Parasite in gastrointestinal system found to promote health published April 25, 2022

[keepontruckin]

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220425104908.htm

"The ability of Blastocystis ST4in restructuring the state of the gut into a healthy composition of microorganisms could be a result of its ability to increase the types of bacteria that produce beneficial molecules, as well as increase immune cells that dampen inflammation. "

 

[Rufous McKinney]

Looks like the Asians are moving past us in understand and treating gut issues...I just posted a thread on another study, that fixed long COVID, only I cannot even relocate that thread here. That was just 10 days ago.

 

[Rufous McKinney]

Here is some similar research from Canada and Czechoslovakia.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.641483/full

Front. Microbiol., 07 April 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.641483

Blastocystis Colonization Alters the Gut Microbiome and, in Some Cases, Promotes Faster Recovery From Induced Colitis

excerpts:

Blastocystis, one of the most common intestinal eukaryotes, is reported as a pathogen that causes inflammation and disease, though health consequences likely vary depending on host health, the gut ecosystem, and genetic diversity. Accumulating evidence suggests that Blastocystis is by and large commensal. Blastocystis is more common in healthy individuals than those with immune mediated diseases such as Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD). Blastocystis presence is also associated with altered composition and higher richness of the bacterial gut microbiota.

These results suggest that Blastocystis sp. may alter the gut ecosystem in a protective manner and promote faster recovery from disturbance.

 

[Rufous McKinney]

Blastocystis

reading a bit about this gut creature....most humans have it and its all over the world, altho there may be may strains which could complicate most of this. It was considered a problem,, now maybe helpful.

All that makes me a bit skeptical that this is in fact a fix, as what causes the issue in the first place? (missing Blastocystis...)