Grapefruit Seeds
Description
Grapefruit Seeds are usually administered via a processed extract known as Grapefruit Seed Extract.
Health Benefits of Grapefruit Seed Extract
Digestive System
Grapefruit Seed extract may help to prevent and treat Dysentery by suppressing the replication of the Shigella dysenteriae bacteria that causes Dysentery. [1]
Grapefruit Seed extract may alleviate Flatulence when the underlying cause of flatulence is excessive proliferation of detrimental bacteria or fungi). [2]
Grapefruit Seed extract may help to prevent Alcohol-induced and Stress-induced Gastritis due to the Proanthocyanidins content of Grapefruit Seeds. [3]
Grapefruit Seed extract may reduce the severity of Pancreatitis. [4]
Grapefruit Seed extract may help to prevent Alcohol induced Ulcers - Peptic. [5]
Ears
Grapefruit Seed extract (1-3 drops of ear drops containing GSE applied into the ear twice per day may alleviate Earache associated with Otitis: [6]
1 - 3 drops of ear drops containing GSE applied into the ear twice per day may alleviate earaches associated with Otitis Media. It may kill the Haemophilus influenzae Bacteria that is the underlying cause of many cases of Otitis Media. [7]
Excretory System
Grapefruit Seed extract liquid or powder applied topically twice per day may alleviate Body Odor. [8]
Grapefruit Seed extract liquid or powder applied topically to the feet twice per day may alleviate Foot Odor. [9]
Grapefruit Seed extract may alleviate Urinary Tract Infections. [10]
Immune System
Grapefruit Seed extract may kill or suppress many (more than 900) types of Microorganisms - Detrimental: [11]
Studies indicate that the antimicrobial activity of Grapefruit Seed extract occurs in the Cytoplasmic Membrane where the uptake of Amino Acids is prevented and disorganization of the Cytoplasmic Membrane and leakage of low molecular-weight cellular contents occurs.
Grapefruit Seed extract may kill or inhibit the growth of many types of Bacteria - Detrimental including: [12]
Bacillus anthracis (possibly - although Grapefruit Seed Extract has not been tested against Bacillus anthracis, some researchers speculate that it may kill Bacillus anthracis on the basis of its known ability to kill other species of Bacillus).
Borrelia burgdorferi. [13]
Escherichia coli [14]
Clostridium tetani [17]
Helicobacter pylori [19]
Legionella pneumoniae
Mycobacterium smegmatis
Mycoplasma species [21]
Pasteurella septica
Proteus vulgaris [22]
Pseudomonas cepacia
Salmonella enteridis [24]
Salmonella choleraesuis [25]
Salmonella paratyphi A
Salmonella typhi [24]
Shigella dysenteriae [28]
Streptococcus viridans
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) [33]
Vibrio cholerae [34]
Grapefruit Seed extract may inhibit some types of Fungi - Detrimental, Moulds - Detrimental and Yeasts - Detrimental including: [35]
Aspergillus
Candida albicans (it is regarded by some as the treatment of choice against Candida albicans proliferation (chronic Candidiasis). [36]
Trichophyton mentagrophytes [37]
Grapefruit Seed extract may inhibit some types of Protozoa - Detrimental [38] including:
Blastocystis hominis [39]
Entamoeba histolytica (the Detrimental Protozoa responsible for Amebiasis) [40]
Giardia lamblia (the Detrimental Protozoa responsible for Giardiasis) [41]
Grapefruit Seed extract may inhibit some types of Viruses:
Grapefruit Seed (Extract) is presently under investigation as a potential inhibitor of the HIV virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It is also being investigated as a means of treating the various opportunistic (secondary) infections (from Detrimental Bacteria, Fungi, Parasites and Viruses) that occur in conjunction with AIDS. [42]
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