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For years now, sugar’s been a dirty word. It’s been blamed for everything from
obesity, heart disease and diabetes to tooth decay and acne. But there’s something
they don’t know. Sugar’s better for you than all those artificial sweeteners and
substitutes out there today … especially the ones you’ll find in so-called “diet”
products. In one study of nearly 2,600 people, those who drank diet sodas had a 47
percent higher body mass index (BMI) than those who didn’t, and their risk of obesity
was doubled.
I’m always suspicious of things that aren’t natural. But there’s another reason you
should keep sugar on your shelf. Did you know that sugar can heal your cuts,
scrapes, burns and even large wounds without leaving a scar? It kills germs and
repairs tissue better than any antiseptic or disinfectant on the market.
Long before all these Johnny-Come-Lately naysayers started telling you how bad it
was for you, sugar was valued as an antiseptic. For more than 4,000 years, since
ancient Egyptian times, people have known about sugar’s miraculous properties. But
it fell out of favor once antibiotics became available. Makes you wonder if the high
price and incredibly high profit margins had anything to do with that.
It May Have Saved My Life a Long Way from Home
I learned about sugar’s remarkable capacity to heal wounds the hard way. It was
during my first trip deep into the Amazon jungle. A guide and I were fighting our way
through the dense rain forest with a couple of machetes when I got a bad cut on my
arm. In the jungle, there isn’t a day you’re not cut up, scraped or covered with bug
bites. Infection sets in quickly in the tropics, and that cut on my arm was becoming
infected.
My guide carried small packets of sugar with him at all times. I thought it was to
sweeten his tea. But when we stopped to rest, he applied a sugar paste to the cut on
my arm and covered it with gauze. Back then I was skeptical. But he assured me it
was strong, native medicine and repeated the process each time we stopped. Within
a day or two, the cut was healed – and no scar remained.
Since that time, I’ve seen sugar used to heal on my travels to Africa and Asia. Other
countries such as Australia and New Zealand use honey instead of sugar. Sugar
and honey contain high levels of glucose, the kind of sugar your body uses for
energy. Both are almost equal in their ability to heal, with honey taking a slight lead.
I read an interesting review of seven studies of 264 patients treated with honey.
Honey produced better outcomes, shorter healing time and virtually no infection.
After seven days, 58 percent of patients were healed with honey versus 19 percent
with conventional antibiotics and unconventional treatments such as silver, amniotic
membrane and potato peelings. And 85 percent of patients treated with honey had
the infection in their wound vanish compared to 30 percent with the other treatments.
After 21 days, 99 percent of patients were healed with honey versus 75 percent with
other treatments. Only one study gave the infection rate at 21 days. It was 96 percent
for honey versus 76 percent for a silver treatment.
Sugar and honey prevent scarring to the extent it heals ulcers and burns without the
need for skin grafts. Scientists theorize sugar and honey encourage the production of
hyaluronic acid (HA), while it prevents stiff, stringy collagen from forming. HA fills out
your skin by absorbing 3,000 times its weight of water. At the same time, sugar and
honey prevent the buildup of the stringy kind of collagen that creates scar tissue.
Instead, it forms a different type--a delicate, mesh-like collagen structure that brings
the skin’s surface back to normal and allows it to heal.
It’s Cheap, Easy and It Works
The next time you have a cut, scrape, burn or open infection, try using sugar or honey:
- Make a paste using filtered water and sugar, or use straight honey
- Apply to your wound and cover with gauze or a Band-Aid
- Change the dressing throughout the day to prevent the gauze from sticking to
the wound
To Your Good Health,
Al Sears, MD
Click here for another article with more information about using sugar and honey
for wound healing and as a skin exfoliate.
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| Disclaimer: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. The information is provided as a guideline only, and is not meant to substitute for the advice of your physician, nutritionist, trained health care practitioner, and/or inner guidance system. When in doubt, always consult a professional before undertaking any change to your normal health routine. |