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About this episode:
The First Lady of Nutrition welcomes back Cal Orey, author of The Healing Powers of Honey: Revised and Updated, to talk about why this ancient, powerful nectar still belongs in a modern kitchen. The new edition brings fresh research, heart-healthy recipes, honey bee data, and home cures to Cal’s bestselling book.
Together, they cover honey’s long history — from Egyptian “nectar of the gods” to a plague-era remedy for coughs, sore throats, and flagging energy — and why raw honey is a different food from table sugar. Cal explains what sets Manuka and other varieties apart among more than 300 kinds of honey, why hospitals once reached for it for wounds and burns, and how the other gifts of the hive — propolis, royal jelly, and bee pollen — earned their stellar reputations.
Ann Louise and Cal also compare honey with sugar and maple syrup, talk about honey after illness — including Cal’s view that raw honey’s antioxidants can support the immune system at a time when extra sugar does the opposite — and take on the vanishing-honeybee question. In addition, Cal shares the near-death heart crisis that earned her the nickname “Miracle Girl.”
To learn more about Cal Orey and her Healing Powers series, explore The Healing Powers of Honey: Revised and Updated.
