Comments on: Grapefruit Seed Extract - Fraud?!?!

By: Dutchman

Dutchman — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:03:57 +0000

grapefruit seed extract alone cannot work. You need 2% of the same will it be active and then the antimicrobial action is not interesting anymore. You should study very well the cientific literature available. Till now people did not find any natural product active as antimicrobial agent. Everyboddy is looking for this. The name grapefruit seed extract is a commercial name know. It is made from grapefruit peels, but you can produce the same from orange rinds, lemon rinds, maiz residues, etc. since it is a chemcial product (never natural). This synthetic
product is thus not natural. As said pls read all cientific literature about grapefruit seed extract. Scientists found
mixures!! So far I know this product is used in meat and in many countries, to which I personally do not agree. But things are like that. Noboddy cares.

By: Seth

Seth — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:06:54 +0000

I had a microbiology class last semester. My teacher let me test colloidal silver and GSE (I used 33% in glycerine by Nutribiotic). I did a standard disc diffusion test on Mueller-Hinton Agar using six discs. I compared the effects of the silver the gse and 4 drugs against 6 different bacteria. The silver barely inhibited the growth of any of the bacteria and showed extensive recolonization in the cleared area. The GSE performed better than almost all of the drugs with little recolonization. Maybe the GSE was contaminated with preservatives. It was certainly effective.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:00:47 +0000

Thanks Erica! I use good quality unrefined saturated fats, so oil rancidity not a problem. Ionised acid water will also help on the other end of the formula. I wouldn’t use a preservative at all if I could, and make people put them in the fridge! However not so user friendly. :-)

By: Erica

Erica — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:17:32 +0000

Thanks so much for the link back. ;-) I don’t make any cosmetics so I can’t help with the preservative problem other than to suggest oils that don’t go rancid so quickly. I don’t know. Natural cleaning products is more my thing than cosmetics and vinegar doesn’t spoil. ;-)