InChristAlone
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I personally think the only reason caffeine seems to protect the liver is due to greater blood flow, the more times the blood is pumping through well the more it's going to function!Well, it's standard for SIBO, which I had in the past. It helped me quite a bit. I didn't find the antibiotics too toxic. You probably could mimic it with other things; it's all kind of pushing in the same direction anyway. I will say I had some of the most clarity on two anti-biotics and taking anti-serotonin drugs; so much so, that I spontaneously started writing about it just to make a note. It definitely lends credulity to Dr. Peat's ideas that serotonin from gut inflammation is the most chronically oppressive substance to brain function.
The antibiotics were metronidazole and cephalexin, so I believe they're "middle-of-the-road" on toxicity: not quite benign like minocycline or erythromycin. Nevertheless, they're standard for SIBO treatment, if you've done the hydrogen breath test and had a confirmed overgrowth.
It would probably be a good idea to take things to protect the liver while taking the antibiotics. My liver has always been very "supported" with my poly-pharmacy of pregnenolone and caffeine.