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Has anyone found a successful treatment for Biofilms? I'm taking 1/16 tsp Xylitol + 1 Lactoferon capsule on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I am just curious to know what other people do about Biofilms.
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My primary doc, who is lyme literate, told me he was at the Drexel University lyme conference earlier this year where Eva Sapi spoke about biofilms.
He said that Sapi has found Xylitol a poor biofilm treatment, but Lactoferrin and STEVIA are great. She also said Boluoke is not that great a biofilm treatment agent. I thought that was interesting, and wonderful news (particularly concerning the Stevia, since it is readily available and something many of us may already be using).
The thing I don't like about biofilm treatment (I know this from firsthand experience, and from what an LLMD told me) is that it can make you sicker if you don't have adequate antimicrobials on board when you dissolve biofilms.
For anyone reading this: Please be forewarned! Do not address biofilms WITHOUT properly addressing the underlying infection at the same time!!!
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Thanks for the great information. I might try either Serrapeptase or Stevia. Does anyone use NAC for biofilms?
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TNT, that is very interesting about stevia.
I was cured of lyme, babs, and bart, and as far as I know, I never took any med that is considered a biofilm buster. However, I did use stevia daily in my quoina porridge.
So, for years, I always wondered why I got well without treating biofilms. Maybe this is the answer?
I didn't use a lot of stevia, but used it daily for breakfast.
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quote:Originally posted by tulips: Does anyone use NAC for biofilms?
Oh, yes, thanks for reminding me. The LLMD who said that addressing biofilms without hitting the infections will make you sicker, uses NAC to help address biofilms (plus serrapeptase).
NAC helps the liver make glutathione which is the body's master antioxidant. So, not only is it supportive, according to that LLMD, the resultant glutathione dissolves biofilms. That is why some people who have done IV glutathione have gotten worse from it.
Another thing to watch out for is that, if you have a genetic sulfur-processing mutation (CBS), you may have trouble with extra NAC and glutathione for that reason.
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Buchner has a lot of good things to say about NAC in his book on Coinfections re Bart including that it "...inhibits biofilm formation by bacteria..."
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