Garlic As An Antibiotic substitute?
 

http://www.naturalnews.com/029149_an...cs_garlic.html


Is there any truth to this? And will garlic capsules work just as well as raw garlic?

I think raw garlic is better.

Many people really find it works for them. But it depends on what antibiotic actions you seek.

I have to say, that restoring Vit D status for me, has resulted in no colds or flu this year at all... the year of the epidemics, and I had NO flu shots either!

There is an old wives tale that the vampire garlic thing is really a local phenomenon where there was some sort of epidemic due to some organism, that the locals blamed on "vampires" but the garlic protected them from it.

I use garlic when I cook. But that is it. I don't think the capsules are very useful, but that is my opinion.

Good zinc levels also prevent infections. Vegetarians can get very low in zinc and so can pyroluria patients...they may have viral infections of the herpes family, or frank skin boils commonly when low.

I've not had a cold, flu or bronchitis since starting to take Vitamin D3. I really think it helps.

A friend of mine sent me that article on garlic......she is very anti-doctors and antibiotics. I was wondering if it would work for something like UTI's. I also wonder if it makes you smell like garlic. I know people who eat alot of it sometimes smell like it. http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/k...thYouStink.gif

In my experience, yes, you'll smell garlicky if you take the pills regularly. So I don't know why they call them "deodorized" or "odor-free". The pills themselves smell strongly of garlic.

People tend to excrete odors based on what they consume.

Since the menopause my body odor has changed quite a bit...for the better, since I don't have alot of hormones anymore.
But garlic and onions always come out for me.

Lately I've been doing Fenugreek tea, to see if I can minimize the dawn phenomenon that occurs with my fasting sugars.
Its been a week, and now I am beginning to smell like Fenugreek!
(this is a maple syrup type odor!).:rolleyes:

Oy! there are many worse things to smell like, lol.

lol, too funny.

Maybe mix the fenugreek with chlorella?

Regarding the garlic odour...

I was just reading an old cookbook of mine which has Asian and Macrobiotic food recipes in it and there's a whole section on herbs and spices.

It says Cardamon can help reduce the smell of garlic.

"Best purchased when still in the pod. Remove the seeds and grind as required to get maximum flavour and aroma.
Therapeutic uses include nausea, flatulence and weak appetities. It also helps reduce the smell of garlic and is reputed to 'clear the mind'. A few crushed seeds may be used to flavour teas." - Australian Wellbeing Cookbook.

Regarding the fenugreek, book says you can also sprout the seeds...

Fenugreek, "When eaten regularly, there is a side effect - you develop a distinct curry-like body odour!" -

:)

Kitty
 

Kitty, I meant to type this on my last post but forgot. Cranberries for UTI's.

Added: http://www.cranberryinstitute.org/RC...TERACTIONS.pdf
Drug Interactions and Cranberries.

Down the bottom of this page there are studies regarding cranberries helping uti's. {positive and negative}

http://www.kidney.org.au/ForPatients...3/Default.aspx

My daughter has only one kidney now and that tract and kidney are malformed so she gets a lot of UTI's.
Lots of different reasons stated on the site explaining what can cause people to get them a lot (including high blood sugar!)

My daughter doesn't drink enough water, I know that for a fact.

You can use D-mannose which is the sugar in cranberries responsible for keeping the e-coli from adhering to the bladder wall. It does not effect blood sugar and is very easy to take. I've used the powder form and mixed it in water.

http://www.healingtherapies.info/d-mannose.htm