A tablespoon of honey may seem harmless, being sweet, natural, and part of human diets for…

A tablespoon of honey may seem harmless, being sweet, natural, and part of human diets for millennia, with an almost indefinite shelf life. However, there exists a type of honey that can induce dizziness, cause a sudden drop in blood pressure, and dangerously slow the heart rate. Known as "mad honey," it is now available online far beyond its production areas. Prayan Pokharel, a chemical ecologist at the University of Hohenheim in Germany, highlighted its dangers after a friend's relative was hospitalized following the consumption of wild honey from Nepal's mountains, experiencing dangerously low heart rates and blood pressure about thirty minutes later.