A new study by researchers at the University of New Mexico has shown that honey can help save the lives of patients suffering from dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, and a host of other ailments.
According to a press release, the study, “A honey-induced neuroprotective effect,” was published online in PLOS ONE.
Honey, which has been around since the late 1800s, has been shown to help prevent and slow the progression of brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
However, the latest study was the first to show that honey could slow down the onset of Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinsons.
Hive honey is extracted from the honey bee colony.
The extract contains the essential amino acids, phenylalanine and methionine, which are essential for brain cells.
The researchers injected the bees with saline, a cocktail of compounds that mimic the effects of sugar in the brain.
The bees began to show signs of mild cognitive impairment and a loss of memory within two weeks of the injection.
However the bees were not harmed.
The team also found that honey did not increase levels of the protein beta-amyloid, which is associated with Alzheimer’s.
“The bee colony is very diverse, and different bee species will produce different compounds that will have different effects,” lead researcher Jodi Schoenfeld said in a press statement.
“In this study, we wanted to find out if honey could be used as a biomarker to measure changes in brain health and biomarkers of the bee’s immune system.”
Schoenfeld and her colleagues also discovered that honey significantly improved cognitive function in a test of memory.
They found that the bees did better on tests of spatial memory, which involves learning the location of a particular object.
Schoenfield says that bees are known to have a poor memory, so this study will help determine if honey is able to speed up memory recovery in the long run.
“Our research indicates that honey may have potential as a treatment for a variety of neurodegenerative diseases, and we hope that the honey we use in our products will also have beneficial effects in these cases,” Schoenfried said.
The research team also tested honey in mice, which were given the mixture of beta- and alpha-amino acids that bees produce to help regulate their immune system.
They discovered that the beta- amyloid proteins were able to suppress immune function, and the alpha- amino acids inhibited inflammation.
The honey is made by honey bees from the bee colony in South Africa, which was recently purchased by a major American company.
The company said it plans to release a honey supplement that includes beta-acids.
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