honey – Engineering Evil

23% Wrinkle Reduction with Ataulfo Mangoes

Postmenopausal women who ate a half cup of Ataulfo mangoes four times a week saw a 23 percent decrease in deep wrinkles after two months and a 20 percent decrease after four months.

#ataulfo #skinwrinkles #wrinkles

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/11/3381/htm

Vivien W. Fam et al. Prospective Evaluation of Mango Fruit Intake on Facial Wrinkles and Erythema in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Clinical Pilot Study, Nutrients (2020). DOI: 10.3390/nu12113381

Two Foods supercharge normally ineffective antibiotics

We look at two separate studies:

Cranberries join forces with antibiotics to fight bacteria

“But when we simultaneously treated the bacteria with an antibiotic and the cranberry extract, no resistance developed.”

Manuka honey to kill drug-resistant bacteria found in cystic fibrosis infections

The results showed that it was effective in killing antimicrobial resistant bacteria by 39% compared to 29% for antibiotics, whilst improving the activity of some antibiotics that were unable to function effectively by themselves, honey and antibiotics combined killed 90% of the bacteria tested.

#manuka #cranberry #antibiotic

Aled E. L. Roberts, Lydia C. Powell, Manon F. Pritchard, David W. Thomas, Rowena E. Jenkins. Anti-pseudomonad Activity of Manuka Honey and Antibiotics in a Specialized ex vivo Model Simulating Cystic Fibrosis Lung Infection. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019; 10 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00869

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/showCitFormats?doi=10.1002%2Fadvs.201802333

Maisuria, V. B., Okshevsky, M., Déziel, E., Tufenkji, N., Proanthocyanidin Interferes with Intrinsic Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms of Gram‐Negative Bacteria. Adv. Sci. 2019, 1802333. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201802333

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00869/full

Strawberry tree honey may inhibit colon cancer

Spanish and Italian researchers have proven that when honey from strawberry trees, a product typical of Mediterranean areas, is added to colon cancer cells grown in the laboratory, cell proliferation is stopped.

Sadia Afrin et al. Strawberry tree honey as a new potential functional food. Part 1: Strawberry tree honey reduces colon cancer cell proliferation and colony formation ability, inhibits cell cycle and promotes apoptosis by regulating EGFR and MAPKs signaling pathways, Journal of Functional Foods (2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2019.04.035

#strawberrytreehoney #coloncancer #cancer

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464619302221