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Posted On: 01/17/2020 4:27:27 PM
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As per requests via PM and email, let me address the piece of misinformation being floated out for the suckers:
No, it is not necessary to "test the microbiome." No one tests it for other medications, including antibiotics. And what exactly do the spin-meisters mean by "test the microbiome" anyway?
There is very little data on what a healthy microbiome looks like. There is a LOT of controversy about which bacteria are the beneficial ones, and what the correct mix of them should be. There was ONE study that showed that a certain bacterium was beneficial for weight loss. There are some other studies too -- but there is NO scientific consensus on this. It's incredibly complex and there are no answers as yet.
Does anyone really think that anyone "tested the microbiome" of, for instance, penicillin, or sulfa, or the fluoroquinolones like Cipro? Of course they didn't.
And does anyone think that a doctor would hesitate to give someone an antibiotic for a bad infection, because the doctor knows antibiotics wipe out the gut bacteria?
OF COURSE NOT.
This is why there are probiotic supplements that are specifically designed to be taken along with and after antibiotics are taken.
So please, bashers in sheep's clothing, spare us the nonsense narrative.
No one is going to NOT take a drug that could cure or alleviate their terrible disease, just because they would be smart to take some probiotics afterward.
Pseudo-scientific blather is not something that we are dumb enough to believe here.
No, it is not necessary to "test the microbiome." No one tests it for other medications, including antibiotics. And what exactly do the spin-meisters mean by "test the microbiome" anyway?
There is very little data on what a healthy microbiome looks like. There is a LOT of controversy about which bacteria are the beneficial ones, and what the correct mix of them should be. There was ONE study that showed that a certain bacterium was beneficial for weight loss. There are some other studies too -- but there is NO scientific consensus on this. It's incredibly complex and there are no answers as yet.
Does anyone really think that anyone "tested the microbiome" of, for instance, penicillin, or sulfa, or the fluoroquinolones like Cipro? Of course they didn't.
And does anyone think that a doctor would hesitate to give someone an antibiotic for a bad infection, because the doctor knows antibiotics wipe out the gut bacteria?
OF COURSE NOT.
This is why there are probiotic supplements that are specifically designed to be taken along with and after antibiotics are taken.
So please, bashers in sheep's clothing, spare us the nonsense narrative.
No one is going to NOT take a drug that could cure or alleviate their terrible disease, just because they would be smart to take some probiotics afterward.
Pseudo-scientific blather is not something that we are dumb enough to believe here.
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