On 2018-11-05 3:20 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 14:48:02 -0600, Terry Coombs >
> wrote:
>
>> On 11/4/2018 9:14 AM, graham wrote:
>>> On 2018-11-04 7:05 AM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 21:48:46 -0500, Terry Coombs >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 11/3/2018 8:05 PM, graham wrote:
>>>>>> On 2018-11-03 4:57 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> Â*Â*Â*Please tell me you did NOT put your honey in the microwave ...
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> will kill all the beneficial properties of the honey .
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Old wive's tale!
>>>>>
>>>>> Â*Â* OK , it's an old wives tale and we beekeepers know nothing about it
>>>>> .Â* You go right ahead and nuke your honey . Mine will never see temps
>>>>> above about a hundred degrees - the highest temp usually seen inside a
>>>>> hive . Oh wait , what you've got is probably not even real honey , but
>>>>> flavored corn syrup . Nuke away !
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Most honey sold in the US is pasteurized, anyway. And filtered.
>>>>
>>>> Besides, very few eat enough honey to make any nutritional difference
>>>> in diet, even if the enzymes, bee pollen, etc are still there.
>>>>
>>> My point was that nuking (at low level) is no different to sitting the
>>> jar in hot water. Some seem to associate microwave radiation with
>>> nuclear.
>>
>> Â* Science isn't your strong suit is it ? Look it up if you doubt me
>> ,but microwaves ARE radiation - of a certain frequency , or wavelength .
>> So are X-rays and Gamma rays and visible light . ALL are
>> "electromagnetic radiation" .
>
> You seem to have wholly misunderstood what Graham wrote. I guess
> reading is not your strong suit.
>
>
>> Now , about the honey . Because of the way
>> microwaves heat , that is by molecular excitation , they destroy the
>> organic and microbiological stuff in honey . We eat enough to make a
>> difference , my wife has cut way back on antihistamines and other
>> sinus/allergy medications . I never took much , now don't take any at all .
>
>
> "...they destroy the organic and microbiological stuff in honey. "
> What exactly does that mean and why is it a negative?
>
> Again, most commercial honey sold is pasteurized, so are you trying to
> say that raw honey is somehow intrinsically healthier and not only
> better for you in some way, but that it mitigates allergies, too?
> Nonsense.
>
> How exactly do you think honey is used by most people? Iced tea?
> Straight by the spoonful? Glugged by the pint? Cooking, baking, hot
> tea....you know, the usual stuff is where most of it goes.
>
> You are spouting bullshit. Really. You get not only the usual
> criticism of anything anecdotal, but slammed for touchie-feelie
> bullshit, too.
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Thank you, Boron!!