Description
Healthy mobile joints are important to keep fit and active. Nectar Ease Plus is a dietary supplement that combines three natural ingredients designed to put a spring in your step naturally;
- Manuka Honey
- Bee Venom
- Glucosamine Sulphate
Glucosamine Sulphate is an essential part of our body’s joint cartilage and may assist in maintaining healthy and flexible joints. It also enhances the established benefits of Nectar Ease.
No bees are harmed in the bee venom collection process, to find out more click here.
Warning
Reduce dosage if side effects develop. Allergy sufferers should seek medical advice prior to use.
Directions for use
One teaspoon contains less than one bee sting. We recommend you start with 1/4 teaspoon per day and gradually increase to 1-2 teaspoons per day as required.
Natural ingredients
Nectar Ease Plus contains the same natural combination of ingredients as used in the Nectar Ease Plus Capsules; Manuka Honey, Glucosamine Sulphate and Bee Venom.
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Introduction
The science behind Bee Venom is still developing and researchers continue to find new uses for it. We add small quantities of Bee Venom to Manuka Honey to create our hugely successful Nectar Ease product range and this also forms the basis for our Royal Nectar skincare range.
Bee venom composition
Bee Venom composition and strength varies between Honeybee species and small variances are identifiable between bee breeds and locations.
Bee Venom contains a variety of peptides, including melittin, apamin, adolapin, the mast-cell-degranulating (MCD) peptide, enzymes (i.e., phospholipase A(2)), biologically active amines (i.e., histamine and epinephrine), and nonpeptide components which have a variety of pharmaceutical properties.
Bee Venom’s unique composition has multiple effects on the body. The natural components of Bee Venom have been isolated and studied scientifically and one of the most important components has been identified as Melittin. Making up about 50% of the Bee Venom.
Bee venom uses
Here at Nelson Honey we use Bee venom in two ways and have become famous for our innovation with this ingredient.
We started adding Bee Venom to honey over 3 decades ago after feedback from beekeepers about its success in supporting flexible joint mobility and comfort. A range of Nectar Ease products was formed with our original Bee Venom and Manuka Honey, Nectar Ease product, gaining a reputation in New Zealand for its ability to provide joint comfort in a tasty format.
More recent research has focused on using Bee venom as a cosmetic ingredient and its topical application for promoting skin regeneration. Research published in South Korea in 2015 showed that a bee venom serum treatment clinically improved facial wrinkles by decreasing total wrinkle area, total wrinkle count and average wrinkle depth.
Nectar Ease honey was originally used as a facial treatment gaining worldwide media attention from which our Royal Nectar skincare range was born.
Today the Royal Nectar skincare range has a strong following and particularly famous with Chinese consumers.
Bee venom extraction
The Bee Venom used in Nectar Ease is extracted exclusively from the Apis Melifera species of Honeybee. Bee Venom is extracted from Honeybees using low voltage electrical stimulation. Bee keepers use a so-called collection frame which has wire electrodes installed that have a low electrical current running through them on a glass base, just like in the picture above. These frames are installed in honey hives and bees that come into contact with the wire electrodes will receive a small electrical shock. This causes bees to sting the glass, releasing the venom without losing their barbed sting (which usually results in bee deaths).
Once the collection process has finished, the Bee Venom dries on the glass, then the whole frame is transported to a laboratory to collect the venom.
Further reading
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) offers a great source of published research about Bee Venom. Below are links to several interesting articles.
The beneficial effects of honeybee-venom serum on facial wrinkles in humans. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26491274
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Science of Honey
Honey has many health-giving benefits and has been used since ancient times for its special properties. Good quality honey can be high in beneficial plant compounds including antioxidants. It contains a number of nutrients (see below) and has high levels of glucose and fructose which offers a healthier alternative to refined sugar making it a great source of energy. However, the composition of a honey batch depends on the floral source(s) available to the bees that produced the honey.
Nelson Honey operates a team of beekeepers and has hives are located throughout the beautiful regions at top of the South Island of New Zealand. Hives enjoy spectacular and remote locations including Maori Bay in the Marlborough Sounds and Rainbow Station in St Arnaud.
Here at Nelson Honey we can trace our honey back to the hives they came from and our team of beekeepers maintain the health and happiness of all our bees.
Manuka Honey
There has been much research done on the components of manuka honey and its benefits, leading to worldwide acclaim of this wonderful honey.
Manuka Honey is unique to New Zealand and its special benefits have been a traditional part of folklore throughout New Zealand’s settled history. Ongoing research using Manuka Honey supports the worth of this valuable resource.
At Nelson Honey, we test all our Manuka Honey for MGO (Methylglyoxal) activity along with other chemical markers to ensure that it is authentic manuka honey. Methylglyoxal is expressed as a minimum number of mg/kg and scientific evidence has confirmed it as being a key compound that occurs naturally in Manuka honey.
Honeydew Honey
While Manuka Honey is extremely well-known for its special properties, our Honeydew Honey may also offer some excellent health benefits. It contains much higher levels of complex sugars called Oligosaccharides than nectar (or floral) honey.
Research shows Oligosaccharides are important to maintaining a healthy digestive system and work as a prebiotics support the growth of good bacteria in the gut.
Honeydew Honey also contains higher levels of antioxidants and minerals compared to other floral honeys.
Further reading
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) offers a great source of published research about honey. Below are links to several interesting articles.
Identification and Quantitation of 2-Acetyl-1-pyrroline in Manuka Honey (Leptospermum scoparium). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26365614
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Average Nutritional Value per 100 g
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| Energy |
1,340 kJ (320 kcal) |
| Carbohydrates |
79.6 g |
| Fats |
0 g |
| Protein |
0.4 g |
| Water |
17.10 g |
| Riboflavin (vit. B2) |
0.038 mg |
| Niacin (vit. B3) |
0.121 mg |
| Pantothenic acid (B5) |
0.068 mg |
| Vitamin B6 |
0.024 mg |
| Folate (Vit. B9) |
2 μg |
| Vitamin C |
0.5 mg |
| Calcium |
6 mg |
| Iron |
0.42 mg |
| Magnesium |
2 mg |
| Phosphorus |
4 mg |
| Potassium |
52 mg |
| Sodium |
12 mg |
| Zinc |
0.22 mg |
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Lisa –
My father has improved considerably since taking Nectar Ease Plus – he couldn’t walk to the end of street with pains in his legs and breathlessness – now he is pain free and walking again. I am a complete advocate of your products and have recommended it to several friend.
jill (verified owner) –
We couldn’t always get this product in our nearest town, so were thrilled to find we could order on line. My husbands knees suffered every time we had to wait for me to go to town to get more and everytime you could gaurantee ,there was either none or just one available.Being out in country meant a trip in to town only happens once a month.Along time to be in pain ,if there was none in shop.There is no need to suffer people get nectarese down you,either straight off spoon ,on toast or as hubby does in cup of tea.
alan archer (verified owner) –
this product has made a huge improvement to my mobility–both my knee joints are arthritic and quite painful–Nectar Ease Plus has reduced the pain and made walking so much easier.
Thank you
Phillip (verified owner) –
Highly recommended excellent product! Does wonders for Mums knee which has plagued her since an injury in her teens. Keeps her on the golf course and that means so much 🙂
We all love honey and its benefits but rather than the $10 supermarket rubbish full of gods knows what chem horrors its nice to have a high quality natural all NZ product.
Go Nelson Honey and go bees! Pray we don’t lose em to human stupidity. Yes well, good luck on that!
Keep it flowing, all the best 🙂
Karen –
I started using this over 10 years ago, would never be without it. Thought it might help with hip pain and it did, but the bonus was the creaky painful knee pain disappeared. And unlike a lot of supplements, it works quickly, about 2 weeks initially. Now I take it when I feel some pain, and relief is so quick. I have put a lot of people onto this magic honey and will continue to extol its benefits.
Nadia –
I order from you all the time and love the new website. My Grandfather in Wales has terrible arthritis and was diagnosed with a stomach ulcer last year. He can’t take any medication to help ease his pain.
I saw your product (Nectar Ease Plus) on the tele a while back and thought I’d send him some honey in hope it would help.
He can’t believe how good it works and uses it every day. He’s even tried other products being shipped into the UK and none of them work as well as yours.
So thank you for allowing me to give my 87 year old Granddad some much needed pain relief.
Nadia
Carole –
Nectar Easy Plus honey has to me been a God send! Not only does it taste really lovely it has improved my families wellbeing.
My Mum started having a honey sandwich at lunch time. She hoped it would help her very painful neck as she was unable to turn her head – it worked!
My old doggie Snowie started to get arthritis in one of his front legs, so sad to see him in such pain. I started to give him a level teaspoon of Nectar Ease Plus at night time. After having about 3/4 of a jar, instead of plodding down to the gate to meet me after work – he ran! His whole body changed, bright eyed once more & best of all – no pain.
I now take the honey myself for arthritis in my knee. I have noticed a vast improvement & now walk about without feeling any pain.
Where would we be without the bees…
Carole