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Spice-Rack Favorites Battle E. coli and Other Foodborne Pathogens 7-14-08
Herbs and spices like
oregano,
thyme,
cinnamon and
clove do more than add pleasing flavors and aromas to familiar foods. The
oils from these plants, or compounds extracted from those oils, pack a powerful,
antimicrobial punch--strong enough to help quell such foodborne pathogens as
Escherichia coli O157:H7.
That's according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) chemist Mendel Friedman,
who several years ago evaluated the bacteria-bashing power of these and dozens
of other plant compounds.
Now, some of the compounds that Friedman and co-investigators determined were
the strongest combatants of E. coli, Salmonella enterica, Campylobacter jejuni,
or Listeria monocytogenes in the 2002 study are being tapped for new research
focused on food safety.
For example, Friedman, research leader Tara H. McHugh, and other scientists at
the ARS Western Regional Research Center in Albany, Calif., are evaluating the
highest-ranking botanical bactericides as potential ingredients in what are
known as edible films.
A thin, pliable, edible film for the future might be made of puréed spinach
spiked with carvacrol, the compound responsible for
oregano's ranking as a top fighter of E. coli in the Friedman study.
The scientists want to find out whether adding small squares of carvacrol-enhanced
spinach purée film to bags of chilled, ready-to-eat spinach leaves would help
protect this salad green against E. coli.
Friedman is also exploring other new uses of the top-rated botanicals from the
earlier study. That investigation, which he conducted with technician Philip R.
Henika and research leader Robert E. Mandrell at Albany, was the most extensive
of its kind at the time it was published. Also notable was the common basis of
comparison, which the team established by inventing new methods to prepare and
test all of the samples. For even more consistency, the scientists used the same
bacterial strains--from the same suppliers--throughout the investigation.
Comment:
Regular spices used in cooking is not enough to kills e coli or any other bacteria. You must use the essential oil form. 1 drop of Bella Mira Essential Oils equals 1-2 tbsps dry herb. This is why essential oils are more effective. Essential oils do not have to be taken internally to work, they just must be put anywhere in or on the body. Anything you put on your body gets absorbed within 2 minutes.
Silver Biotics is also a powerhouse against ecoli. If I came down with an e coli infection or one of my kids did this is what I would do. I would use 3 TBSPs of Silver Biotics a day, and 2 drops, Oregano essential oil, 2 drops Thyme Essential oil, and 2 drops Marauder essential oil blend, all placed in a gelatin cap and taken 3 times a day. this regimen should more than take care of the infection.
A word of caution: When your life is on the line don't count on inferior untested essential oils and only use Bella Mira.