than LDL Cholesterol.

Ray D. Strand, M.D. is a medical doctor who believes that LDL cholesterol itself is not necessarily "bad." In What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutritional Medicine May Be Killing You, he gives this explanation of LDL cholesterol

"LDL cholesterol is really not 'bad.' God didn't make a mistake when He created it. Native LDL cholesterol, the kind that the body originally makes, is good. In fact it is essential for building good cell membranes, other cell parts, and many different hormones that our bodies need. We could not live without it. If fact if we do not get enough from our diet, our bodies will actually make this form of cholesterol."

"Problems begin to occur only when free radicals change or oxidize native LDL cholesterol. It is this modified LDL cholesterol that is truly 'bad.' ... Dr. Daniel Steinberg postulated that if patients had adequate antioxidants on board to quell oxidation, the LDL cholesterol would not become bad."

End of Dueling Doctors ... More to Come