如何正确选用麦卢卡蜂蜜
麦卢卡蜂蜜品质不一。在选择具有保健作用的麦卢卡蜂蜜时，请保证蜂蜜中MGO含量不低于100毫克/千克。
麦卢卡蜂蜜的用途
如今，许多消费者将麦卢卡蜂蜜作为一种保健品使用。因为它既稀缺又独特，一般来说，它的价格比普通的蜂蜜要高。
消费者可根据自己的需求、健身计划或相关保健目的来选择麦卢卡蜂蜜的强度。MGO等级越高，蜂蜜的功效就越强。该表格可以帮助消费者进行选择：
Value of MGO Manuka Honey in Gastrointestinal Tract
Most consumers purchase MGO Manuka Honey for the benefits it provides to their digestive tract.
Many people suffer digestive discomfit and have found MGO Manuka Honey provides relief. This can be sustained since manuka honey acts as a prebiotic in encouraging and maintaining the micro-floral balance in the digestive tract.
When methylglyoxal is consumed in honey it remains stable in the mouth and stomach. When it enters the small intestine it is degraded and is not absorbed into the bloodstream. Thereafter, it is eliminated by the body.
Any health benefits through anti-bacterial activity are only possible in the mouth, oesophagus and stomach.
Manuka Honeys popularity is based on millions of consumers experiencing improvements to their digestion and digestive comfit. There are no clinical trials to demonstrate this happens in humans.
Is Methylgyloxal (MGO) in Manuka Honey Safe to Eat?
Dietary methylglyoxal such as in MGO Manuka Honey does not harm the body and in fact, is never absorbed by the body. It does not enter the bloodstream and passes through the body.
In summary dietary methylglyoxal is not a dietary risk.
It is important to distinguish between two categories of methylglyoxal. The first is where it is produced by the human body during energy metabolism in every cell in the body. This occurs when the glucose from food is converted into energy. Eventually methylglyoxal is eliminated from every cell by the body’s own detoxification system.
In contrast, methylglyoxal when consumed in manuka honey is never absorbed by the body. We have tested this in people where after consuming manuka honey no trace of methylglyoxal was found in their bloodstream. What happens is when the manuka honey is in the small intestine, the methylglyoxal combines with another enzyme and then excreted.
Any health benefits through anti-bacterial activity are only possible in the mouth, oesophagus and stomach.
MGO与UMF
MGO跟UMF都是数值。你很有可能在新西兰麦卢卡蜂蜜瓶身发现其中一个数值，也可能两个都有。
UMF表示“独特麦卢卡因子”
UMF是“独特麦卢卡因子”（Unique Manuka Factor）的缩写。这个词是由新西兰怀卡托大学的彼得 · 莫兰教授首次提出的。
莫兰教授意识到麦卢卡蜂蜜具有特殊的抗菌特性，而这些特性不能用任何潜在的过氧化氢含量来解释。他无法完全解释是什么成分让麦卢卡蜂蜜如此特别，但他确实证实一些麦卢卡蜂蜜比其他蜂蜜具有更强的抗菌性。
为了区分这些蜂蜜，莫兰教授为麦卢卡蜂蜜非过氧化氢的活性制定了UMF评级系统。UMF数值越高的麦卢卡蜂蜜，其抗菌性越强。
MGO表示“甲基乙二醛”
UMF广泛传播后，科学家们意识到，UMF数值低的麦卢卡蜂蜜中含有的一种叫做甲基乙二醛的化合物含量很低，而UMF数值高的麦卢卡蜂蜜中，这一化合物的含量很高。他们还意识到，所有麦卢卡蜂蜜中的甲基乙二醛含量都明显高于普通蜂蜜。
科学家们终于意识到甲基乙二醛是使麦卢卡蜂蜜如此特别的因素。“独特麦卢卡因子”从此不再是一个谜。随着麦卢卡蜂蜜中甲基乙二醛含量的发现，蜂蜜品牌不再需要依赖神秘的“UMF"。他们可以精确呈现每一种蜂蜜中甲基乙二醛的浓度。他们将甲基乙二醛缩写为MGO，并以此代替UMF或是与UMF共同使用。
MGO500意味着每公斤麦卢卡蜂蜜至少含有500毫克的MGO。MGO较高的麦卢卡蜂蜜具有更强的抗菌性。