Re: Penicillium Molds and Gut Bacteria

[Guest guest]

I would be curious about this too. But for a different reason:

My SO is severely allergic to Penicillin. However, he loves blue

cheese! I don't get it - wouldn't blue cheese make him sick if he's

allergic to Penicillin? Or is it possible he is allergic to the stuff

they culture Penicillin on (peaches I think)? So far I don't know if

he has eaten any live Blue Cheese, but I wanted to make him some.

Thanks!

Sincerely,

Lana M. Gibbons

On 9/27/05, L. Jeanne <t.l.jeanne@...> wrote:

> While eating salad with blue cheese, I wondered whether my doing so was

> harming my intestinal bacteria in any way, since blue cheese and other

> related cheese contain molds of the genus Penicillium, which have

> antibiotic properties.

>

> Anyone ever read anything on this subject? I would imagine the effect

> would be minor or perhaps intestinal bacteria are not affected at all.

>

> Tom

[Guest guest]

Well, the species they use for penicillin is different from the species

found in cheeses, but they are similar enough. Also, I think penicillin

today is synthetically or semi-synthetically produced, which could

possibly affect allergenicity.

Tom

Lana Gibbons wrote:

>I would be curious about this too. But for a different reason:

>

>My SO is severely allergic to Penicillin. However, he loves blue

>cheese! I don't get it - wouldn't blue cheese make him sick if he's

>allergic to Penicillin? Or is it possible he is allergic to the stuff

>they culture Penicillin on (peaches I think)? So far I don't know if

>he has eaten any live Blue Cheese, but I wanted to make him some.

>

>Thanks!

>

>Sincerely,

>Lana M. Gibbons

>

>

[Guest guest]

On 9/28/05, Lana Gibbons <lana.m.gibbons@...> wrote:

> I would be curious about this too. But for a different reason:

>

> My SO is severely allergic to Penicillin. However, he loves blue

> cheese! I don't get it - wouldn't blue cheese make him sick if he's

> allergic to Penicillin? Or is it possible he is allergic to the stuff

> they culture Penicillin on (peaches I think)? So far I don't know if

> he has eaten any live Blue Cheese, but I wanted to make him some.

I am deathly allergic to penicillin but I can eat blue cheese with no

problem at all.

--

" It is no crime to be ignorant of economics,

which is, after all, a specialized discipline

and one that most people consider to be a

'dismal science.' But it is totally irresponsible

to have a loud and vociferous opinion on

economic subjects while remaining in this

state of ignorance. "

-- Murray Rothbard

[Guest guest]

,

Thanks! I was so worried there (last time he had penicillin he went

into a coma!) You've really put my mind at ease.

Now I'm going to start looking into some starters for some homemade

bluecheese. I can't stand the stuff but I'd be happy to get some

home ferments into him.

-Lana

On 10/1/05, <slethnobotanist@...> wrote:

> I am deathly allergic to penicillin but I can eat blue cheese with no

> problem at all.

>

>