The Incredible Healing Power of Manuka Honey with Mike Everly

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)

Products + Resources:

• Manuka Honey

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Brian Strickland 00:43 Hey everyone, you're listening to The Holistic Navigator Podcast, where we talk about all things holistic health, and believe in the body's ability to heal itself if given the proper nutrients and care. My name is Brian Strickland. I'm the producer of the show. And on today's episode, we'll be talking about the incredible capacity of manuka honey for healing. We've got Mike Everly with us today of Bees and Trees Manuka Honey to walk us through how this works and what to look for when purchasing. So without further ado, here's your host, Ed Jones.

Ed Jones 01:18 Thank you again, Brian. And I'm always excited every Wednesday to do these podcasts. And the reason is, is because I've spent my whole life respecting the healing magic and power of nature. You know, 80% of the world relies on botanical medicines. What is botanical medicines? They are products from the earth, they're far less manipulated, they're whole molecules that we were given for healing. They were placed here for many purposes, one of which was for animals and humans to utilize when they're needing something needing to be, you know, fight some illness or a help to nourish the body. And if you've listened to any my other podcasts, you know, I have my deep respect for this power of nature. I have been involved in natural health and healing for 41 years now and hopefully will continue that for at least a decade or two more. And one of the products that I have relied on off and on because it tends to fall off my radar screen but when it's is back on my radar screen permanently now because of this gentleman that you're going to hear today, Mike Everly as we discuss manuka honey. Now everyone who's listening, don't think manuka honey is just a flavor of honey. It has some properties to it that no other honey does anywhere in the world, and it also has to be harvested in a very special place. So welcome Mike Everly from Bees and Trees Manuka Honey to The Holistic Navigator.

Mike Everly 03:04 Thanks, Ed. It's, it's great to great to be with you this morning and looking forward to sharing information with your audience about manuka honey. And yeah, it's an amazing, amazing product and would love to get into specifics with you.

Ed Jones 03:22 Absolutely. And you know, I only have people on The Holistic Navigator that I resonate with that also fully realize has a similar passion for truth, ethics and the respect of natural health and healing. And you certainly are one of those. I don't know how our paths ended up crossing, but I am appreciative that it did. You know, you were on my radio show, I actually do a radio show sponsored...