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posted December 30, 2006 06:27 PM         

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Is putting honey in hot tea can cause any trouble?

It could be just myth in my childhood that honey should not be added in any hot food, it turns out to be poison.

I recently started facing a new health problem which I could not understand so I am thinking that is it due to honey.

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posted December 31, 2006 12:39 AM         

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Oh I have no idea, I love honey in hot tea, it's my favourite drink.

I'll do a little research to see if I can find anything.

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posted January 06, 2007 05:54 PM         

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i think Ayurveda suggests never heating honey. it's most healthy in its pure, raw state and heating it destroys it's beneficial enzymes and qualities.

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posted January 06, 2007 06:04 PM         

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Yes, that is what I was thinking because few of them from India told me the similar thing but also that it turned into poison.
I like the taste of tea with honey but only thing which is wondering me that I am adding honey in hot tea.

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posted January 20, 2007 03:18 AM         

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I agree with SLC777. I had been thinking that honey should not be heated or added into hot foods or beverages. I had been hypothesizing the possibility of honey's nutritional structure being altered by heating. I've heard that raw honey is the best, too.

Then again, this reminds me that I've been drinking this camomile with honey and vanilla tea- gosh, the tea bags contain "honey pieces" and I've been drinking THAT. But the other camomile tea I had found in the grocery shop was camomile with spearmint tea, and because the camomile with honey and vanilla one contains (according to the ingredients labelled) over 70% or camomile, while the camomile with spearmint one only contains 35% or camomile, and I had figured that I wanted more camomile in my tea...hadn't realized that I'd been drinking condensed dried honey with hot water...this is really seedy

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posted January 20, 2007 04:15 AM         

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Never, ever heard of honey being bad heated up - have always used hot honey, lemon and ginger as a cure for any kind of nasty cold/flu. People suggest it as an alternative to white sugar which is actually the devil in disguise!!! Must try and find more info on this one....

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posted January 20, 2007 09:17 AM         

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Before I came to the U.K, I never heard, or seen, anyone put honey in their tea. But here, people did and I couldn't believe it. I thought they were mad! Sugar and honey in tea? Damn sweet I would guess!

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posted January 20, 2007 01:01 PM         

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Oh, I remember now that back in London those Aussies I lived with had suggested that I drink honey and lemon juice for my sore throat (which turned out to be a benign tumor later on)- I was on a vegan diet so I never tried, which was really a silly reason not to. Honey in lukewarm lemonade...why not? Gosh, I'm just too damn easily influenced by what others say! Honey with lukewarm lemonade should be nice.

When I was in Queenstown, NZ, an American guy gave me a cup of green tea with honey in it. There was nothing wrong with that.

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posted January 20, 2007 04:25 PM         

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I think what I understood is that I should not heat honey directly, but adding in hot tea or water or any other meal, it is fine.

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posted January 21, 2007 03:07 AM         

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I think I intended to send a reply here but some of the more recent posts have been missing so I can't remember what exactly I wanted to write about

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