Honey Shields Against Obesity in High-Fat Diets.

In 2025, A. Al Tamim and a team from King Saud University studied Wistar rats on a high-fat diet to mimic obesity. They gave groups standard chow or high-fat diet, with or without daily Sidr or Talh honey at 500-1,000 mg/kg for 12 weeks, checking weight, blood sugar, hormones, and brain inflammation in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus.

Talh honey cut weight gain and fat mass by 20-30%, lowered blood sugar, insulin resistance, and leptin, while raising adiponectin. It also reduced liver fats and enzymes (ALT down 25%). Both honeys eased brain swelling, but Talh lowered markers like IL-6 by 25%, IL-1β by 30%, and boosted protective paths like Nrf2 and AMPK. Sidr helped less on weight but cut glucose and inflammation too.

Add Talh honey to your daily meals to potentially fight obesity effects.