We're always looking for a cure for cancer. Yet despite billions of dollars going into worldwide research, there is still no known cure. There are plenty of treatments, some more effective than others, but so far no cure. Now it seems as though the most effective treatment might just lie with a natural, as opposed to a conventional, solution. There is a carefully controlled form of honey called LifeMel. Watch the video to see how it claims to help. You will then want to continue to read the notes below.
My Notes:
It seems that never a month goes by where there is some new claim to cure or effectively treat cancer. Yet despite all these new revelations we're still looking. For this reason, it's wise to treat any new claims to cure or treat cancer with some caution. This time the solution, they say, is in the form of a unique honey they call LifeMel. This LifeMel honey has been around for a while now, but it's only just starting to get a lot of attention. Let's take a look at the world's most expensive honey and see what all the fuss is about.
How It's Made
Life Mel is a unique, natural honey. Like all natural honeys, bees also make this product. The difference is that humans control the diet of the bees. They feed the bees on a unique blend which includes selected herbs. This includes things like Siberian ginseng, echinacea and Uncaria tomentosa. Apparently, there has been over 30 years of research into this honey.
How It Works
When taken as a medicine, the makers of LifeMel claim that the honey boosts the immunity of the patient. It does this before, during and after chemotherapy. It is supposed to dramatically reduce the side effects of the treatment. If it works, this would allow patients to live a more normal life. So is it true?
Well, it seems that the jury is still out on this, at least in the scientific community. But when confronted with desperation, pain and fear, patients will listen to hope more so than science, or lack of. As the saying goes, “the proof of the pudding is in the eating.” So if “real” cancer patients talk of the positive results of the honey, then who cares about whether the science is conclusive or not.
Medical professionals would argue that anonymous testimonials are meaningless as pieces of evidence. Cancer patients would disagree if they are desperately trying to hold on to life. Because honey is a natural food, and not a drug, the producers can make claims that unapproved drugs just couldn't get away with.
The Clinical Trial
The only study the company has to back up their claims was in fact quite tiny. There were only 30 participants in total. It was also not the result of 30 years of research. For any drug to pass scrutiny, the research has to go through vigorous phases. It also must include large-scale trials over prolonged periods of time. The LifeMel research was nothing more than a preliminary study that lacked any real control. That's not an opinion, it's a fact.
Summary
As a honey, LifeMel is probably a fine natural product. As an effective treatment for cancer, the claims thus far are largely unfounded. Some even say that the marketing group preys on the fears and desperation of real cancer patients. Whether this is just a case of false hopes in a jar remains to be seen. But the evidence is flimsy at best, and that just feels wrong. It's not easy to find anything out about the honey with regards to its characteristics as a food. Most write-ups on it say little more than it has a distinctive and pleasant flavor and aroma. Still, it's not marketed as a food as much as a medicine, so perhaps that's why it's not promoted as something for the table.