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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 9/8/2006, you wrote:
> Wooo. Are your parents still alive? That sounds very grim.

My mother lives in California and is still going strong at 87.  My father 
drank himself to death at 52.  He had a lung removed due to lung cancer and 
his alcohol destroyed body could not stand the trauma.



Don Bowen              Awl Knotted Up                       KI6DIU
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Who woulda thunk it? Not sure why people would want to eat bitter honey.

Scientists warn of 'mad honey disease'




By Roger Dobson




Published: 10 September 2006

Mad honey disease is among the rarest afflictions in the world, but 
it appears to be on the increase.

Only 58 cases have been reported worldwide, but eight people were 
treated in 2005 alone.

The trend towards eating more natural products may be driving a rise 
in cases of the disease, whose symptoms can include convulsions, low 
blood pressure, fainting and temporary heart problems, according to a 
new report.

"Mad honey disease has the potential to cause death if untreated," 
say the researchers. "Because of the increasing preference for 
natural products, intoxication induced by consumption of honey will 
increase in the future."

Just a spoonful of the wrong honey can cause problems, according to 
researchers, who report their findings this week in the American 
Journal of Emergency Medicine.

Mad honey poisoning is most prevalent in honey from the Black Sea 
region of Turkey. Compounds called grayanotoxins, found in the nectar 
of rhododendrons, mountain laurels and azaleas, are thought to be 
responsible for the disease. Though harmless to bees, they are 
psychoactive and poisonous to humans. Affected honey is said to have 
a very bitter taste.

Mad honey disease is among the rarest afflictions in the world, but 
it appears to be on the increase.

Only 58 cases have been reported worldwide, but eight people were 
treated in 2005 alone.

The trend towards eating more natural products may be driving a rise 
in cases of the disease, whose symptoms can include convulsions, low 
blood pressure, fainting and temporary heart problems, according to a 
new report.

"Mad honey disease has the potential to cause death if untreated," 
say the researchers. "Because of the increasing preference for 
natural products, intoxication induced by consumption of honey will 
increase in the future."

Just a spoonful of the wrong honey can cause problems, according to 
researchers, who report their findings this week in the American 
Journal of Emergency Medicine.

Mad honey poisoning is most prevalent in honey from the Black Sea 
region of Turkey. Compounds called grayanotoxins, found in the nectar 
of rhododendrons, mountain laurels and azaleas, are thought to be 
responsible for the disease. Though harmless to bees, they are 
psychoactive and poisonous to humans. Affected honey is said to have 
a very bitter taste.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article1433411.ece