No, honey can’t cure your allergies

The theory goes like this. Flowers produce pollen. They also produce nectar, which bees collect to make honey. When they do that, they take some pollen with them. So, bee honey usually contains some pollen. So, here's the theory.

When you eat locally produced honey, your body is ingesting small amounts of local pollen, the stuff that would normally make you miserable during allergy season and building an immunity to it. In other words, it basically is

like micro doing the allergies in your area. I wanted to know if this was true.

I found out that it isn't, but it's worth learning why. Because even though honey probably won't cure your pollen allergy, it could still be part of the solution. Seasonal allergies, also known as hay fever or allergic rhinitis, are your body overreacting to harmless pollen in the environment.

When your immune system mistakes a specific type of pollen for a dangerous intruder, it goes into defense mode, releasing chemicals called histamines, which are

meant to drive the allergen back out of your body by making you sneeze, cough, itch, and generally feel miserable. In other words, they trigger an allergic reaction. And once you have an allergy, it's hard to get rid of because your immune system has a memory. Once it decides something is a threat, it won't forget.