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Re: New antibiotic targets IBD and AI predicted how it would work

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Re: New antibiotic targets IBD and AI predicted how it would work

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There are probably 37,392 papers on this. So your "should" is probably just impossible for humans.

This is such a ridiculous argument. They could have read five papers, couldn’t they?

How do they know which five papers to read?

Re: New antibiotic targets IBD and AI predicted how it would work

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Actually when I medicated it, it was with mesalamine, not an antibiotic. I didn't do anything to attack the bacteria. The meal consisted of well-boiled meat (pork/beef/chicken together, slow cooked, overnight), and carrots, zucchini, and butternut squash cooked in its juice until it mostly wasn't soup anymore.

It's possible it still had some antibiotic properties, lots of commonly used drugs interact with our gut bacteria in varying ways. And indeed a quick search suggests that this might be the case: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5514548/

Even so, a 1.2g dose, which was what I was taking, isn't enough to obliterate my existing gut bacteria.

Re: New antibiotic targets IBD and AI predicted how it would work

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The meal consisted of well-boiled meat (pork/beef/chicken together, slow cooked, overnight), and carrots, zucchini, and butternut squash cooked in its juice in a pan until it mostly wasn't soup anymore. Salt to taste, but it's never gonna be delicious. It's tolerable. It's even fairly enjoyable once or twice. It's not a bad meal. But boy is it a tedious one after awhile.

Interesting, what was the reasoning behind it?

I wasn't aware of any diet that excluded these things for reactivity reasons, and once boiled half to death, they were so soft as to be practically "pre-digested." I was trying to make it as easy on my gut as I could manage.

Re: New antibiotic targets IBD and AI predicted how it would work

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My trick is to learn the terminology/jargon of the specialists by buying meds students used textbooks. It completely changes the conversation dynamics even if initially it appears to slightly confuse them. Sometimes it angers them but then it's a clear signal that you must see someone else ASAP. When we grilled my wife first oncologist on his protocol, he broke down and said that he was not up to date on the latest r…

I actually tried this once and it quickly led to hostility. Thanks for your insight and I’m happy your wife is doing well, take care.

Same happened to me. It was a "How dare you try to speak my language?" type of response.

They were almost as offended as the people in Barcelona when I ignorantly tried to speak to them in Spanish.

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