I found this on Jenna's Lyme Blog- lymediseaseresource.com
Vinegar and Honey Spice Up The Salad, and May Ease The Symptoms of Chronic Lyme Disease
"It is true that today’s most celebrated salads frequently borrow the flavor of oils, honey and vinegar. But not the type of health foods we are talking about here.
First of all, apple cider vinegar is a folk medicine cure used for hundreds of years.
It is made by fermenting apple juice and acts as an antiseptic, and antibiotic that can actually kill the bacteria that causes Lyme disease early in the infection.
Apple cider vinegar has also been used to treat acid reflux, arthritis, diabetes, and high blood pressure. (Note: Apple cider vinegar can irritate ulcers or heartburn.)
This is how it has been suggested to take apple cider vinegar for Lyme disease:
Use organic and unfiltered apple cider vinegar if possible (SEE BELOW), because it will not contain remnants of pesticides from sprayed apples. Mix one to three teaspoons of apple cider vinegar into an eight-ounce cup of water.
This can be sweetened with honey to taste. Drink before a meal three times a day. Use room temperature water, or hot water, which makes the drink taste like a tangy tea.
Earlier blog posts have reported on the amazing benefits of honey which falls for the most part on deaf ears because honey is considered a sugar and sugar is evil…
the more I look into this amazing product, the more I can see that pure non-poisoned honey is much more beneficial than harmful unless you consume mass-produced plastic honey.
I continue to study the different types of honey, and what is interesting (and makes perfect sense) is that the bees pollinating the clover or flowers nearby will contaminate their own honey if the nearby crops are fertilized.
So essentially, to get pure honey, you need to get it from a non-commercial area where the bees can pollinate pure flowers.
Not only do we need to worry about ingesting yet more poison into our bodies due to geographically undesirable bees – as we search for another cure from Mother Earth, but we have to be extremely astute when evaluating the processing and genetic modification.
I have decided that for my own consumption, even though it is a bit more expensive, Manuka Honey from New Zealand is without equal, and a company that packages it called Wedderspoon also sells through Amazon.
The company guarantees that all Wedderspoon Manuka honeys are not Genetically Modified, are antibiotic free, unpasteurized, have not be industrially blended with any other honeys and each batch can be traced directly back to the beekeeper.
There are different strengths and varieties so I will tell you what I favor is the strongest, Active 16+ which you can find here. This is nothing like the honey we are all used to. The enzymes are instantly bio-available and will help to heal your body internally as well as externally being reliable for wound management.
Internally : Taken by the teaspoonful up to 3 times a day depending on your condition, the OMA 16+ is what we recommend to aid in the treatment of gastro-intestinal disorders such as acid reflux, upset stomach, stomach ulcers, peptic ulcer, diverticulitis, ulcers colitis, irritable bowel syndrome and even heartburn.
For premium organic, AND economical ($17 for Bragg cider vinegar) through Amazon go here."
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Jackie
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