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This is so cool: Other research, from a 2011 issue of BMC Proceedings, showed that adding a combination of plant extracts—from oregano, cinnamon, and chili peppers—actually changed the gene expression of treated chickens, resulting in weight gain as well as protection against an injected intestinal infection. I have used all three of those as part of my treatment for my health issues, rooted in a genetic disorder. Th…
Did your treatment work?
It would help hugely if we all become Vegans or at least vastly reduced our meat/fish consumption. Producing meat and animal products is very inefficient in terms of land and resources and encourages the use of antibiotics. Of course this is a pipe dream and barring a world extinction threat, is never going to happen.
It's interesting to hear about the different impacts of essential oils, though when you consider manuka honey also has healing properties as well, it stands to reason that other natural plant extracts could have similar properties.
That's as old as time.
- Lemon skin for stomach flu (Salmonella)
- Garlic for ulcer (H. pylori).
- Onion for food intoxication (E. coli and S. aureus).
- Eucalyptus for general respiratory tract infections.
- Tamarind and cranberry for bladder infection.
- Coconut oil for intestinal parasites.
- Honey (any, not just manuka) as a general anti bactericide.
Ehhh... I mean its all malarky till enough experiments have been done to move it into the realm of likelihood.
Naturally this is just a single experiment, but it does offer some statistically significant results for combinations of antibiotics and lavender, peppermint, and cinnamon oils: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23537749
The lowest oil concentration they see synergy is 0.078% v/v. Assuming that's roughly the same as w/w%, that's 53 grams of oil that would have to be distributed throughout the body of a 68 kg person.
It's interesting to hear about the different impacts of essential oils, though when you consider manuka honey also has healing properties as well, it stands to reason that other natural plant extracts could have similar properties.
source for manuka honey healing? what does it heal?
It would help hugely if we all become Vegans or at least vastly reduced our meat/fish consumption. Producing meat and animal products is very inefficient in terms of land and resources and encourages the use of antibiotics. Of course this is a pipe dream and barring a world extinction threat, is never going to happen.
As far as I'm aware, fish are fairly land efficient.
This is so cool: Other research, from a 2011 issue of BMC Proceedings, showed that adding a combination of plant extracts—from oregano, cinnamon, and chili peppers—actually changed the gene expression of treated chickens, resulting in weight gain as well as protection against an injected intestinal infection. I have used all three of those as part of my treatment for my health issues, rooted in a genetic disorder. Th…
It's telling that only one of these studies is published in a journal where I can find the full text (with MIT journal access). Sadly, it's only really possible to judge the research in that article, which is questionable. They test the susceptibility of e. coli strains to various oils, at 8-12 uL/mL. I think the only observation one needs point out is that concentration in a person's blood would kill them too. I wis…
This is so cool: Other research, from a 2011 issue of BMC Proceedings, showed that adding a combination of plant extracts—from oregano, cinnamon, and chili peppers—actually changed the gene expression of treated chickens, resulting in weight gain as well as protection against an injected intestinal infection. I have used all three of those as part of my treatment for my health issues, rooted in a genetic disorder. Th…
Changing gene expression happens all the time due to everyday things like: sunlight exposure, amount of fat you eat, how much sleep you get, etc, etc, etc.
It would help hugely if we all become Vegans or at least vastly reduced our meat/fish consumption. Producing meat and animal products is very inefficient in terms of land and resources and encourages the use of antibiotics. Of course this is a pipe dream and barring a world extinction threat, is never going to happen.