Hi; Contradictory evidence time!! (Sorry, and I don't mean to play "my experience is more true than your experience") Cranberry juice, yes; I got so sick of that stuff when I was in the hospital I just about threw up. Of course their juice was much more concentrated than the commercial stuff and had little if any added sugars. CS has not been a big winner for UTI's in my very limited experience so far, either orally or as an irrigant, but as I said, very limited experience. Alkaline urine, No. Quite the contrary in fact. I have reduced my rate of infection to practically zero by taking copious amounts of (sometimes) unbuffered Vit C, about 6 - 8 grams daily divided into 3 or more doses. Brand and source seem relatively unimportant, though the stuff now supplied me by the VA seems particularly vile and hard on the stomach as well. I also consume lots of oranges and other Vit. C rich foods in conjunction with the pills, which seems to work better than either alone. I've heard there are both left-hand and right-hand isomers of Vit. C, but haven't explored this option yet; if you know of something please let me know too. I often check pH, though no longer each and every time, and keep things acidic. I have a decent binocular microscope with darkfield condensor, and a small centrifuge, and follow up on any signs or suspicions of infection with urinalysis and C&S from a lab. Sooo, that's what works for me, what works for you works for you, and that's life I guess<g>. Take care, Malcolm
Nick Grant wrote: > Hi Lee > > Having suffer with a bladder complaint for about 12 years, I have learnt > that not all bladder infections happen because of the same cause. > > Cranberry is a good preventative for bladder infections. CS seems to work > well on them as well. In females, it can be sexual relations that play a > big part in some infections, so different things can help this from > occurring. In males, dunno...got me there...I am not male so didn't explore > that one, sorry. But Cranberry could work well in both sexes. Drinking > loads of water helps, and keeping the urine alkaline as possible, as an acid > environment helps the bacteria to adhere to the sides of the bladder and > multiply. -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
