Re: Grapefruit Seed Extract or Garlic?

December 10, 2008

GSE is really a great antifungal and antiviral (and maybe antibiotic). I've

been on it for over a month now. The only thing is that it slows down liver

metabolism, so some medications may be affected (someone mentioned SSRIs).

There's a group that uses mainly GSE to eliminate yeast. I

accidentally found out that it kills cold viruses too!

I had to stop taking GSE a few days ago so my liver could rest. I've been

swallowing crushed garlic clove nightly, but I don't think it does much. I

think garlic works better locally (i.e. vaginal yeast infections). I've

never tried garlic extract pills, but I thought from what I read it has to

be fresh garlic that's freshly crushed (within 30 min). I would assume you

have to take a lot to be equivalent to 125mg GSE.

If you have lots of candida then you might need to take 100 billion cells or

more of probiotics daily. Start off at a lower dose since it can cause gas

and diarrhea. It should be taken at least 2 hours away from GSE. Probiotics

alone would probably take longer to kill yeast though unless you take a

certain strain that kills candida.

Have you looked into enzymes and probiotics that kill candida? Some off top

of my head are Candidase by Enzymedica, Candex, Threelac (I think this was

discussed before here that it's not really safe because it's a soil

organism)...

I used to take Nutrition Now's Yeast Defense before switching to full GSE

(and oil of oregano). It (Yeast Defense) worked really great, and my

chiropractor told me it's weak enough that I could take it daily

longer-term. The probiotics in there are probably worthless because of the

GSE (it kills the probiotics). It's an older way of treating yeast, but it

did the trick for me (I just wanted to take something stronger to speed up

my recovery). Major ingredients are caprylic acid, pau d'arco, deoderized

garlic, and a bit of GSE.

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 9:57 AM, missygal1970 <angie360@...> wrote:

> Hi,

> Has anyone tried grapefruit seed or garlic extract for yeast infections

> with good results? All the info is confusing, the more I read, the

> more remedies I'm unsure about..... The prescribed antifungals work,

> but are temporary. Also, how much Acidophilus do I need to take daily

> to help get rid of the yeast infection?

>

> Thanks in advance,

> Ang

>

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