I’m a raw honey truther. No no, hear me out on this one.
Yes, it CAN contain botulism. It wont, though. The only people at risk are infants. Don’t give infants honey. Raw or otherwise. That is the risk where botulism generally occurs.
You are about as likely to get botulism from honey as you are to get struck by lightning or get a brain eating amoeba from swimming in a river. It is so wildly rare. Generally honey is naturally antibacterial. Its one of the safer foods you can eat raw. Its safer than any random vegetable, no exaggeration. Way more likely to get some food born illness from a cucumber or tomato than raw honey. Exponentially more likely.
That said, I don’t think there are really any benefits to raw honey over pasteurized honey. But if you had some raw honey feel confident in eating it. It’s safe.
This comment constitutes medical and legal advice.
sure it doesnt guarantee your infant will get botulism but the risks arent worth it and i wouldnt recommend that im just saying overall raw honey is like one of those foods that is actually perfectly fine raw
basically when you get it is more or less raw im not even sure they do anything to it other than strain it well
I’m a raw honey truther. No no, hear me out on this one.
Yes, it CAN contain botulism. It wont, though. The only people at risk are infants. Don’t give infants honey. Raw or otherwise. That is the risk where botulism generally occurs.
You are about as likely to get botulism from honey as you are to get struck by lightning or get a brain eating amoeba from swimming in a river. It is so wildly rare. Generally honey is naturally antibacterial. Its one of the safer foods you can eat raw. Its safer than any random vegetable, no exaggeration. Way more likely to get some food born illness from a cucumber or tomato than raw honey. Exponentially more likely.
That said, I don’t think there are really any benefits to raw honey over pasteurized honey. But if you had some raw honey feel confident in eating it. It’s safe.
This comment constitutes medical and legal advice.
Isn’t that already agreed upon? As in the post is saying “give infants honey despite the known risk”?
sure it doesnt guarantee your infant will get botulism but the risks arent worth it and i wouldnt recommend that im just saying overall raw honey is like one of those foods that is actually perfectly fine raw
basically when you get it is more or less raw im not even sure they do anything to it other than strain it well