One MD, Dr. Sabine Hazan, Has Tested Fecal Bacteria Before And After Many Things, From Methylene Blue To Covid Shots, And Sees What Happens To Bifidobacterium
One MD, Dr. Sabine Hazan, Has Tested Fecal Bacteria Before And After Many Things, From Methylene Blue To Covid Shots, And Sees What Happens To Bifidobacterium
Clarity, Instead Of Guesswork, (and Marketing) About The Gut Microbiome
“Bifidobacterium is the most common bacteria in the infant gut microbiome.[16”
—Wikipedia
I just finished listening to this interview with Dr. Sabine Hazan, and want to post it right away, as one of the most illuminating discussions I have come across about the ever mysterious “microbiome.”
One of many subjects on which there is massive disagreement is Methylene Blue, good or bad.
I’ve listened to dozens of podcasts about methylene blue, was going to select one and publish it, was very much a fan of MB since it helped me after I was diagnosed with “Lyme disease,” in 2021. I was well aware it was getting bashed as a “poison,” that “stains your brain blue,” but nobody ever backed up methylene blue negativity with a functional model, or, evidence. (That I knew of.)
I took it at high doses, for quite some time. In fact, I took it this morning, before listening to this podcast. It does feel like a Godsend if you suffer from brain fog and my special challenge symptom which is disassociation (not being grounded in time/space;) And I want to stress now that I don’t think it should be demonized utterly because many, many people have been enormously helped by it.
AND…it appears to decimate bifida bacteria, and impair gut health.
All sides of the spectrum true at once.
Leaving aside Methylene Blue for or against, this conversation is packed with insights about the world of bacteria, and the new possibilities of fecal testing. Dr. Hazan does take “viruses” to be real, and may say other mainstream things that could cause you to turn away but her work in fecal testing before and after people ingest things is unlike anything out there.
Many of you also won’t like her support of high dose C. (She says 10,000 mg raises Bifido.)
So listen, (if you do choose to listen,) with a mind for: “What might I learn even if I don’t entirely see the world her way?”
I find that my life is much easier if I just allow people to say “virus” if they want to.
I can still hear them, and listen their unique insights. Every day we learn and little more and a little more.
There are no magic pills. MB isn't one either. Not saying there is no use for MB, but taking it for extended periods indicates there is a problem that is not being addressed but simply covered up. My daughters both were born with a bowel defect that required surgery after birth. They were both given anti-biotics and this likely played a role in their severe vaccine injuries labeled 'autism'. This was 20 years ago. Because they had extreme digestive and diarrhea issues after their MMR shots I saw their guts as the culprit and focused on restoring the gut microbiome through fermented and organic foods like home-made kefir, sauerkraut, kombucha. I've taken it quite seriously and by now we grow and raise most of our own foods since I don't trust supermarket foods any longer. We have come a long way and many of their autism issues have dissolved over time.
My conclusion, following 35yrs of scientific research (including clinical work with MD's,) is that the biological mechanisms at the organism level is a complete black box. MD's (and most scientists) are working from theoretical models that have no scientific data to support those models.
For instance, what is actually known about bifidobacteria? From a published bifidobacteria 2016 review paper (PMID 27379055,) "bifidobacteria... 'are believed' to exert positive health benefits," "due to 'purported' health-promoting properties," "are either 'directly or indirectly connected to' the animal gastrointestinal tract," "genetic attributes which 'may explain' bifidobacterial ecological fitness," "genetic modification is crucial 'toward fully elucidating the mechanisms' by which bifidobacteria exert their adaptive abilities and beneficial properties."
In scientific speak, this means bifidobacteria 'may' have positive health benefits, 'may' be connected to the GI tract, 'may' have genetic characteristics which effect their "ecological fitness," and their mechanisms 'may' be determined, but right now, we are certain of none of those things.
But this is the money game that science and medicine play. A researcher cannot get funded nor publish if they were to openly admit ignorance. So, instead, all scientific and medical publications are filled with hedging language rather than absolute or certain claims- may, might, could, appears, it is thought, many believe, not fully understood- the leeches that infest scientific publication prose.
We scientists understand this is BS, but we say nothing because it is our livelihood. The problem is that the BS is presented to the public as if absolute or certain claims were being made. And the public largely believes it. After all, these claims are made by those in white coats, our modern day priesthood.
On the gut microbiome, how would a 'baseline' even be determined? How many bacterial species are in the gut- tens, hundreds, thousands? How would we count them? Is a stool sample indicative of the population of the upper GI tract?
Bacteria have a doubling rate of about 30 minutes. So, one bacterium could yield billions in a few hours. When would a count be made? What affects relative populations? Gut ecology? Ingested food type? Pharmaceuticals? Are there regulatory mechanisms? Bacteria are ubiquitous in nature- how many do we simply ingest in a day? And which ones?
We have no understanding of the biological mechanisms of the organism. All this single point data is irrelevant. It's old school research- grow one cell type, add one factor (a drug?,) determine the effect on one factor (a protein?,) and draw a possible conclusion. But the organism has hundreds of cell types, an unknown number of added factors (anything we eat or breath,) and hundreds of thousand of different factors (molecule types) that could be affected.
In the end, it's a fool's game to believe that one can determine and understand the effect of a single input (other than poisons that kill us.) And the entire quest could be considered a frailty of human nature. Does the squirrel, or bluebird, or chimpanzee concern itself with its gut microbiome? Or do they just eat and live free of such concerns?