food-grade antioxidant BHT (Butylated hydroxytoluene)

Has anyone heard of using food-grade antioxidant BHT (Butylated hydroxytoluene) to breakdown biofilm?

Razzle, thanks for the comment. This is all that I read on BHT

Following text copied from a recent article:


"BHT has shown remarkable abilities in stripping off this lipid-coating, this Biofilm, exposing the virus to the immune system. Then the immune system “sees” the “non-me” genetic material of the virus and attacks it unmercifully, resulting in a disappearance of the virus itself, along with it’s symptoms.

Food grade BHT appears to be a highly effective “de-cloaking” mechanism, allowing the immune system to recognize and give the death-blow to these various viruses. Food grade BHT has a long track record as a “GRAS” (Generally Accepted as Safe) fat-soluble food antioxidant, gasoline preservative, life extending and anti-herpes, anti-viral supplement. Food-grade BHT can be found at

http://www.myworldhut.com/products/BHT-(Butylated-Hydroxytoluene)-Powder-Food%252dGrade-Antioxidant-Bulk.html.

Many people have been fearful to use this antioxidant thinking it to be just another synthetic, man-made (therefore dangerous?) molecule created by scientists. But recently, researchers have found that four different fresh water phytoplankton species actually produce BHT for their own bio-enhancing purposes. What is interesting about this, is that BHT produced by a botanical plant, is identical to Food grade BHT produced in a steel and concrete plant.

Check this out = http://www.life-enhancement.com/article.aspx?id=2502.

Food grade BHT is fantastically helpful in exposing these viruses to the immune system, antibiotics, and “natural antibiotics”, (see below). READ THIS SCIENCE ARTICLE ON BHT:

http://www.advance-health.com/bht.html

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The article was mainly focused on EBOLA and other fatal viruses but has several referenced to Lyme as well. I alternate between Sarrapeptase and Lumbrokinase
to help with biofilm, but always interested in new remedies.

I break out in hives from TBHQ, which is derived from BHT...so I tend to stay away from both BHT and TBHQ. It can get tricky, though, because sometimes the preservative is in the packaging, so they don't necessarily put it on the ingredient label...

BHT does not break up biofilms.

BHT is an antiviral drug, with broad activities against lipid-enveloped (fat coated) viruses, which include influenza, herpes, CMV, EBV, Newcastle disease virus, hepatitis C, SARS, HIV and the hemorrhagic fever viruses. Although early findings in test tubes concluded that BHT precipitate in the viral envelope "disassembled" herpes simplex virus, this turned out to be artifactual. In living animals, BHT cannot reach levels that can precipitate.

But even though that specific mechanism of action was discredited, BHT does provide strong antiviral effects. I believe that BHT works by a general metabolic mechanism that is common to many nutrients with known or suspected antiviral properties (B6, B12, vitamins A and D, minerals magnesium, calcium, strontium, copper and manganese), reduced-sulfur compounds, selenium, oxygen compounds (O2, ozone, superoxide, hydrogen peroxide, chlorine oxides), and much more.

The lipid envelope around viruses is not a biofilm. It is a membrane.

Biofilms are associations of single-celled microorganisms that attach themselves to each other for self-defense purposes, from chemicals or immune-system activity. Breaking up biofilms involves chelating calcium from the biofilm matrix, and breaking protein and cross-link bonds.

If you want to see a more comprehensive listing of lipid-enveloped viruses and antiviral nutrients, and a better explanation of antiviral therapies--with or without BHT--you can download The BHT Book from the /steve page at www dot projectwellbeing dot com. It's free.

There are also references to the primary scientific literature.

I hope this answers your questions. ---swfowkes

I have both Lyme and Morgellons. Because I have Morgellon's skin lesions, it is easy for me to see when a treatment has a positive effect. I have been taking BHT for 6 weeks and it has significantly reduced my lesions. It has had more impact than any of the following treatments: Vitamin C IVs, biooxidative IVs, MMS, ACT, RIFE, anti-parasitics, anti-biotics and anti-virals. I take Milk Thistle and drink copious amounts of water to balance the toxic effects. It is a pretty harsh treatment with a strong herx.

Mercie: I read that BHT shouldn't be taken at the same time as milk thistle. There's some other stuff I don't remember that also shouldn't be taken with BHT.

auser said...
Mercie: I read that BHT shouldn't be taken at the same time as milk thistle. There's some other stuff I don't remember that also shouldn't be taken with BHT.

This is an old thread and Mercie never did come back and post again.