How D-mannose works for UTI treatment?

It has been more than 20 years that D-mannose is to be a natural remedy for UTI treatment. You may wonder how D-mannose works for UTI? Please see below.

D-mannose is a monosaccharide with a structure similar to glucose, involved in numerous metabolic processes, and is the only sugar nutrient used in clinical practice. It is widely distributed in body fluids and tissues and utilized to synthesize glycoproteins and participate in immune regulation.

This component has several important characteristics:

First: Monosaccharide structure, that is to say, it will not be decomposed into glucose, which has very limited impact on blood sugar, and can even be used as a substitute for diabetes patients.

Second: Human body has poor absorption of D-mannose, 90% D mannose will be excreted from the body through the urethra intact within 30-60 minutes.

UTI is mainly caused by E-coli, well, E-coli likes D-mannose very much, when there are aboundant of D-mannose in Urine after taking D-mannose, E-coli will leave bladder wall and go with D-mannose, then excreted from the body along with D-mannose. It has been a very popular method for UTI treatment around the world.