Gum disease – reduce your risk with manuka honey, advises expert

The nutritionist shared that the honey can reduce the bacterial component and therefore “plaque formation as a whole”.

What’s more, just one to two teaspoons a day should be enough to do the trick.

Thompson said: “Manuka honey can largely be used like other types of honey, such as in yoghurt, puddings, to cereal or porridge or added to cold and hot drinks. 

“[However], the hydrogen peroxide and MGO in Manuka honey is damaged by very high temperatures, so it’s best to wait until hot drinks have cooled to drinking temperature before adding the honey.”

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