Fighting
Urinary Tract Infection
By
Jason Drew
About
two years ago I read about a product offered from Progressive
Labs that was designed to fight Urinary Tract Infections.
My partner and I decided to give it a whirl since one
of our clients was paralyzed from the waste down and had
suffered many urinary tract infections due to constant
catheterization.
We
received a product from Progressive Labs called D-Mannose.
D-Mannose is a naturally occurring simple sugar, closely
related (in chemical terms to a stereo isomer) to glucose.
Within 2 days of use our client's infection was gone.
I was happy to see him recover in such a short time without
the use of antibiotics.
D-Mannose
is absorbed by our bodies in small amounts through foods
or drinks and is excreted promptly into the urine. A popular
source of D-Mannose is cranberry juice. This juice has
small amounts of D-Mannose and has been recommended by
Urologist for decades to help fight urinary tract infections.
Cranberry juice, however, simply does not have enough
D-Mannose to deliver the knockout punch needed to fight
the infection.
Escherichia
coli (E. coli) bacteria in the urinary tract cause 90%
of all urinary tract infection in the US. This is not
the destructive form of E. coli talked about on the news
but rather a natural occurring form in the body. This
form of E. coli is supposed to remain in the intestines
to provide natural flora. Most tract infections are treated
with antibiotics. As we all know antibiotics not only
kill the bad bacteria but the good as well. This can
leave the body's natural defenses at a disadvantage.
Enter our simple sugar D-Mannose to mop up and remove
our invading E. coli bacteria. D-Mannose does not actually
kill the E coli but rather creates a situation where the
E. coli bacteria can't stick to the walls of the urinary
tract allowing for removal when urination occurs. Since
E. coli bacteria have the ability to stick to the tract
walls by way of tiny fingerlike projections D-mannose
literally sticks to the E. coli and actually out sticks
the E. coli causing it to lose its grip on the tract wall.
The
E. coli fingerlike projections which are an amino-acid/sugar
complex, a "glycoprotein" also called "lectin" has the
ability to stick to the walls of the tract lining and
work their way up and sometime even reaching the kidneys.
Fortunately for us the D-Mannose lectins stick to E. coli
lectins better than E. coli lectins stick to us. Again
this allows us to wash out the invading bacteria when
we use significant quantities of D-Mannose.
Antibiotics
verses D-Mannose. For those who have had chronic urinary
infections, the over use of antibiotics can lead to a
disruption in micro flora in the body. For women this
might mean yeast infections that occur often. For both
male and female this may lead to a systemic (all over
the body) infection of candida (yeast) in every part of
the body. Causing coating of the tongue, cravings for
sugar (which feed yeast), white deposits in the corners
of the mouth, fatigue, dizziness and headache. Problems
with bowel behavior may also be affected when micro flora
ratios are disturbed. This can lead to overgrowth of
candida and other forms of harmful bacteria found in the
intestinal tract. Antibiotics have been reported in recent
years to be the cause of new resistant strains of bacteria
that have the ability to go untouched by antibiotics.
This may lead your doctor to prescribe a more powerful
form of antibiotics to combat the infection perpetuating
the problem further.
D-Mannose
on the other hand is a naturally occurring sugar that
has no known harmful effects on the body. It simply removes
E. coli's hold so it can be washed out with urination.
D-mannose also leaves the good and bad bacteria alive.
D-Mannose is absorbed in the upper gastrointestinal tract
and does not relocate the friendly E. coli found in the
colon. Cleansing of a urinary tract infection with D-Mannose
is a sound and safe way to cleanse these infections.
The small amounts of D-Mannose absorbed by our bodies
are harmless. D-Mannose even tastes good so cleansing
for children is made easier.
Over
the last two years I have sold D-Mannose to a number of
clients and in each case I have seen chronic infections
cleared up in 1-4 days. I am happy to report not one
of these clients have complained about any side affects
or problems in taking D-Mannose. Some of these clients
take D-Mannose on a regular basis due to paralysis and
constant catheterization.
If
you are interested in trying D-Mannose or have questions
then you can contact a Spirit of Healing staff member
or simply click this link to purchase D-Mannose
Segments of this article were taken and adapted
from Dr. Jonathan Wright's Nutrition & Healing Newsletter
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