Marnie
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While lactoferrin appears to have many benefits via the # of amino acids in it...
Apparently it is NOT effective against Bb.
"The killing of Borrelia burgdorferi by intact human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL) and by individual PMNL components was compared.
Intact PMNL killed B. burgdorferi 6.5-fold more efficiently and 5-fold more completely when spirochetes were opsonized with specific antibodies. U-cytoplasts, which have activatable oxidase, killed opsonized B. burgdorferi with an efficiency similar to that of intact PMNL in killing unopsonized B. burgdorferi.
Although B. burgdorferi were susceptible to H2O2 and nitric oxide, PMNL lysates killed B. burgdorferi nearly as well as intact PMNL killed opsonized B. burgdorferi, suggesting a critical role for granule contents.
B. burgdorferi were killed by the PMNL antimicrobial components elastase, LL-37, bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein, and human neutrophil peptide1. B. burgdorferi had limited susceptibility to killing by lysozyme and
were not killed by azurocidin, proteinase 3,
or lactoferrin.
The efficient killing of B. burgdorferi by a variety of PMNL mechanisms highlights the paradoxical persistence of spirochetes in vivo."
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, volume 185 (2002), pages 797-804
But I do not know about L-carnitine + Omega 3s...if they would work together to INhibit PDE4.
It appears L-carnitine helps transport the Omega 3s into the cells.
Palmitic acid, the end product of fatty acid synthesis, which just "happens" to contain a chain of 16 carbons...(see my "H16" last post)...
is worth a lot more study.
So L-carnitine WITH the Omega 3s are still in the running with Forskohlin.
But...I'm thinking about applying some good old palm oil instead of coconut oil before catching some "rays".
But before I do that...I'm reordering Juvenon...for SURE!
(I am NOT a "rep", nor do I receive any compensation for suggesting this supp. I've simply done a LOT of research and see where it can be of REAL HONEST-TO-GOODNESS benefit.)
P.S. "Head's up" if you are a fertile female and are thinking of trying the PDE4 INhibitor(s):
In view of their marked synergism with hormones
that signal through cAMP, PDE inhibitors may be used
to augment hormonal stimulation. The power of this
approach is underscored by data obtained in the ovarian
follicle. Treatment of these follicles with a PDE4
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