BIoFILMS.....
I'm still going down this theory rabbit hole.
So what if we have Good biofilms: full of all the right components; but instead we end up with a bad biofilm problem that needs: correcting.
We don't think of our blood stream as having biofilm. But it does.
https://www.naturalmedicinejournal.com/journal/bacterial-growth-arteries-implicated-heart-attacks
this discussion in this article is quite interesting...
bacteria and other organisms can exist in "planktonic" form. Or they can be effectively sequestered in biofilm.
Antibiotics can go after them when planktonic.
excerpt:
"Acute infections are assumed to involve planktonic bacteria and are generally treatable with antibiotics. As sessile biofilms, the same bacterial infections often develop into a chronic state, untreatable with antibiotics and capable of evading the body’s defenses.4 Biofilms adhere to a substrate or matrix that is not necessarily alive or even organic; they are notorious for forming on implanted medical devices made from inert plastics, such as indwelling catheters. Biofilm infections like pneumonia in cystic fibrosis patients; chronic wounds; chronic otitis media, prostatitis, or sinusitis; and implant- and catheter-associated infections affect millions of people, primarily in the developed world. Since biolfilms are so resistant to treatment, understanding their biology is vital."
CAUTION: one can trigger cardiac events if one suddenly disperses biofilm...........
(and this is probably why I take one maybe once a week) (my approach is less is always better than more)
This is getting complicated, so I can't continue to build my theory today. I feel these biofilm are interfacing with our ongoing immune problems. And our blood flow issues.
Excerpt from the Conclusion:
"It also becomes critically important for us to both inhibit and to gently and gradually disperse biofilms with natural agents such as arginine, quercetin, berberine, nitric oxide, garlic, grapeseed extract, curcumin from turmeric, tannins, and eugenol. There is established benefit associated with these agents in the prevention and management of many chronic diseases, diseases that are now associated with biofilms. This pathophysiology ultimately lends further argument to the unique value of lifestyle strategies and natural agents in the prevention and management of chronic disease."