Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to get this stuff down?
It tastes awful and leaves a horrible feeling in my mouth.
Posted by ninjaphire (Member # 18234) on :
Oh, man, I agree it tastes terrible. Put it into some citrus fruit juice, and drink it. The sourness/acidity of the juice will mask the flavor.
Posted by LightAtTheEnd (Member # 24065) on :
Be sure you mix it with at least a full glass of water or juice. When swallowing anything that tastes bad, it can help to hold your nose. Half our sense of taste is actually smell.
Since I am fighting candida, I mix my vitamin C in tomato juice to avoid the higher sugar in orange juice. I haven't tried GSE in it, but it might work. Or maybe you could just give in to the bitterness and put it in pickle juice so you wouldn't notice it, haha. (That was a joke.)
It tastes bitter when you drink it, but not so bitter as Ceftin or andrographis. I choked on a Ceftin once and felt like I burned my throat, and could not get rid of the bitter taste for quite a while.
The bitter taste of GSE rinses out of my mouth fairly easily, so brushing your teeth or rinsing your mouth with clean water afterward might get rid of all the aftertaste.
If that doesn't work, you can give in and eat something sweet, but if you're taking GSE to fight candida, then you don't really want to eat sugar. You could try a sip of kefir, or lemonade with stevia.
As to swallowing it even though it tastes bad, just remember that it's fatal to the Lyme and candida, and to you it just tastes bad but it won't kill you. Worth the sacrifice to poison the nasty bugs that are trying to poison you.
Posted by onbam (Member # 23758) on :
Did they ever find out if it was the GSE or the (toxic) preservative that was doing the killing?
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- Well, we should not be taking anything with additives or preservatives.
GSE, itself, is very bitter and strong. GSE is good stuff. It does not need preservatives.
How to get over the taste of anything? Take Cardiovascular Research Liquid Magnesium. After that, nothing else will ever taste awful again.
Just do it and chase it with water. You can mask it a bit but I'd rather just take stuff straight and save the calories for other times. Nothing can taste as bad as lyme feels. It helps me to remember that. -
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Boy, I couldn't take that stuff!! Really ate up my stomach.. but then, I do have issues there!
Citric Acid and I do NOT get along well!
Posted by sixgoofykids (Member # 11141) on :
quote:What about rumours of Chemicals in GSE? Newsgroups and email groups have received postings to the effect that GSE contains Triclosan, Benzelthonium Chloride, or Methyl Paraben. The source of this type of report comes from both Germany(Here is the PubMed reference to the German Report) and Japan, where Citricidal is not approved for human consumption.
A more recent attack on GSE can be found at this link. The reason is that Citricidal is very similar in molecular weight to both Benzelthonium Chloride and Triclosan, both of which are effective disinfectants, but are toxic to human and animal life. In Germany their test(which is not well documented at all) for BC, Triclosan, and M.Paraben came up positive(which is more correctly called a "false positive")
and in Japan, the same is happening for Triclosan. USDA found benzelthonium chloride in its 2001 test. Was this a simple error or a deliberate attempt to scare people away from Citricidal and Nutribiotic products?
Meanwhile, Citricidal has been tested for the presence of these toxins by independent labs, and has been proven clean. (Ex: Weston Gulf Coast Laboratories, Inc., University Park, IL, test completed in March of 1992. Tested for heavy metals, Cyanides, Pesticides and PCBs and Benzelkonium Chloride. Results: None Detected.)
In fact, the accusations about triclosan(used in many dish and hand soaps in the US) became so frequent a few years ago, that Citricidal began specifically testing each batch of GSE for its absense, and providing a Certificate of Analysis to that effect.
The truth is, Citricidal is not only effective, it has been in use for decades and recommended by many high profile doctors and healthcare professionals.
If these allegations had any validity, there certainly would be a history of complaints and judgements against the product, and it would have been removed from the market many years ago.
Triclosan has recently been compared to "Agent Orange" in toxicity. The EPA rates triclosan as "highly toxic". The US FDA made inspections of the Nutribiotic manufacturing facility back in the 1990's and found no chemical preservatives; and the formula is the same today.
Such rumours are false, and are not a threat to those armed with accurate information. The test reports from Germany and Japan and the USDA are certainly bothersome, but they have produced "false positives", not accurate profiles.
The vast body of evidence from many years of use by thousands of satisfied consumers, doctors, manufacturers, and veterinarians, speaks most loudly against such reports. (The German report, linked above, does suggest that some suppliers of "GSE" may, in fact, be fraudulent. But Citricidal and NutriBiotic GSE are both proven, safe, and effective products.)
More on 'quaternary ammonium compounds' here. Read the "Citricidal Story."
Posted by sixgoofykids (Member # 11141) on :
I just mixed it with water, then drank a glass of water afterward. It is horrible.
Posted by kimmie (Member # 25547) on :
Please try this...it taste fine to me.
I mix 15 drops GSE in a full bottled water and than add one flavored krystal light packet (individual size) I think it was rasberry lemonade flavored. The GSE was not bad at all! I gag without the krystal light.
Also, great question on the safety of GSE in regards to the accusations. That was a huge concern for me. I am glad you posted that information. I am not one to usually herx and I was very Skeptical of the GSE...but after taking it, I had frontal headache and joint pain and muscle twitching so it certainly did something! Flagyl does the same thing to me.
Posted by opus2828 (Member # 15407) on :
Thanks for all your suggestions.
Posted by tick battler (Member # 21113) on :
Mangosteen juice masks the flavor. I also add water and some blueberry juice to make a full glass.