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Posted 8/21/2016 9:51 PM (GMT 0)
Most recent Sept 2015.
In vitro only and with mice, and non human primates.

www.akademiai.com/doi/pdf/10.1556/1886.2015.00031

Stevia vs doxy. I think this is very interesting.
I am taking stevia now but not for lyme. I actually wanted to take it for sugar substitute.

Now I try for lyme

I wonder if Stevia paid for the study.
Posted 8/21/2016 9:55 PM (GMT 0)
I didn't see anything about mice or primates. The study noted dramatic difference in effect based on brand too so not any old stevia will do. This one has been out a while and I haven't seen anyone claim serious success but it still seems worth some experimentation. Since treating I've noticed those zevia sodas give me wicked head congestion though it has erythritol too.
Posted 8/21/2016 11:03 PM (GMT 0)
Absolutely, not all stevias are equal!!

I'm not much of a sweet tooth person at all. I have more of a yen for salt.

I would rather have chips and salsa than ice cream, cake or pie.

Now back to stevia..... I am rather picky about the kind I put in my coffee and only a few drops.

Post Edited (PeteZa) : 8/21/2016 5:54:38 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 8/21/2016 11:18 PM (GMT 0)
"Interestingly Buhner in his herbal antibiotics book does not mention garlic and does not includes it in his antibiotic-herbs."

While garlic is natural, it's not an herb. This sure doesn't stop me from using plenty of garlic in my cooking though!

There are herbs that are much more effective against the bacteria involved with these infections, though. Most abx don't work against these bacteria either though.

While I use stevia daily, and extensively (I can't use any other sweetener) for over 16 years now, I still needed actual treatment for these infections. So while it may be helpful, please don't count on it as a stand alone treatment.

It was touted as a biofilm buster as well - yet when I started Cistus tea (biofilm buster), I have had one heck of a problem, so I'm not so sure it's good for that either.

There are many things that will work in a lab, and even in clinical trials, but that doesn't mean that they work in the 'real world' - if you know what I mean. I know that a lot of people are using it on their own, and by a LLMD's direction, but if it did what that article claims it could do, the forums would be FULL of posts saying how people have healed using Stevia, as the report is nearly a year old, and it made a HUGE 'splash' in the Lyme world.

We have to keep looking for possibilities, and I'm glad that they did this study, but I sure don't believe it's an effective treatment for these infections or the biofilms.
Posted 8/22/2016 5:39 AM (GMT 0)
What is the best stevia to use for a sugar substitute? We decided, since reading this post, that it wouldn't hurt to change from Splenda to stevia, but we don't know which brand to buy. Have any of you tried the one that is in the raw (whatever that means)?
Posted 8/22/2016 2:37 PM (GMT 0)
Mississippi Jane, I use the Sweet Leaf brand. I like the taste better and I believe that when I researched it (a long time ago) it was the healthiest brand. I wish I could remember where I found that information but if you google it I am sure you could find some answers on it.
Posted 8/22/2016 4:42 PM (GMT 0)
I agree that it won't hurt to use it! I use it daily, myself.

I didn't care for the liquid extracts - maybe it was just getting the hang of using it. They claim it's 300 times sweeter than sugar, so it only takes a tiny little amount to sweeten - otherwise it's bitter.

There are a few people that just can't adjust to the difference in taste that Stevia has, although I did get my hubby to switch to it!!!

I use Now brand stevia. It's the only brand I can find that have ONLY stevia in it. My innerds hate me after using fructose and those other things with just a few days use, so I stick to the Now brand. Even the inulin in the Sweetleaf brand bothers me after a few days.

Actually, there was one brand that was bought as a powder and they made it into a liquid - the one that showed the most promise according to figure 1 on page 4.

"The extracts A, B, and C were formulated by standard alcohol extraction method whereas extract D was purchased in a powder form dissolved in distilled water."
Posted 8/23/2016 9:33 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks, Denikeef, artermix, and Traveler.
Posted 8/23/2016 4:23 PM (GMT 0)
From what I understood it is the nutramedix brand stevia that Sapi had good results with. But that was in vitro, we have no idea how effective it is on the pathogen in the human body. Lots of things kill borrelia in the test tube, and of those only a few have therapeutic effectiveness in humans.

My doc has me on stevia. Is it helping? I can't say. I'm on a lot of other meds, but I'm a bit skeptical. But I don't think it is hurting so I'm staying on it just in case haha!
Posted 8/23/2016 5:38 PM (GMT 0)
Stevia has never had any negative effects for me, that's why I use it! LOL! But, I've used stevia since before treating Lyme and company and I've never seen any difference either before or after starting stevia. It's possible I haven't seen a difference simply because I've been on it the whole time, but......
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