Bee pollen?

[bayside64]

Is raw bee pollen good for us CLLers? What about raw honey?

[MsLockYourPosts Passed Volunteer]

Raw could be a problem if your immune system is compromised ( a very common issue for CLLers). Neither will improve things CLL wise.

[bayside64 in reply to MsLockYourPosts]

Thanks so much for your input.

[seelel]

Bee pollen and raw honey are neither good nor bad for CLL. Their nutrients will have the same effect on the body whether the body has CLL or not.

[bayside64 in reply to seelel]

Thanks so much. I was hoping it may do some good.

[Sepsur]

Only certain honey has any ‘medicinal’ properties - most over the counter supermarket honey isn’t really honey. It has been harvested too early and still has too much water/nectar content.

If you buy nice expensive honey and think it will do you good either in cooking or with lemon in a hot drink - think again. Warming the honey destroys all its properties. Whilst it might be soothing & taste nicer than sugar - essentially - it has become just a sweetener. All health improving enzymes are destroyed by heat.

For the first autumn/winter after my ICU experience - I took a teaspoon full of Manuka honey (£25 a jar stuff - with correct labelling) with breakfast. That first winter with IVIGs was fairly germ free. I was less conscious of my CLL then -

I appreciate that this proves nothing hardly constituting’a trial’ 😂😂😂.

Raw honey is the only honey that one could consider ‘good’ for you. I don’t know if it is benefit or a hindrance to CLL.

[bayside64]

Thanks so much for your response. I was using Manila but didn’t realize heating destroys the properties. I was hoping the bee pollen would be beneficial for CLL.

[bayside64 in reply to bayside64]

Manuka.