Pineapple found to be 5Xs more effective than cough syrup!

pineapple also helps bruising to go away faster

It HAS to be fresh cut pineapple. If it is from the can, however they process it gets rid of the beneficial effects.

Are we talking about isolated cases here or in general?

Mucous is a protein.

Pineapple has an enzyme that specifically breaks down protein.

On a recent business trip to brazil, after lunch at a churrascaria (steak house), its customary for the locals to have a big glass of fresh pineapple juice as it helps break down the meats faster.

[link to www.worldhealth.net]

Bromelain (Pineapple enzyme)
..a natural anticoagulant that works by breaking down the blood-clotting protein fibrin. This may help to explain why results of at least two clinical trials suggest that the enzyme can help to improve the symptoms of angina and thrombophlebitis. As well as thinning the blood, bromelain also thins mucus, and thus maybe of benefit to asthmatics and people suffering from chronic bronchitis. There is also evidence that bromelain can trigger beneficial changes in white blood cells, and thus may improve immune function.

Fresh pineapple is very good and healthy you bet.

Gee so Hippocrates had it right all along, "Let your' food be your' medicine and your' medicine be your' food...." Gee and no mentions of "drugs", how about that shit?

just planted 14, 12 spikies and 2 smooth leaf.

Yes but, cough syrup costs 5 times more and has cancer causing chemicals in it.

This makes greedy big pharma very very happy.

Easier than it looks , impress your friends . Yum

Good post. If you can't get fresh pineapple or don't like it, a good brand of bromelain is Now Foods, it's very strong and a good value, I looked at all of them:

[link to www.swansonvitamins.com]

Pineapple also works to break up hair balls in rabbits - saved several rabbits with it.


It would probably work on a cat too if you could get them to eat it. Don't know, I really, really dislike those foul smelling creatures who act as if... well, I'll stop there, don't intend to upset the cat lovers by going on and on about what disgusting rats they are.

Thank you for sharing this. I've been looking for alternate cough remedies and love pineapple so hopefully this works. I'll post again after we use it.

This shit ain't no good fo' sizzurp.

I be goin' back to codeen coff syrup when I get my drank on.

Yeah, but it don't get you high like cough medicine.



LOL, only jokin'!

I have copd and eat a lot of pineapple. Don't know if it's helping any but I eat it anyway because I like it. It's also a fruit that's easy to tell when ripe. So I can usually buy a couple at a time, when they are totally green, and let them sit on the counter for a week or so until ready.

Great thread!

I never knew that.

5 stars for you fish!

FYI potatoes cure warts quickly. everytime! cut a potatoe in half rub it on the wart do it couple times a day. gone within a week.

next weeks headline:

pineapple causes cancer

*cue price is right loser music*

Last time I ate pineapple, my tongue got sores on it. I think it was digesting my tongue.

Somehow I just knew this would be brought up.

When I was child my grandmother used to make me fresh pineapple juice when I was sick. But she'd also put a small scoop of home-made ice cream or sherbet in it and it made it easier to drink. Worked every time.

She'd also put a raw onion in my room & told me that it "absorbed" the infection.

There was also a soup she made called "cowboy soup" that "cured everything!" she said. And it did seem to most of the time. Wish someone would have written down recipe but we didn't. I just remember it having meat, brown rice, carrots, celery, garlic, onions, fresh parsley leaves (lots) and some kind of root vegie. Have tried to duplicate but not the same. It still seems to help but not like her soup did. Must have been other ingredients she hid in it that I'm not remembering.

Gotta love grandmas.

Thanks Chica :D I never knew either but will try in the future!

Yea, Grandmas are awesome <3 esp their soups and desserts!! lol