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submitted 7 months ago by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

the thing is, eating the honey from the local area where you have allergies, helps your system build a tolerance to inflammation when encountering it.

i can only anecdotally claim "it helped me!" but it's not like a universal allergy relief.

i would have thought you would have observed a difference to -something by now.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I guess it's getting a bit easier by the year; but I mean, until it's gone completely, I couldn't really tell. I'm basing my "strategy" on same anecdotic knowledge you mentioned, although I've never seen it proven right or wrong in a methodical research; I don't really care, it's not that if I know it for certain anything will change, I'll just keep living here and eat the stuff.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I went to look for a paper or other reputable source for my assertion, and to my surprise it is largely regarded as myth as the bees don't consume the right vegetation to produce the right honey to counter things like tree pollen or grass.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    What? I literally can see them collecting alder pollen in huge quantities, carrying it on their hind legs like cavalry pants and forming into highly nutritional tubes, it's possible to trace them from tree to hive - well, it's not that there is any other pollen source here now anyway. And when I collect honey, quite some amount of this stuff falls down into the tank, not mentioning cross contamination in "pollen is processed at the same facility" honey manufacturing business bees are running. At least that part of the story is certainly true, that gives some basis to disregarding the conclusions of the meta-research you found.

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