Re: [ozmidwifery] Garlic for GBS?

2006-03-01 Thread Lisa Schuring
Probiotics  especially bifidobacterium and lactobacillus will help colonise the gut and vaginal tract with beneficial bacteria. Those beneficial bacteria keep other possible pathogenic bacteria in control. Garlic is a prebiotic and will provide food for the beneficial bacteria, while making

RE: [ozmidwifery] Garlic for GBS?

2006-03-01 Thread Samantha Saye
rista Novelli   Samantha B.Mid student/Herbalist    http://onyx-ii.com/birthsong/page.cfm?gbs   ---Original Message---   From: Tania Smallwood Date: 03/02/06 00:20:03 To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Garlic for GBS?   Judy Slome Cohain had an article publish

RE: [ozmidwifery] Garlic for GBS?

2006-03-01 Thread Mary Murphy
  From: owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au [mailto:owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au] On Behalf Of Tania Smallwood Sent: Wednesday, 1 March 2006 8:22 PM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Garlic for GBS?   Judy Slome Cohain had an article published in the Winter

RE: [ozmidwifery] Garlic for GBS?

2006-03-01 Thread Tania Smallwood
Judy Slome Cohain had an article published in the Winter 2004 (number 72) edition of Midwifery Today, called “GBS, Pregnancy and Garlic, be a part of the solution”.  Not sure if it’s available online, or if it was published elsewhere, but she talks about the research she’s been doing and pr

RE: [ozmidwifery] Garlic for GBS?

2006-03-01 Thread Lieve Huybrechts
Hello Diane,   My understanding of the use of garlic is that it reduces candida infection. Women with candida are more likely to develop a growth of bacteries in their vagina. When you treat the candida, often the pos GBS screening becomes negative. I don’t know if there is some research