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Aug 21, 2022·edited Aug 21, 2022Liked by Caroline Coram

interesting. I'm a big fan of the microbiome.

I've never taken probiotics and never will I much prefer eating whole food.

A 2020 study showed taking the limited range of bacteria in probiotics decreased abundance and diversity after taking antibiotics. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32284181/ stands to reason.

I hadn't thought about mitochondria being able to obtain antibiotic and other resistance by HGT from bacteria but also stands to reason.

Jo

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Aug 22, 2022Liked by Caroline Coram

Interesting read. I suffer with fatigue issues, basically I start off fine but energy drains from me like a car running out of fuel and just like a car I start to splutter, nausea legs cramping and body twitching. I tell my specialist it's either adrenal or mitochondria issues, but continual blood tests, show nothing wrong. After reading this article( much beyond my brain scope) I am now wondering if I have an overload of arsenic. Have been on probiotics also for past 5 years as thought I was doing the right thing for gut health to influence body health....maybe I've been feeding the arsenic to work against me rather than for me!! Been off probiotics for about 2 weeks so shall gauge if any difference occurs. Thanks for information

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Arsenic needs more looking into defo. I used to eat the whole of an apple much to much parents dislike as they said the pips were arsenic

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