pstinard | 08-07-2013 05:30 PM | Quote:
Originally Posted by mimimomo
(Post 4290437)
I thought the study said it injected carrageenan into lab rat's joints. From ncbi in the 1st post: Drugs, alone or in combination, were injected into the knee joint 30 min before intra-articular administration of carrageenan. So does that mean carrageenan was surgically implanted? What's the difference if it was injected or implanted, it still caused inflammation. | Injected or surgically implanted is the same to the rat--the carrageenan was artificially placed inside the body. The point is, the rats did not get arthritis from ingesting (eating) carrageenan. Quote:
Originally Posted by mimimomo
(Post 4290437)
This is what WebMD had to say about the health benefits: "More evidence is needed to rate the effectiveness of carrageenan for these uses."
"Medications for high blood pressure (Antihypertensive drugs) interacts with CARRAGEENAN
Carrageenan seems to decrease blood pressure. Taking carrageenan along with medications for high blood pressure might cause your blood pressure to go too low.
Some medications for high blood pressure include captopril (Capoten), enalapril (Vasotec), losartan (Cozaar), valsartan (Diovan), diltiazem (Cardizem), Amlodipine (Norvasc), hydrochlorothiazide (HydroDiuril), furosemide (Lasix), and many others." My mom takes high blood pressure meds, so it's imperative she does not ingest any foods w/carrageenan. I did not know this, TG I threw everything away that had carrageenan in it!
From Wikipedia: "While some indicate that carrageenan safely passes through rat GI tracts without adverse effect when it is a dietary ingredient, [2] other animal dietary studies have observed colitis-like disease and tumor promotion." Not worth giving IMO, Princess went through colitis b4 & it was horrible, never want her to go through it again. If carrageenan in pet food is the 1st 5 ingredients, I would be concerned about the amount that's in the food.
My mom has rheumatoid arthritis on her knees & since she stopped eating foods containing carrageenan, she had not had a flare up, that's enough proof for me. | Evidently, carrageenan isn't in dry dog food, or at least it's not in my dry dog food, so it's not a concern for me. It is in a lot of foods that humans eat, including my Very Vanilla Soymilk that I drink every day, and I haven't had any ill effects, nor did I get ill as a child when I drank tea made from Irish Moss, which is loaded with carrageenan (the tea was disgustingly slimy, but that's another story). Not to say that others aren't affected, but my point is that as with many or most food products, some people will be affected. I'm not affected adversely by carrageenan, but to each his or her own... |