Is honey good for you? Can it speed recovery if you’re sick or injured?
- Written by Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
abe livi/UnsplashHoney is often praised for a range of health benefits, from soothing a sore throat and helping you get to sleep to healing woulds and lowering risk factors for diabetes and heart disease.
Honey’s acidity has the potential to prevent bacterial growth, while its density and stickiness generates osmotic pressure (in the same way...





