Hi Grace, Thanks for the info on mannose helping with UTI. Can you please tell me where you buy the container of mannose from? I wondered if you had tried calcium ascorbate and if that form might be any better for you, no -acidic and less harsh on the guts but more expensive than ascorbic acid. BW Sheila Tuesday, May 3, 2005, 11:09:27 PM, you wrote: Gac> Yes, this works wonderfully for infections caused by E-coli, but not other Gac> pathogens. It apparently inhibits the bacteria from attaching to the bladder Gac> mucous membrane, and they are flushed out of the system.
Gac> I have a better source than health food stores for this, if anybody wants to Gac> know. I order ten containers at a time--50 grams. The suggested use on the Gac> container is 1 tsp. every two hours in water. When using the capsules (that's Gac> all I have seen in health food stores), you would go through an expensive Gac> bottle in no time. With this container, you are set for about 14 days. Gac> The infection I have (had?) was not caused by E-coli. I tried d-mannose Gac> first, and it didn't work. Gac> So far, the only thing that has curbed the infection (but not yet the burning Gac> symptom) has been an NAET treatment for (who would have guessed) parasites. Gac> I guess Proteus mirabilis is a parasite! Gac> Jill -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
