Controversy
GSE usage has been popularized by many companies within the scope of the health food industry. There are books exclusively dedicated to GSE. This extract is promoted by marketers on the internet, there are health food stores that recommend its use, and proponents maintain its safe. Some consumers believe this extract is an effective natural preservative even though multiple scientific studies have concluded that the universal antimicrobial activity is merely from contamination with synthetic antimicrobials.
| “ | GSE is marketed as an all-natural and perfectly safe health food product, when it is neither. Various Citrus species have been used as a food and medicine in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years. While they have many many benefits, neither Chinese nor Ayurvedic medicine has ever advocated the use of Grapefruit seed or any other Citrus seed in acute infectious disease: this alone should provide some clue as to its effects or lack thereof. | ” |
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