Babies less than one-year-old can get seriously sick from eating honey. Honey contains C. botulinum bacteria, which can produce a toxin in a baby’s large intestine, leading to a rare but serious illness known as "infant botulism." Fortunately, infant botulism is not very common, and infant botulism due to honey is even rarer. But the […]
Babies can’t eat honey because it can cause ‘infant botulism’ — here’s what that means
Babies less than one-year-old can get seriously sick from eating honey. Honey contains C. botulinum bacteria, which can produce a toxin in a baby’s large intestine, leading to a rare but serious illness known as "infant botulism." Fortunately, infant botulism is not very common, and infant botulism due to honey is even rarer. But the […]