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bacteria

  1. K

    bacteria or viruses by ME/CFS

    Hello guys :) i don't know what to do right now. Some docs says bacteria are stronger than viruses and if you treat bacteria like lyme borrelia, viruses can't survive. But some docs says exactly the opposite. But maybe you need to treat both if you have strong CFS for a long time. But which...
  2. frozenborderline

    Minimata disease, heavy metal and biosphere interactions, and me/cfs

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamata_disease Minimata disease is a disease that is basically just high dose mercury poisoning. But I found interesting stuff in the wiki article on this and I highly recommend mold illness patients read it, bc it's relevant to the interaction btwn heavy...
  3. Sarah94

    PQQ and bacteria

    I am trying PQQ supplements for mitochondrial support. Wikipedia says "PQQ stimulates growth in bacteria". (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrroloquinoline_quinone) Does this mean that when a person takes PQQ supplements, any bacteria inside them (E.g. Lyme, SIBO) will be encouraged to grow? Or...
    • Sarah94
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  4. C

    Clarification on E. Coli

    Hi there, Can any of you folks help me with some insights? GI map stool test came back with high levels of pathogenic Enterotoxigenic E. coli LT/ST. The part I'm confused on is that it sounds like it's common/normal for E. Coli to inhabit the large intestine. Is there good e. coli and bad e...