Korven
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Something went terribly wrong with my health back in 2018-2019.
The worst symptoms that have been plaguing me:
Constant nausea and a "sickness feeling", wonky digestion, extreme fatigue, unintentional weight loss, chest pain on and off, exercise intolerance/CFS-like symptoms (post exercise malaise), rosacea, red dry eyes, breaking out in hives... and NO APPETITE.
I still don't know why I got so sick. It may have been due to untreated celiac disease, or a stint of carnivore in 2018 which wiped out my good gut bacteria, or a case of food poisoning from drinking raw milk in 2019. Or maybe all of them? Or bad luck?
Anyways I have managed to improve about 90% through different diet and supplement experiments.
However - what I couldn't seem to figure out was the complete loss of appetite. It was driving me nuts never being hungry or wanting to eat. I had to force feed myself to not lose any more weight.
I started suspecting SIBO and/or H.pylori as culprits. Natural antimicrobials like mastic gum, Pylopass, lactoferrin, kefir, oregano oil, etc did help some, but it was never a full cure.
So I decided I was going to go after the gut critters with a combo of Augmentin + Lactoferrin + Famotidine + S.boulardii.
Why this cocktail?
• Augmentin (amoxicillin + clavulanic acid) 500/125 x 2 daily
Basically to kill the bugs! Augmentin contains clavulanic acid which is an beta-lactamase inhibitor, preventing drug-resistant bacteria from destroying amoxicillin.
• Lactoferrin 250 mg x 2 daily
I had already been taking this for 1 year prior and seen awesome results. Chelates iron and steals it from bugs. Powerful antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory agent, most importantly has a synergistic effect when taken together with antibiotics:
• Famotidine 20 mg x 2 daily
Raises intragastric pH in order to wipe out H pylori
• S. boulardii 5 billion CFU x 2 daily
Reduces risk of C.diff infection
I herx'ed pretty badly the first couple days (but really nothing in comparison to the years of suffering I've gone through) but managed to endure 8 days. Knock on wood it's been a few days since doing this protocol and I have been consistently hungry for my meals, which is a wonderful feeling!
This is not medical advice. Try at your own risk. If you start this and haven't taken lactoferrin before I would suspect the herx symptoms would be awful.
Cheers, I just wanted to share this if someone else has similiar mystery gut issues and loss of appetite.
The worst symptoms that have been plaguing me:
Constant nausea and a "sickness feeling", wonky digestion, extreme fatigue, unintentional weight loss, chest pain on and off, exercise intolerance/CFS-like symptoms (post exercise malaise), rosacea, red dry eyes, breaking out in hives... and NO APPETITE.
I still don't know why I got so sick. It may have been due to untreated celiac disease, or a stint of carnivore in 2018 which wiped out my good gut bacteria, or a case of food poisoning from drinking raw milk in 2019. Or maybe all of them? Or bad luck?
Anyways I have managed to improve about 90% through different diet and supplement experiments.
However - what I couldn't seem to figure out was the complete loss of appetite. It was driving me nuts never being hungry or wanting to eat. I had to force feed myself to not lose any more weight.
I started suspecting SIBO and/or H.pylori as culprits. Natural antimicrobials like mastic gum, Pylopass, lactoferrin, kefir, oregano oil, etc did help some, but it was never a full cure.
So I decided I was going to go after the gut critters with a combo of Augmentin + Lactoferrin + Famotidine + S.boulardii.
Why this cocktail?
• Augmentin (amoxicillin + clavulanic acid) 500/125 x 2 daily
Basically to kill the bugs! Augmentin contains clavulanic acid which is an beta-lactamase inhibitor, preventing drug-resistant bacteria from destroying amoxicillin.
• Lactoferrin 250 mg x 2 daily
I had already been taking this for 1 year prior and seen awesome results. Chelates iron and steals it from bugs. Powerful antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory agent, most importantly has a synergistic effect when taken together with antibiotics:
"However, the synergism effect of LF with antimicrobial compounds (antibiotics) after optimising the MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration) based tests were found to be remarkable. To specify some of the phenotypic effects of LF in synergism with antibiotics: the isolates producing ESBL (extended-spectrum β-lactamases) had turned non-ESBL; quinolone resistant isolates had turned susceptible; MRSA (methicillin resistant S. aureus) had turned MSSA (Methicillin susceptible) and vancomycin resistant Enterococci (VRE) had turned susceptible. The results were found to be totally reproducible each time." Effect of Synergistic Action of Bovine Lactoferrin with Antibiotics on Drug Resistant Bacterial Pathogens
"The most striking observation is that Lf increases the inhibitory activity of penicillin up to 4-fold in most penicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains, whereas this increase was 4- to 16-fold in penicillin-resistant strains. Indeed, Lf reduces beta-lactamase activity in S. aureus strains producing this enzyme." Utilization of lactoferrin to fight antibiotic-resistant mammary gland pathogens - PubMed
Use of lactoferrin for Helicobacter pylori eradication. Preliminary results - PubMed
These results suggest that lactoferrin could be a new, effective agent when added to antimicrobial therapy for the eradication of H. pylori. This treatment schedule could be proposed for larger trials of H. pylori eradication therapy, focusing on the excellent preliminary cure rate, good...pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
• Famotidine 20 mg x 2 daily
Raises intragastric pH in order to wipe out H pylori
• S. boulardii 5 billion CFU x 2 daily
Reduces risk of C.diff infection
I herx'ed pretty badly the first couple days (but really nothing in comparison to the years of suffering I've gone through) but managed to endure 8 days. Knock on wood it's been a few days since doing this protocol and I have been consistently hungry for my meals, which is a wonderful feeling!
This is not medical advice. Try at your own risk. If you start this and haven't taken lactoferrin before I would suspect the herx symptoms would be awful.
Cheers, I just wanted to share this if someone else has similiar mystery gut issues and loss of appetite.
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