Garlic qualities

anonymous

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Intersting:

Potent, Even Against Drug-Resistant Strains of Bacteria

Results of two recently published studies suggest that garlic is a potent antibiotic, even against strains that have become resistant to many drugs. One study conducted at the University of California Irvine Medical Center and published in the December 2003 issue of Nutrition showed that garlic juice, even when diluted up to 1:128 of the original juice, demonstrates significant antibacterial activity against a spectrum of pathogens including antibiotic-resistant strains such as methicillin- and ciprofloxacin-resistant staphylococci, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, and ciprofloxacin-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. A second study found that garlic was able to inhibit methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MSRA) from human patients that was injected into mice.(MSRA is one of the antibiotic resistant bacteria whose incidence has risen dramatically in recent years in hospitals.) Sixteen hours after the mice were infected, garlic extract, diallyl sulphide or diallyl disulphide (two of the active compounds found in garlic), was given orally. Twenty-four hours after they were infected, the mice were sacrificed and examined. Both garlic extract and its compounds were found to have exerted a number of protective actions against MSRA that significantly decreased the infection while also providing antioxidant protection in the blood, liver, kidney and spleen.

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Faust

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Um you should really ask your doctor before taking anything like this! How can you be sure of it's purity? My doctor has said that if you consume garlic it can present weak bacterial inhibition and then produce SUPER BACTERIA THAT ARE RESISTANT TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND CAN KILL SUPERMAN AND CONSUME ENTIRE TOWNS TOO! Clearly it has never been tested solely for CF patients, so if I were you I would stick with the fun tasty antibiotics you are on now and ignore this! And furethermore, it's obvious there have never been any studies regarding this substance and human models, because humans surely haven't injested large amounts of garlic in the past!


Plants and their properties aren't our friends guys...They steal our CO2 and have the gall to grow on our land! Whenever i'm driving somewhere and see ANY plant, I have to stop and put on my flamethrower and extinguish it's life properly!
 

Faust

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>anonymous</b></i>

I wasn't planning on starting "garlic therapy." I just thought it was intersting.</end quote></div>


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Allie

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Sean, I swear to all that is good and holy, I was making a remarkably similar post, only I was copy pasting. *pouts*
 

Faust

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Allie</b></i>

Sean, I swear to all that is good and holy, I was making a remarkably similar post, only I was copy pasting. *pouts*</end quote></div>



Remember Luke, I am your father. The force that courses through your veins, is the same within mine. When the student is ready, the master will reveal himself! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 

Faust

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>anonymous</b></i>

Sean,



I didn't see anything about cf on those links you posted. Maybe they were the wrong ones.</end quote></div>



LOL I can only hope you are similar to me <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">


If not...


/jumps in front of a speeding bus.
 
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65rosessamurai

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If you happen to eat REAL Authentic Chinese food, and some certain Japanese foods, you'll find out they use quite a bit of garlic!! Even the Italians are 'garlic city' (Not to be mistaken for Gaylord, CA, America's Garlic Capitol!) with what they put in their pastas, etc.!
If all else, it'll boost your energy a little!
 

S

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whenever i get a cold i crush up some fresh garlic and eat it raw, knocks tha shite outta it and sends me to the couch to sleep cuz i stink so bad!
 

Seana30

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Sean,

I sat here for a good 5 minutes before I realized what your "infomative links" were all about. LOL

I feel pretty stupid right now!

I sat there going "the anony is right....there is nothing about CF in here".

You keep us all "on our toes"!!! LOL

Seana
 

Faust

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Seana30</b></i>

Sean,



I sat here for a good 5 minutes before I realized what your "infomative links" were all about. LOL



I feel pretty stupid right now!



I sat there going "the anony is right....there is nothing about CF in here".



You keep us all "on our toes"!!! LOL



Seana</end quote></div>


Heh, well as long as you see the silliness involed, it's all good.
 

anonymous

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hahahhahahahahhahahah....jesus.

Sean you're too freaking much.

Anyways....how much garlic would one have to take to make it effective? I eat about two cloves a day....I was thinking about buysing some galic suppliments,but I dunno, garlic in pill form sound wierd to me. Anyone have any experience with those?

Kiel
 

Faust

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No, but there are many supplements out there with real high MG content. I think they are cheap too. You can just buy a ton and take a boatload daily.
 

Faust

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BTW in case some of you didn't know, there are tons of foods/plants out there that have some pretty potent antimicrobial properties to them. I'm far from a scholar on the matter, but one would think that if a CF adopted a diet very rich in these foods/supplement intake, they would have less overall bug problems.


Thyme, Oregano, Garlic, Cowslip...Those are just 4 that I knew of, and I don't know crap. So i'm sure if someone wanted to look into it deeper, there would be a wealth of information out there. I've always said, everything we need is here for us, we just have to do research and go after it.
 

Scarlett81

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I don't know how you want to use garlic-therapeutically or supplementally...but I take garlic every day in pill form-the aged garlic extract is supposed to be the best and most absorbable form. I stress that I use this in addittion to my regular antibiotics and other vits.
Garlic is a powerful antioxidant and fights free radical damage to cells, and helps in oxidation of cells. I have personally never come across a medical doctor (cf doctor) or nutritionist that cautioned me against using garlic. Also, when I feel like I'm coming down with a bug, if I take lots of chopped raw garlic, it can get rid of it. It's amazing.
In my opinion-which you don't have to take-garlic probably isn't going to hurt you anymore than all the pills we have to take and any other types of natural remedies, like oils or herbs.
 

Faust

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Scarlett81</b></i>


In my opinion-which you don't have to take-garlic probably isn't going to hurt you anymore than all the pills we have to take and any other types of natural remedies, like oils or herbs.</end quote></div>


Heh, nevermind.
 
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