{"id":7155,"date":"2010-08-31T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T07:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattcastille.com\/me\/?p=7155"},"modified":"2010-08-31T00:01:59","modified_gmt":"2010-08-31T07:01:59","slug":"local-honey-to-treat-allergies-ivillage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mattcastille.com\/me\/2010\/08\/local-honey-to-treat-allergies-ivillage\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Honey to Treat Allergies &#8211; Myth!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" title=\"NewImage.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mattcastille.com\/me\/wp-content\/upload\/2010\/08\/NewImage5.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"NewImage.jpg\" width=\"325\" height=\"445\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ivillage.com\/local-honey-treat-allergies\/4-b-109039?ivNPA=1&amp;sky=stu|ths|xyzal|myths|alternative|#109040\" >Local Honey to Treat Allergies &#8211; iVillage<\/a>: &#8220;Eating Local Honey Can Prevent or Treat Seasonal Allergies<\/p>\n<p>Sniffing or sneezing? Join the club: Seasonal allergies (aka allergic rhinitis) cause congestion, runny nose and itchy eyes for 35 million Americans from spring through fall. Learn the truth behind common allergy myths:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Truth: This myth probably originated because pollen causes allergies and there are miniscule amounts of pollen in honey; thus, people believe that eating honey can desensitize them to pollen over time. \u2018The problem is that the pollens that cause allergies, which are primarily trees, grasses and weeds, are not the plants bees use for honey,\u2019 says Maeve O\u2019Connor, M.D., of Carolina Asthma and Allergy Center in Charlotte, NC. \u2018If you like honey, eat it. But there\u2019s no proof it will alleviate or prevent seasonal allergies.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Reviewed by Marc Sicklick, M.D. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local Honey to Treat Allergies &#8211; iVillage: &#8220;Eating Local Honey Can Prevent or Treat Seasonal Allergies Sniffing or sneezing? Join the club: Seasonal allergies (aka allergic rhinitis) cause congestion, runny nose and itchy eyes for 35 million Americans from spring through fall. Learn the truth behind common allergy myths: \u00a0 Truth: This myth probably originated &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mattcastille.com\/me\/2010\/08\/local-honey-to-treat-allergies-ivillage\/\"  class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Local Honey to Treat Allergies &#8211; Myth!!!!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4RRl-1Rp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mattcastille.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mattcastille.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mattcastille.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mattcastille.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mattcastille.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7155"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/mattcastille.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7158,"href":"http:\/\/mattcastille.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7155\/revisions\/7158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mattcastille.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mattcastille.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mattcastille.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}