Local honey counts!! I'm allergic to every plant, in any environment ever. I eat local honey every day. At least a tsp, usually in my tea at night. I have to build up tolerance to pollen in my area, & local honey (non pasteurized) is the best way. Talking to another soccer mom (mooooon) today I was saying that the only thing that I like about spring is eating more honey. I said "im actually mad that i cant eat any Easter candy bc I've been.guzzling honey" Her (this hurts to type) : "why? You've been eating local honey to stabilize your allergies, why are you counting that?" Me : "because I'm eating honey. It still counts as food. I'm glad my Cadbury Eggs will still wait for me" Her: " why do you count honey if its for your allergies?" Me :" honey is sugar but if I eat local honey, I expose my system to a concentrated amount of pollen. Next year, I won't be at soccer with a box of tissues & a bag. Honey.is liquid sugar, tho, so when I drink a quarter cup it's like a 2L coke.  Fuck. It's fucking honey.  Edit: other soccer mom is tubby & literally did not seem to understand that honey  = sugar. I guess bc "it's natural"?