Why can pure bees honey be unsuitable for babies?!


Question: Why can pure bees honey be unsuitable for babies!?
My friend said she soothed her 5mth old baby with honey, and I said I was sure there was an enzyme that babies couldn't tolerate in honey, she hopes not ,as was just a little he got and seemed fine!. Any ideas!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


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Honey is not safe for babies under the age of one!.

Honey can harbor the botulinum spore!. This spore, under the right conditions, can grow and give off a deadly toxin!. The spore is inhibited from growing in environments of high acidity!. The acidity of an infant's digestive system is not high enough to prevent the growth of the spore!. By the time a baby is one year old, stomach acidity has risen closer to that of an adults, and is at a level that would inhibit the growth of the spore!.

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Yes, honey should not be given to babies in any form (including raw, cooked or baked into products)!. Honey is bad for babies because it can grow botulinum spores, which can secrete a toxin and produce a transient paralysis in young infants!.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that botulism is a rare but serious foodborne disease!. When infants eat contaminated food, the botulinum bacterium spores grow in the intestines and release toxin!. Treatment for infants requires hospitalization and possibly care in an intensive care unit!. Antitoxin is not recommended for infants!.

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There is an increased risk for the presence of botulism spores in products such as honey!.

Your's and mine digestive tracts can handle it, but an underdeveloped infant's cannot!.

Tell your friend to stop giving her baby honey!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

honey carries the bottchilism sp virus which babies immune system arent mature enough to handle!.!.!.

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it is bad !.!. not that dangerous in small amout like one little spone but stop it because on the long run it will go very bad to there digestive system!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Get a wang and cut it off!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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