grapefruit seed extract not safe for fungal support?

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Interesting information. Sorry to hear it as it works for yeast infections

so well. In lactation circles, we are told that it is not the grapefruit

seed that is the effective igredient but the preservatives. yet, you say,

if I am reading right, that the effective part is not safe for internal use

by it's very nature, even though it works for fungus. Vicky

 

sounds like you got it right, according this very well researched physician.

Sorry for the bad news. Anyone have other antifungal info? If I were you I'd

post this q on the ayurveda group. I'm sure the author of below will have

excellent options, if they are not already in the archives there.

Martha

 

the activity of grapefruit seed extract (GSE) is unrelated to the grapefruit

seed themselves, and is entirely related to the synthetic preservatives

contained within it

 

most GSE products on the market contain a patented product call

citracidal, and because it is patented they do not disclose how its

made or its ingredients:

 

1. a lot of natural ingredients start off as the substrate for making

synthetic drugs: this does not make them natural anymore than

Frankenstein

2. benzethonium chloride, also found as a disinfectant in many

cosmetics, is not approved for internal use

 

the other commonly found preservative, triclosan, is a pesticide that

is chemically related to dioxins, has been found in waste water,

accumulating in the tissues of ocean fish and has even been found in

human breast milk - its commonly found in 'antibacterial' soaps, and

is

speculated to be a factor in the emerging issue of antibiotic

resistance

 

if in fact the product does not contain the patented citracidal ®

ingredient found in GSE such as nutrabiotic , then it probably

does not contain these preservatives but then i am very sorry to say that the

product has NO antimicrobial

activity whatsoever, and is manufactured by people that simply don't