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The Sweet Benefits
of Nature’s Nectar
By Cindy A. Lugo
Nature’s nectar — honey — properties needed for your body. It is symptoms. Raw honey contains bee
packs a powerful punch in believed that eating a tablespoon of pollen; therefore, when you eat local
the fight against ailments, honey each day can relieve the symptoms raw honey, you are consuming that
and has been used for centuries for its of pollen-related allergies. The premise same offending local pollen. By ingesting
healing properties. When you eat locally is that bees in your area are collecting minute amounts of the very allergen
harvested raw honey, you receive the nectar from the plants and flowers that that is affecting you, your body builds
added benefit of consuming a superfood cause you to experience itchy, watery up immunity to the fauna triggering the
that contains immune stimulating eyes, sneezing and other similar allergic allergic reaction. This major benefit is only
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