Stevia

 

Hi guys,

There was a study that was posted here saying that stevia helped cysts.  The info has been taken down from the site the link took me to. Does anyone remember how what amount of stevia kills the cysts?

Just curious. Thanks!

I think I remember it saying 8 ml a day, or something to that affect. I take about 4 packets a day, not sure if its helping or not, but I use it in my smoothies, and my coffee.

justme

Thanks, everyone. I started adding a packet of stevia to my lemon water every morning. It's sort of like lemonade now! I was wondering how much stevia is needed to be effective against Lyme. Some is probably better than none, right?

My husband's practitioner said 15 drops of Stevia tincture twice a day was an effective dose.  That was prior to the original post on the research being taken down.

I'm off abx this week, but I started using stevia mixed with apple cider vinegar the last two days. (Just a little stevia, ACV, and water, 1-2xday.)

Out of nowhere, I feel like I am herxing -- have a bad headache/upper back and should pain, neck stiffness, and a fever. No way to know for whether the stevia caused this, but I've been wondering about it.

The type of stevia sold in grocery stores is likely not good enough to use in treatment of lyme. I bought whole stevia leaf powder and take 3 or 4 capsules of that a day. There were studies shown that stevia (whole leaf extract) kills lyme completely. I tried the stuff from the store that claims it is the whole leaf extract and I felt a little better, minimally. I decided that I did not like all the extra ingredients in that stevia (fibersol) so I bought whole leaf green powder with only stevia leaves as an ingredient. I took it for about a week and then started herxing so I believe it's working. Antibiotics are something I'd like to avoid totally since they are dangerous.

Hi Tristar,
There are herbal protocols that many people have great success with, so you don't have to use abx (antibiotics) in order to heal. I'm one that couldn't use abx, yet I healed.

The problem with the stevia study is that it was done in vitro (in a test tube) rather than in vivo (in the body). Lyme often reacts very differently in vitro and in vivo. While you may be getting some relief, please do not rely solely on stevia to treat your infection(s). I have used stevia for many years, and it never was enough to treat my infections, or I wouldn't have needed to use the herbal protocols as well.

Here is the link to the scientific article about using stevia, and you will see that it wasn't just taking stevia:
"Stevioside (Sigma) was prepared in 0.001% DMSO and further diluted in 1× phosphate buffered saline (PBS, 0.1 M, pH 7.4 from Sigma). The antibiotics doxycycline, cefoperazone, and daptomycin (Sigma) at a concentration of 10 μg/ml were prepared in PBS. "

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4681354/

Hi
just read Dr. Eva Sapi New Haven did experiment with Stevia and it killed round body cysts in a test tube jOnly
the the liquid alcohol extracted stevia worked

the powdered packets don't work

I found online that 20 drops twice per day is dosage..............dont know how true this is , but I'm willing to try it.

Dr. Richard Horowitz..................How Can I Heal. (Lyme book).........Lyme expert is now conducting studies for Stevia as well.