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‘Mad honey’ that can stop your heart is now being sold online worldwide

<figure><img src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/755272/original/file-20260820-60-6bxb3d.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&rect=0%2C0%2C5000%2C3333&q=45&auto=format&w=1050&h=700&fit=crop" /><figcaption><span class="caption">Honey hunters in Nepal scale incredible heights to harvest the honey of the Himalayan cliff bee.</span> <span class="attribution"><a class="source" href="https://theconversation.com/asset_images/755272/edit?content_id=290090">Skanda Gautam/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images</a></span></figcaption></figure><p>A few months ago, a friend of mine told me that his father-in-law had been rushed to the hospital after eating some wild honey brought back from the hills of Nepal.</p> <p>Within about 30 minutes, his heart rate had dropped dangerously low and his blood pressure had collapsed. He recovered, but the episode was terrifying for the whole family.</p> <p>As a <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=o5zWHV8AAAAJ&hl=en">chemica