Has anyone tried this?

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

hugabugga - 28 Feb 2008 19:50 GMT

Feb 14, 2008, 05:21

A compound naturally occurring in grapefruit and other citrus fruits
may help get rid of hepatitis C virus, according to a study published
in an upcoming issue of the journal Hematology.

The study led by researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital
Center for Engineering in Medicine showed naringerin, a flavonoid
found in grapefruit, blocks the secretion of hepatitis C virus from
infected cells.

Hepatitis C virus needs to latch onto a very low-density lipoprotein
(vLDL, a so-called bad cholesterol) to pass on the infection to other
cells in the liver.

http://www.hepatitis-central.com/mt/archives/2008/02/massachusetts_r.html?eml=he
pcen47

Reply to this Message

greyhackles - 28 Feb 2008 21:57 GMT

>Feb 14, 2008, 05:21
>
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>
>http://www.hepatitis-central.com/mt/archives/2008/02/massachusetts_r.html?eml=he
pcen47

Tried what? Eating grapefruit? Sure - when I was still HCV+, I ate *tons* of
citrus fruit. Disappointingly, I was *still* infected!

Cripes, not only is this only a couple of weeks old, it is the result of
cell-line studies, no actual humans involved, and there's zero proof that it
could lead to *anything* yet...

/greyhackles

Reply to this Message

déjà vu déjà vu - 28 Feb 2008 22:41 GMT

> Feb 14, 2008, 05:21
>
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> (vLDL, a so-called bad cholesterol) to pass on the infection to other
> cells in the liver.

http://www.hepatitis-central.com/mt/archives/2008/02/massachusetts_r.html?eml=he
pcen47

Well, if it slows down the virus, it can't hurt. I like citrus.
If it don't, I still like citrus.

Reply to this Message