Every year, millions of people around the world are plagued with seasonal allergies that cause sneezing fits, itchy eyes, and relentless congestion. In the quest for relief, many turn to natural remedies, and one of the most popular is eating local honey.
The idea is charmingly simple: flowers produce both pollen and nectar, and while bees collect nectar for honey, they unintentionally gather pollen, too. As a result, most honey contains small traces of pollen collected from the flowers in their environment.
Some people believe that eating honey made locally introduces small doses of local pollen to the body. The idea is that this might help build immunity to allergens, like a natural form of microdosing against allergies. But is there any truth to this theory? Click through this gallery to find out!