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i'm jeremy kenton now honey is being
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shown to be a better treatment than
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conventional treatments for normal
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and sore throats the honey obviously is
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readily available and has virtually no
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now the recommendation from the
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is that doctors should be recommending
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alternative to antibiotics one of the
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that very often gps especially in the uk
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are over prescribing antibiotics and if
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obviously the antibiotic will have no
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now they found at the university of
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oxford that upper respiratory tract
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infections which normally affect the
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and the air passages that lead from the
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windpipe to the lungs
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are often helped by honey now there is
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that you should not be using honey in
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under the age of one year old but it's
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as a home remedy for the treatment of
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but evidence showing its effectiveness
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especially for upper respiratory tract
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has been very very optimistic
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1800 people found that they were feeling
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more benefit from the use of honey
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than from proprietary over-the-counter
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now coronavirus once again in the news
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with a alarming study which showed that
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of over three and a half thousand adults
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they found that depression amongst those
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uk adults has actually doubled
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in the last five months since the
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and the number of people suffering from
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depression has actually
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gone up alarmingly one in eight adults
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developed moderate to severe depression
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with more than eight percent of
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those still continuing to experience
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and only one out of every 25 people
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showing an improvement
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and there was a rise in the number of
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working people including key workers
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who were also experiencing symptoms of
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the majority of people over 85 percent
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felt that their well-being was being
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impacted with feelings of stress
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and anxiety now those who seem to be
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more at risk were those who were young
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women and disabled and especially
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unexpected expense which we've all
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lockdown women were more likely to be
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experiencing symptoms of men
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with an increase from 12 percent so
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there was a rise in depression
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in all age groups but the greatest
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increase alarmingly was
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in those between the ages of 16 and 39
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so almost one in three disabled people
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moderate to severe depression during the
