It's very good to take honey because it has lots of functions in the body system. it's an antibiotics because it has healing property due to the fact that it offers antibacterial activity.
People do take honey for different purposes but when getting into stomach, it perform same functions regardless of what individual took it for.
One of it's function is its high viscosity which helps to provide a protective barrier to prevent infection and also Its immunomodulatory property which is relevant to wound repair.
Lately, researchers discovered honey could cure cough faster that cough syrup in most toddlers. Many functions it has.
Most people knowing how medicinal honey is, has tends to be taking it within their household daily, weekly or monthly. But the truth is...
It's not a problem if an adult, teenagers and toddlers would take it, but it's a problem if honey is given to an infant that is not more than a year.
Why would infants be affected if given honey?
The intestines of all infants that are not up to a year or a year old are not yet matured which could result to a risk because honey can contain spores of the Clostridium botulinum bacterium which could cause infant botulism
Why this bacteria may present in honey
According to researchers, Infant botulism is caused by food poisoning from bacteria that thrive in soil and dust, which often contaminates honey.
Therefore, bacteria spores can grow and multiply in a baby's intestines, making a toxin that may cause muscle weakness or a loss of head control, a weak cry, difficulty sucking or feeding, constipation and floppy movements.
So dear parents, aunties and uncles, please let's all endeavors to take this advise and broadcast this to all nursing mothers and the rest.
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