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.
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
Apple seeds contain amygdalin, some of which can convert to the body to cyanide. Amygdalin is apparently not a vitamin. The active form is a cyanogenic glucoside Amygdalin-R. This paper goes in to detail on the effects of this substance on cancer cells https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/14/9/881/htm
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
Thanks for the link! It isn’t something I had thought of either. Our bodies seem almost more bacteria than they are cells!
Indeed - where does the human end and the bacteria begin? https://georgiedonny.substack.com/p/a-tiny-water-flea-has-31000-genes
Jo
That’s great. Will read with all brain cells!
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
It’s great you have been able to narrow down to a cellular level what you think might be going on. Have you read this article on some of the elements arsenic displaces or attaches to. Some of us are having success with diets replacing these https://carolinecoram.substack.com/p/from-the-gut-with-love?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
I hadn't read it, but have done now. Thank you for the link, very interesting and useful guidance, which I shall try :-)
Let us know how you get on!
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
Apple seeds contain amygdalin, some of which can convert to the body to cyanide. Amygdalin is apparently not a vitamin. The active form is a cyanogenic glucoside Amygdalin-R. This paper goes in to detail on the effects of this substance on cancer cells https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/14/9/881/htm
Thank you there is still so much to remember. I wonder if the bodies elimination of this maybe a fungal type discharge we know as thrush.