Honey, The Best Remedy for Prevention and Treatment of Stomach Ulcers, According to Studies

By Kyle J. Norton

Scientists may have found natural alternative antibiotics for the treatment of stomach ulcer caused by a bacterial infection, some studies found.

Stomach/Gastric ulcer is a condition characterized by the breaking in the tissue lining of the stomach.

Most cases of stomach ulcer are caused by the infection with the Helicobacter pylori bacterium or long-term intake of anti-inflammatory medication.

Most common symptoms of stomach ulcer include dull pain in the stomach, gastrointestinal discomforts such as nausea or vomiting. bloating, burping or burning sensation in the chest.

If you are experiencing some of the above symptoms persistently, please check with your doctor to rule out the possibility of stomach ulcer.

Unless the disease is caused by medication, most stomach ulcer can be treated successfully with the use of antibiotics and medications that reduce the overproduction of stomach acid.

Some researchers suggested that people who are obese are also susceptible to the onset of stomach ulcer due to the following reasons

* Epidemiological findings suggested that obesity is associated with the inflammation in the gut, leading to the weakness of gut cells that prone to the ulcer formation.

* Obesity has been found to have an unhealthy ratio of gut bacterias.

* Overexpression gut harmful bacterias increased the risk of toxin accumulation in the lining of the gut.

Honey is the miraculous product made by bees using nectar from flowers.

The rich golden liquid is considered one of healthy sweet food for replacing the use of white sugar and artificial sweetener by many people.

Researchers on finding a natural compound for the treatment of stomach ulcers investigated the Manuka honey antiulcer activity in gastric rats.

Ethanol-induced gastric ulcers in rats selected to the study were divided into control, ethanol (ulcer), omeprazole, and manuka honey group.

Injection of Manuka honey significantly decreased the ulcer index, completely protected the mucosa from lesions, and preserved gastric mucosal glycoprotein through the increased the expression gastric mucosal levels of nitric oxide (NO) in the inhibition of leukocyte adherence to the endothelium, and antioxidant enzymes glutathione (GSH), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), superoxide dismutase (SOD).

Furthermore, Manuka honey also decreased gastric mucosal MDA, the oxidative stress marker and proinflammatory expression in the stomach caused by the injection of ethanol (ulcer), omeprazole.

Dr. the lead scientist wrote, "Manuka honey likely exerted its antiulcer, effect by keeping enzymatic (GPx and SOD) and nonenzymatic (GSH and NO) antioxidants as well as inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6) in a reduced form, inhibited lipid peroxidation (MDA), and preserved mucous glycoproteins levels".

The findings clearly suggested Manuka honey inhibited stomach ulcer by modulating the oxidative stress, proinflammatory cytokines, and antioxidant expression.

In order to reveal more information about honey antiulcer activity, researchers evaluated the use of Manuka honey in the treatment of acetic acid-induced chronic gastric ulcers in rats.

The study included rats treated with three different concentrations of honey. Treatment with manuka honey was found to significantly reduce the ulcer index and maintain the glycoprotein content.

Manuka injection also reduced the mucosal myeloperoxidase activity, lipid peroxidation (MDA), and the inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6) as compared to the untreated control group.

Honey-treated groups showed a significant increase in enzymatic (GPx and SOD) and nonenzymatic (GSH) antioxidants besides levels of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10, similar to that of the previous study.

More importantly, manuka honey treated animals not only normalized cell cycle distribution but also significantly lowered apoptosis in gastric mucosa.

The results indicated that manuka honey is effective for the treatment of chronic ulcer through many mechanisms.

Taken altogether, Manuka honey may be considered a function remedy for the prevention and combined with primary medicine for the treatment of stomach ulcer with no side effects.

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Author Biography
Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Antioxidant, Anti-inflammatory, and Antiulcer Potential of Manuka Honey against Gastric Ulcer in Rats by Saad B. Almasaudi, 1 Nagla A. El-Shitany, 2 , 3 Aymn T. Abbas, 4 , 5 Umama A. Abdel-dayem, 6Soad S. Ali, 7 Soad K. Al Jaouni, 8 and Steve Harakeh. (PMC)
(2) Manuka Honey Exerts Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities That Promote Healing of Acetic Acid-Induced Gastric Ulcer in Rats by Almasaudi SB1, Abbas AT2, Al-Hindi RR1, El-Shitany NA3, Abdel-Dayem UA4, Ali SS5, Saleh RM6, Al Jaouni SK7, Kamal MA8, Harakeh SM. (PubMed)
(3) Association of peptic ulcer disease with obesity, nutritional components, and blood parameters in the Korean population by Jihye Kim, Keun Ho Kim, and Bum Ju Lee. (PMC)