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Is honey really healthy or is it just an old medicine?

We usually prefer our meds with a prescription and an expiration date, but so many people swear that honey helps them when they have a cold, that we decided to check out what the science says about it

Dr. Idan Goren

11/09/2020

Friday, September 11, 2020, 07:53

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In the video: a visit to the Hatvor bee apiary (photo: Ido Shaham, editing: Amir Cotigro)

Honey has a special status in Israeli cuisine, as a kind of superfood that helps with a host of annoying phenomena.

Although it is made mostly of sugar and has no real nutritional value, many are convinced that a cup of tea with honey will relieve a sore throat or soothe an annoying cough.

A week before Rosh Hashanah we decided to check whether honey really lives up to this task and what science has to say about its medical effectiveness.

Here are all the answers provided by Walla's family doctor!

Health, Dr. Idan Goren.

But a moment before, these studies will probably make you stock up on some more honey, so it's important for us to remind you - you must not give honey to children under one year old.

It's dangerous for them.

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