I was permanently banned from the Reddit sub without recourse for posting this despite not breaking any rules. I’m slowly making the migration over thanks to such encouragement.

  • LiveLM
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    11 months ago

    Wait, why can’t you feed it to Children under one?
    Some type of bacteria they’re not ready to handle yet?

    • PaintedSnail
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      11 months ago

      Correct. Infant botulism can result from bacteria in raw honey that is otherwise harmless to anyone with a developed immune system.

      • @[email protected]
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        3511 months ago

        At first I was like “yeah doesn’t everyone know that?” And then I realized that I didn’t know that until I had kids.

        • @ThatWeirdGuy1001
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          1111 months ago

          I have a kid and this is the first I’m hearing about it.

          • @[email protected]
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            1111 months ago

            Our pedi was over the top with reminding us. With both kids, actually.

            He probably has some history that led him to stress that so much to patients.

        • @[email protected]
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          711 months ago

          I don’t have kids and I know it. When I was a kid, my parents would make us banana smoothies as a treat. It’s just banana, milk, ice, and honey. They mentioned a few times that they were excited for us to turn a year old so we could have them because of the honey.

          • @RalphFurley
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            411 months ago

            I waited til they were there before I have them honey, hah

        • @rwhitisissle
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          311 months ago

          Yeah, I didn’t know that until very recently, and that was because of an anime I was watching.

    • @stoly
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      1911 months ago

      There are bacterial spores that are no danger to nearly all adults but will absolutely end your baby.

      • @Wogi
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        011 months ago

        But you CAN put it on little bumps and scrapes.

        • @mods_are_assholes
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          611 months ago

          But don’t put it on the little bumps and scrapes of children under one.

        • @stoly
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          411 months ago

          Not sure why you were down voted because it’s true. Honey has very low water activity and essentially remains in good condition over tens of thousands of years. It’s been used to treat wounds throughout history by helping create an environment inhospitable to microbes.