I heard about lifemel from the macmillan nurse who looks after my father and I bought some for him. He had never been able to finish any of his courses of chemotherapy because his blood got too weak. After just 10 days of lifemel his blood counts were back to near normal and his oncologist was stunned. I realise not everybody can afford 42 pounds but the jars of lifemel were probably the best thing I have ever bought him and the smile on my mothers face when she saw how much better he looks was absolutely priceless!!!

peter brent, london, UK

My mother has been taking Lifemel for three weeks. For the first time ever her white bloods and neutrophils have not dropped during her chemo (this is her 4th treatment). Still taking it after the last lot and her blood counts are way up compared to before. She feels much better and has got more energy. She hasn't taken anything else new or any new tablets, so it can only be the Lifemel. Really excited about it, and we are telling everyone we meet at the hospital about it.

Joan Adler, London, UK

Manuka honey is also meant to be good to protect you against MRSA in hospital. You should eat it and apply it to any wounds you may have.

I trust honey more than any other substance as being good for me.

In the olden days they used to kill the hive after the honey was collected until a brilliant inventor brought about the simple but ingenious way of taking the honey without distrubing the honey bees.

Honey bees make honey and they keep making it until they die. The excess that we get is honey that they do not need. We give them a safe environment in order to make their honey and they give us their excess produce.

What could be a better example of nature and man working together?

Kim, London,

Having researched and written the original piece on LifeMel Honey in the Mail On Sunday YOU magazine, i have no doubt that it can help cancer patients ameliorate the side effects of chemo and radiotherapy. We have had literally scores of testimonials to this. One of my best friends took it during 8 sessions of chemo for lymphoma and had no side effects, which is I gather almost unheard of. I spent some time investigating the claims for LifeMel, including talking to the world-renowned oncologist Professor Karol Sikora who, while agreeing that the study was small, said he found the mechanism plausible and interesting. I also wrote the first piece in The Daily Telegraph on Manuka honey way back in the 1990s, which again has been shown to have benefits. But certainly, nothing will work for everyone, including pharmaceutical drugs.

Sarah Stacey, Chard,

I use a teaspoon of the cheap stuff in my tea...

£2 for a big jar from niceland

remove the n...

Hugh E Torrance, London, England

I really don't care what the scientific evidence is (or not). The evidence of my own eyes tells me that honey is a fantastic substance which works better than anything else. In our house we always have several jars of runny honey (not £42). When my husband poured freshly boiled water over his arm recently and I suggested putting honey on it, he backed off, but a remembered previous burn had him submitting. Half an hour later he was off to work with just a tingling red mark and never a blister to this day.

Just try it and believe your eyes!!

Joyce, Alcester, Warwickshire

A tablespoon of honey has greater sweetening power than a tablespoon of sugar, so the amount of sweetness can be obtained with less calories.
I wonder if all honey is able to provide the same or similar benfits.

Donna Sebren, , Rutherfordton, NC, USA

I have heard that while it is true that honey is sugar, it is structured in a more natural way than refined table sugar and is therefore easier to burn off with exercise than the latter. That was true anyway in the old Adelle Davis days.

eugene, heidelberg, germany

If you have any doubts about manuka honey's healing power, next time you get a sore thoat try a teaspoon in your green tea with a slice of lemon and see if it makes a difference.

Michael Levy, Fort Lauderdale, FL/USA

Hmmmm....let me see. Natural substance, produced by bees for their own use. Or farmed product, refined by Man. Should I put honey on my porridge, or sugar? I know which I shall be choosing.

el, Leeds, UK

Wouldn't pay 42p, it makes me sick - no thanks !! Anyway I'm diabetic !!!

Ian Payne, WALSALL,