Stop the spread of the awful stomach virus with GRAPE JUICE!

[Swells817]

Hello!
I am brand new to this sight. I have been suffering from emetophobia for almost my whole life! For as long as I can remember! (I'm 26 now). I don't really know what caused it but its really good to know I'm not alone!

Ok here's the good stuff... All of on here hate the stomach virus! And want to know any way possible to prevent ourselves from catching it when it's going around! Well here's how! As soon as you come in contact with someone who is sick with a stomach virus start drinking a minimum of 3 glasses of grape juice a day. The more the better. It works best if its 100% grape juice. It only works if you start drinking it BEFORE your own symptoms arise. So as soon as I hear about someone throwing up, no matter what the cause, I start drinking grape juice! And it has always worked for me.

Discuss!

;-)

[Cynna]

It originally came I believe from a mom's blog. No scientific evidence to say it works, no evidence saying the opposite either. If you like grape juice, it prob will not hurt you. If watching you weight, remember it has sugars in it.

[Grace47]

That's why I don't drink it, Cynna. My best advise is handwashing and hand sanitizing with a noro killing hand sanitizer. And all the usual stuff probably all of us have memorized.

[jkl81]

I try to drink a little everyday, but as Cynna said there is no scientific evidence one way or the other about it, some promising anecdotes but nothing more than that. There is scientific evidence that grape seed extract creates an unfavorable environment for noroviruses on food processing equipment, but the researchers did not study it in human subjects. I take that supplement at 300-400mg per day since it is also good at lowering blood pressure and mine has been slightly elevated and since it could possibly help with preventing a SV. If I felt exposed to a SV I'd probably drink as much grape juice as I could stand and hope and pray for the best, but there's no guarantee it works. Grape juice is good though, just remember it has a LOT of sugar so it may be inappropriate for diabetics and it may well cause tooth decay if you don't at least rinse your mouth afterwards or better yet brush your teeth. Otherwise it tastes good and it can't hurt so why not?