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Local Honey

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boobum · 10/04/2008 14:50

I've just tried to buy some local honey for my son's hayfever. (I'm aware it may be too late in the season to start this but thought it's worth a try)

I wondered if anyone knows how 'local' it actually has to be. The nearest I've found is produced about 15-20 miles away.

Thanks in advance.

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Elasticwoman · 10/04/2008 16:25

How does honey help hayfever and why does it have to be local?

twofishes · 10/04/2008 16:38

its something to do with ingesting the same pollen type things as you are going to be exposed to in the air ( forgive me very technical response ) so its acts like a kind of vaccination I s'pose...don't know how local though would have 15 miles was pretty local

boobum · 13/04/2008 10:39

For those of you interested, I've found out that the more local the honey is the better.

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