Posted on 05/16/2011 6:21:17 PM PDT by Clint Williams
Doctors have discovered that adding sugar to antibiotics increases their ability to knock out persistent staph infections (abstract). Certain types of bacteria called persisters shut down their metabolic processes when exposed to antibiotics. Adding sugar keeps the bacteria feeding, making them more susceptible to drugs. From the article: "Adding such a simple and widely available compound to existing antibiotics enhances their effectiveness against persisters, and fast. One test showed that a sugared up antibiotic could eliminate 99.9 percent of persisters in two hours, while a regular antibiotic did nothing. Doctors believe that this discovery will help treat urinary tract infections, staph infections, and strep throat, but its most life-saving application may be against the age-old disease tuberculosis. This infection of the lungs kills many people, and is hard to fight off. A little sugar could help save a lot of lives."
Why don’t you post the article itself instead of link to Slashdot? (Nearly) All Slashdot posts refer to external primary sources. Please refer to primary sources and skip citing Slashdot, the intermediary.
Until modern times, honey was used to keep bagpipe bags sterile.
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Until modern times, honey was used to keep bagpipe bags sterile.
At least they weren’t able to reproduce...
Dextrose is another name for glucose(which is what we
call blood sugar)since it circulates in the blood
and it necessary as a source of energy to power the
many chemical reactions we make. When your blood glucose
(dextrose) drops too low, you can get dizzy, get the “shakes”.
etc, and it get way low you will pass out,as your brain needs it to function.
Who told you that you were “allergic” to it? Or does
“allergy” mean that you cannot tolerate it if you eat it?
Explains why I like a full package of cookies with my antibiotics :-).
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Info for the next time you have to take anti-biotics.
For some bacteria, xylitol is quite effective.
Xylitol is a five-carbon sugar alcohol, made from birch bark.
Quite sweet to the taste. Does not raise insulin levels. The body naturally manufactures it every day.
Seems some bacteria get confused and think it’s fructose, so they absorb it, But they don’t have the enzymes needed to break it down.
So the bacteria croak.
They die of what amounts to constipation.
Thanks, I am on Bactrim now & will try it!
“treatments we use in the jungle”
I remember seeing that work. I thought it was because the sugar created an environment that crenated (shrivelled) the offending organisms and shrunk (sucked the extra fluid out of) the swollen cells, thus increasing the circulation and immunomodulatory access to the area.
How does it REALLY work?
“only sugars safe for a diabetic would be those we can’t digest at all.” Does sorbitol ring a bell? I dunno.
When am I going to learn to read the whole thread before I stick my 2 cents in? Very well said!
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