On a different tack, I wonder if the increased infections that vaccinated children have is because of increase in biofilm and/or some inhibition of the biofilm disruptors. Is something in the vacs causing such disruption as increased infective illnesses is common.
I wrote this article about biofilm and 5G but I have not yet done enough research on the hydrogel in the jabs which maybe a version of biofilm and maybe much more resistant to biofilm disruptors.
We have been saying that "they" would not be doing this if "they" did not have a cure. My guess is that their cure is a hydrogel disruptor that disrupts both biofilm and hydrogel.
There are different hydrogels used for different purposes, that are built in different ways and so dissolve in different ways. Unfortunately we don't know what has been shot into us, so have no real idea what might dissolve it.
This was published before covid and the shots.
"What breaks down hydrogel?
Glutathione (GSH) acts as a thiolate moiety and attacks the disulfide bonds resulting in the breakdown of the hydrogel network (gel to sol transition).29 Dec 2018"
Note that some alternative doctors are talking about supplementing with glutathione, but they are NOT talking about hydrogel or biofilm.
When reading this post the mention of vinegar reminded me of another compound that had interested me before but for another purpose. I searched triacetin with biofilm but have not spent much time sorting through the results. I did find this however.
Cyril Scott's Cider Vinegar just arrived! Thank you, Christine. And his dedication is to Dr. D.C. Jarvis--that's the Vermont country doctor I referred to in previous comment, who put my parents onto cider vinegar and honey.
I really think you are on to something here Christine and yes, I think 5G might well fortify the biofilm. I imagine those that created this attack on humanity have a way to protect themselves. Maybe they know all about biofilm disrupters. I wonder if they have something that protects against the electromagnetic too?
It would make sense that the biotech would work best in an environment where there’s a film to ease passage and assembly …
It would be great if you could liaise with a researcher to get more evidence …
I am finding it hard to get much intelligent conversation at all. I find that even here, many do not understand "research". They want to tell me what to do and just don't get it that I am researching and I will decide what I will do based on my own conclusions drawn from my own research. What I am asking for here is help to do that research, either facts or intuitions, but I am not looking for a saviour. I keep getting into fights with people here because they demand I listen to them and do what they tell me to do. I persist because a few do "get it", and do share valuable information, but I am having to become ruthless with those who persistently nag or bully me to be obedient to their conclusions.
Hi! I don't have information on biofilms, but I did realize that I had some info that might be helpful to you. I believe that there are alternative cancer protocols that use systemic enzymes so that might be a rabbit hole worth jumping down. I've used systemic enzymes to help lessen the symptoms of an autoimmune condition. Please note that they can be expensive supplements (but not ridiculously so), and it's one of those things where you have to read the labels a bit to find the good ones. In the US, I buy Enzymedica, but any brand that had a similar formation is probably equally effective.
Also, diet-wise, I suggest that you look up Dr. Gundry's books--they've been mainstream bestsellers. What's hard with his books is that his way of eating can be hard and expensive and not every thing he recommends eating or says "don't eat" works for every person (for example, I don't do well with olive oil which he recommends in large amounts). My experience is that if you cut your diet down to wild fish, pastured eggs, nuts and good seeds (without lectins), sweet potatoes, a little bit of fruit and properly cooked beans (pressure cooked), you can get amazing results. Just plan on eating all your own food at home before you go out to a restaurant with friends LOL. The theory behind his "diet" is very interesting and worth a read imho.
I have a feeling it’s the biofilm that chlorine dioxide destroys. I know it’s not your thing but it makes sense why it can ‘cure’ so many ailments.
In regards to lyme disease there’s something about copper that people with lyme disease can’t tolerate ... They can’t wear copper jewellery. Probably not relevant but just wanted to mention,
Detchema, this triggered a thought. When I came out of hospital with all these "new" diseases to manage, I would find something, like berberine or turmeric or cinnamon etc, recommended for the disease I was looking up at that time, and then when the next problem hit, the same supplements came up again, treating something apparently quite different.
Since then, I have speculated that everything that has beset me in the last 2 years is parasitic in nature (from bacteria and upwards in size). All parasites seem to be able to develop biofilm, and these "medicines" are ALL biofilm disruptors.
So when I take berberine and cinnamon to treat insulin resistance, I am actually taking biofilm disruptors. And when I take berberine and turmeric to help treat cancer, I am actually taking biofilm disruptors. What if ALL of these natural "treatments" for diseases that resist drugs are actually working because they FIRST disrupt the biofilm. Once they disrupt the biofilm our own immune system can kick in and kill the microbe. And each does seem to have some level of anti-microbial action in their own right, but that might be a bonus, not the critical factor.
Same for all the nasty chemicals like methylene blue or chlorine dioxide. Their primary function may be to bust the biofilm, then the rest is a bonus. They also have detox value, but there are plenty of plant based products that also have detox value like apple or grapefruit pectin, once we have dead stuff and toxins that have been mobilized by the biofilm disruptors and that now need to be removed from the body. (Debris like metallic waste can accumulate in biofilm.)
It could be biofilm that is responsible for all invasive diseases taking off, and to speculate further, 5G might well have changed the nature of biofilm formation, rendering it even tougher than normal to disrupt - which could be why my health collapse coincided with 5G being turned on in my area.
I have just blocked Toni Jean because she would not let up on preaching her "you're an idiot" line, first to me and then to many who have commented on this conversation. I am happy to discuss anything, but when I refer someone to an article I have written on just that topic and they will not even read it, as far as I am concerned, we are dealing with trolling, not genuine information seeking and exchange. If anyone else felt badgered by her, you can feel safe again. She is banned.
I believe most plants are full of antibacterial componds. Most of it is found in either the roots, or in the thin layer under the peel or bark, seems like.
Yes, whatever they manufacture to protect themselves from parasites and toxins, we can use to protect ourselves.
But what I am dealing with here is how bacteria et al protect themselves from those compounds, using biofilm, and I am not sure yet just how prevalent biofilm disruptors are - but they seem to be pretty common too, for some strange reason. Still a lot of understand about biofilm. Why would turmeric or berberine be biofilm disruptors unless they have to disrupt biofilm that forms on their own leaves, roots, bark etc?
And it seems that many plants can do all of :
disrupt the biofilm and
destroy the pathogens,
and maybe even support the detox from those pathogens and their toxic waste
... which most antibiotic and chemotherapy drugs do not appear to do.
I am trying to find a source of both nattokinase and serrapeptase in Australia. I bought some tablets on iHerb or Amazon, forget which, and they have maltodextrin (a neurotoxin) in them. So now I am alert to needing enteric coated, and ALSO clean product. It's getting harder and harder to find pure supplements. We have some very good companies we can trust in Australia (set up by evangelists who are saving their own lives) but our laws restrict them from selling everything we need. However, much of the manufactured international stuff is dubious.
I hadn't yet seen this post, scrolled through my substacks to find one of yours so to post comment about this paper on stinging nettles--https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6100552/#B79-molecules-23-01664 . I have nettles and parsley in the dehydrator now, more nettles waiting their turn.
My uninformed bet would be that single element, e.g., VIt. C, would not work as well on its own, against biofilms, as it would in combination--reading quite a number of PubMed articles this winter, on the herbs in my gardens, brings me to that suspicion. Further, in the mid-60's, my mother read a book by a Vermont country doctor, a Dr. Jarvis, who touted the value of a daily glass of apple cider vinegar and honey in water. My mother--ever conscious of her weight, drank the vinegar water, but got my father to drink the cider and vinegar. Don't remember if they noticed any benefit.
My grandmother swore by cider vinegar with honey, but back in the 70s there was a difference between cider apple vinegar, which was made specifically with cider apples, and apple cider vinegar which was made from any apples. According to an advocate, Cyril Scott, the version made with cider apples was superior to any old apples. I think he may have said it in this book.
what symptom are you trying to heal ? have you heard of the book
Your Not Sick, Your Thirsty? Your bodies many cries for water"? Dr. Batmangliesh
Yes , eat and do what our grandmothers did. my mom only died at 95 because they scared her into flu shots and pharma scared her into thinking she was going to die and her disposition and energy turned overnight. she didnt get any covid shots but the flu shots just as bad and all the pharma they scare the elderly into shortens their lives . cause their pneumonias etc... my mom was healing but then they gave her "morphine" despite via hospice nurses despite no pain and then she died 8 hrs later. she walked out of the hospital yet they killed her after she got home with "hospice"
I was completely unaware of that labelling difference, but as a backyard fruit grower, am well aware of the differences (sharp, bitter, 2 others I think) between cider apples and all the others. I will look more carefully at the cider labels on future trips to grocery store. Husband and I are currently in year 3 of a 4-year effort of trying to bring back to pruned manageability 3 apples planted ~1990, which were neglected during my recent 20 years back in public school. Calville Blanc, Westfield Seek No Further, Ashmead's Kernel. I have Yellow Transparent and Harrison (a cider apple) at another location--and last year we put in 6 more apples.
I began with heritage apples mostly from romantic whimsy, as in 1987 we moved into a Pennsylvania stone farmhouse, built in 1828, replacing an earlier log cabin. But I had learned from years of choosing seeds for vegetable garden to read 'between the lines'---to see what the catalogs were NOT saying about this cultivar. If taste/flavor was not mentioned, I inferred that taste/flavor was lacking. And plants have been bred to allow firmness for shipping, color/size for the uninformed grocery store customer. To say nothing of the degradation of soil by industrial farming. Last year's apples include Bramley Seedling, Claygate Pearmain. Yes, it's my understanding also that older varieties of cultivated plants hold more nutrition. And that flavor is an indicator of nutritional density (a point made by A Mid-Western Doctor)--and suggested by neighbors' reaction to my asparagus and other vegetables. ("the best I have ever tasted, and our children who hate asparagus, asked for more---April ''23).
I am a little familiar with(at least the term) biofilms. I have had chronic Lyme disease as a diagnosis for just over ten years. I don’t follow much of anything Lyme related these days (I still have it but am overwhelmed with the treatment choices,$$ and sliding health issues)but periodically I duck my head back in to see what’s happening. My ability to recall what I’ve seen the Lyme community suggest for biofilm disruption is hazy. But I know it was a huge issue at one point with the usual differing opinions and recommendations. I don’t think my response is helpful but I felt like at least chiming in to offer something.
By the way I am very much enjoying your writing and your intense work to discover what may help your own situation. Your ability to express your journey so well has very much kept me interested.
God bless you in your efforts and help you in your trials♥️
Thank you for the feedback. I wonder if I am "going on a bit", but this is the way I approach life and I presume there are others who think the same way. I am wondering if Lyme is one of the earlier "frankenbugs" and, in the same way as for the spike protein, we are not dealing with a single invader. We need at least three stages in treatment, disrupt the biofilm, kill the pathogen, mop up the toxins released from both prior processes. If you stumble over the conversation on biofilm disruptors for Lyme, I would be interested to know what was said.
"going on a bit"--Not at all. What you are offering is different from other health/medicine focussed substacks, as they are written from the 3rd person, and yours, of course, is completely first person. My understanding is that the CIA created the lyme bug at its Plum Island facility off Long Island, not far from Lyme, Connecticut. I believe I read (this was last summer) that the infected tick species was one native not to New England, but to Texas--which, if true, would pretty darned clearly give the game away. A MidWestern Doctor (Substack The Forgotten Side of Medicine) wrote of this. I myself found the large (3" diam?) bullseye rash on my calf, blood test confirming Lyme, treated successfully with doxycycline, 10 days after spending a week in the Maine woods.
Yes I have also read about Plum island. I believe Borrelia was tinkered with. It is a complex bugger. I could go on about it but that would take over Christine’s substack😉.
And A Midwestern Doctor is my favorite.
Wow you were “lucky” to have the bullseye and get quick treatment for it. It’s not like that for so many of us chronic sufferers . I had a bite many years ago, no bullseye. Traveled in Lyme endemic areas extensively. Finally became ill just over ten years ago after having the H1N1 virus in around 2009.
My daughter was in a hospital where they offered the full service of their professional librarians. If we put in a request by noon their trained researchers (all of whom had at least a masters) would research any medical topic in their database—which included every scientific publication in world—and they would then leave a printed copy on the nightstand the next morning:). They also employed state of the art translations for pubs in other languages.
Last time I checked they also perform the same service for anyone as long as you can wait till they have time to complete the research:) They send the studies in an email.
That is impressive. I have been taking advantage of National Library of Medicine for the last several months--just to get more info on the plants growing purposefully and voluntarily in my surroundings.
I was really into weeds a couple of years ago;). It was fabulous to talk about it just for the reactions from my daughters!
I still incorporate them regularly in my diet: chickweed, wild violets, cleavers, dandelions, miners lettuce, etc. They are powerhouses of nutrition and have life force which enables them to be independent—unlike my needy tomatoes!
National Library of Medicine??? Fun! Sounds like a great reference:). Will look it up...thanks.
Probably, if we could work out the best wording for the request. There is a lot of research out there on biofilms, but just not anything high level. Perhaps what we need is a "Review paper" on research into biofilm disruptors. How would we organise it?
Fascinating—as is your idea about the possibility the value of removing biofilm from pathogens!
What if we go narrow and practical: what healthy supplements/foods destroy bio films for the one target we select?
To quickly acquire a generalized understanding it might be time-saving to find the leading experton biofilm: we could use his thought patterns as foundations for understanding the field?
I read in your bio that you have been fighting cancer and that on two fronts. Do you follow 2nd smartest on substack? He has been posting on cancer cures which have inspired me to take them as a prophylactic. (Cheap, no side effects, good for us in multiple ways, readily available)
IF you wanted to select a single pathogen, then antibiotic resistant golden staph would be it. If you recall, a lot of the deaths from supposed covid were in fact deaths from bacterial pneumonia, which, even of it is a secondary infection, is what kills. It is what nearly killed me, and it is what my cider apple vinegar based medicine with 5 different disruptors in it, probably saved me from.
Regarding experts in biofilm, the issue for me is that they are split into specialised fields where we actually need generalised knowledge.
The two major fields I have found are focused on antibiotic resistant golden staph, and dental plaque, with very little on other pathogens, on parasites and on cancers. All of those create biofilm, and so we need to know if they are all creating the same biofilm, so that we know if a treatment that works on one will work on another, or do we need a different treatment for each type of biofilm for each type of pathogen?
Which is why we need a paper that compiles a range of research on which disruptor is known to disrupt which pathogen.
How about I ask them to research biofilm disrupters for antibiotic resistant go staph???
I wonder if draw-out salve may be a disruptor?? It sure is bad news bears for all the bacteria we have had trouble us:).
How about we start where they are in research and then move on?
I read that water saturated with sea salt kills the bacteria which cause cavities but not the healthy bacteria:). Does that bacteria cause plaque, do you know?
If you look at my stack you will see a number of anti-parasitic/cancer protocols and yes, I do follow 2nd smartest. Unfortunately not so readily available in Australia so we have to import them illegally. i like the idea of turning into a criminal at 73.
I heard from a functional medicine doctor friend that Neem’s active ingredient is bio-identical to the active molecular structure of Ivermectin’s active ingredient— and good news! Need is a biofilm disrupter.
On a different tack, I wonder if the increased infections that vaccinated children have is because of increase in biofilm and/or some inhibition of the biofilm disruptors. Is something in the vacs causing such disruption as increased infective illnesses is common.
Thank you for provoking thought.
I wrote this article about biofilm and 5G but I have not yet done enough research on the hydrogel in the jabs which maybe a version of biofilm and maybe much more resistant to biofilm disruptors.
https://curingcoviddiseases.substack.com/p/12-is-it-possible-that-5g-is-making
We have been saying that "they" would not be doing this if "they" did not have a cure. My guess is that their cure is a hydrogel disruptor that disrupts both biofilm and hydrogel.
There are different hydrogels used for different purposes, that are built in different ways and so dissolve in different ways. Unfortunately we don't know what has been shot into us, so have no real idea what might dissolve it.
This was published before covid and the shots.
"What breaks down hydrogel?
Glutathione (GSH) acts as a thiolate moiety and attacks the disulfide bonds resulting in the breakdown of the hydrogel network (gel to sol transition).29 Dec 2018"
Note that some alternative doctors are talking about supplementing with glutathione, but they are NOT talking about hydrogel or biofilm.
When reading this post the mention of vinegar reminded me of another compound that had interested me before but for another purpose. I searched triacetin with biofilm but have not spent much time sorting through the results. I did find this however.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ijc.28465
: and this
https://www.uvm.edu/sites/default/files/media/Jaworski_-_438.pdf
I don't know if this is helpful or just distracting clutter.
https://www.zoro.com/spectrum-triacetin-usp-4l-gls-tr106-4ltgl/i/G8085511/?msclkid=ea58a2ab86a21da870d5c488ab573add&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=ml_all_dyn_main_pmax_Bing%20PMax%20Hypercore&utm_term=www.zoro.com&utm_content=Hypercore&gclid=ea58a2ab86a21da870d5c488ab573add&gclsrc=3p.ds
Cyril Scott's Cider Vinegar just arrived! Thank you, Christine. And his dedication is to Dr. D.C. Jarvis--that's the Vermont country doctor I referred to in previous comment, who put my parents onto cider vinegar and honey.
Nice lineage.
That toothpaste looks awesome but I roll my eyes out loud over the price. And I used to make my own toothpaste till I got lazy. It tasted pretty good!
I really think you are on to something here Christine and yes, I think 5G might well fortify the biofilm. I imagine those that created this attack on humanity have a way to protect themselves. Maybe they know all about biofilm disrupters. I wonder if they have something that protects against the electromagnetic too?
It would make sense that the biotech would work best in an environment where there’s a film to ease passage and assembly …
It would be great if you could liaise with a researcher to get more evidence …
I am finding it hard to get much intelligent conversation at all. I find that even here, many do not understand "research". They want to tell me what to do and just don't get it that I am researching and I will decide what I will do based on my own conclusions drawn from my own research. What I am asking for here is help to do that research, either facts or intuitions, but I am not looking for a saviour. I keep getting into fights with people here because they demand I listen to them and do what they tell me to do. I persist because a few do "get it", and do share valuable information, but I am having to become ruthless with those who persistently nag or bully me to be obedient to their conclusions.
Hi! I don't have information on biofilms, but I did realize that I had some info that might be helpful to you. I believe that there are alternative cancer protocols that use systemic enzymes so that might be a rabbit hole worth jumping down. I've used systemic enzymes to help lessen the symptoms of an autoimmune condition. Please note that they can be expensive supplements (but not ridiculously so), and it's one of those things where you have to read the labels a bit to find the good ones. In the US, I buy Enzymedica, but any brand that had a similar formation is probably equally effective.
Also, diet-wise, I suggest that you look up Dr. Gundry's books--they've been mainstream bestsellers. What's hard with his books is that his way of eating can be hard and expensive and not every thing he recommends eating or says "don't eat" works for every person (for example, I don't do well with olive oil which he recommends in large amounts). My experience is that if you cut your diet down to wild fish, pastured eggs, nuts and good seeds (without lectins), sweet potatoes, a little bit of fruit and properly cooked beans (pressure cooked), you can get amazing results. Just plan on eating all your own food at home before you go out to a restaurant with friends LOL. The theory behind his "diet" is very interesting and worth a read imho.
Which particular enzymes are you taking?
I have a feeling it’s the biofilm that chlorine dioxide destroys. I know it’s not your thing but it makes sense why it can ‘cure’ so many ailments.
In regards to lyme disease there’s something about copper that people with lyme disease can’t tolerate ... They can’t wear copper jewellery. Probably not relevant but just wanted to mention,
Detchema, this triggered a thought. When I came out of hospital with all these "new" diseases to manage, I would find something, like berberine or turmeric or cinnamon etc, recommended for the disease I was looking up at that time, and then when the next problem hit, the same supplements came up again, treating something apparently quite different.
Since then, I have speculated that everything that has beset me in the last 2 years is parasitic in nature (from bacteria and upwards in size). All parasites seem to be able to develop biofilm, and these "medicines" are ALL biofilm disruptors.
So when I take berberine and cinnamon to treat insulin resistance, I am actually taking biofilm disruptors. And when I take berberine and turmeric to help treat cancer, I am actually taking biofilm disruptors. What if ALL of these natural "treatments" for diseases that resist drugs are actually working because they FIRST disrupt the biofilm. Once they disrupt the biofilm our own immune system can kick in and kill the microbe. And each does seem to have some level of anti-microbial action in their own right, but that might be a bonus, not the critical factor.
Same for all the nasty chemicals like methylene blue or chlorine dioxide. Their primary function may be to bust the biofilm, then the rest is a bonus. They also have detox value, but there are plenty of plant based products that also have detox value like apple or grapefruit pectin, once we have dead stuff and toxins that have been mobilized by the biofilm disruptors and that now need to be removed from the body. (Debris like metallic waste can accumulate in biofilm.)
It could be biofilm that is responsible for all invasive diseases taking off, and to speculate further, 5G might well have changed the nature of biofilm formation, rendering it even tougher than normal to disrupt - which could be why my health collapse coincided with 5G being turned on in my area.
Could it all come down to biofilm?
I have just blocked Toni Jean because she would not let up on preaching her "you're an idiot" line, first to me and then to many who have commented on this conversation. I am happy to discuss anything, but when I refer someone to an article I have written on just that topic and they will not even read it, as far as I am concerned, we are dealing with trolling, not genuine information seeking and exchange. If anyone else felt badgered by her, you can feel safe again. She is banned.
I believe most plants are full of antibacterial componds. Most of it is found in either the roots, or in the thin layer under the peel or bark, seems like.
Yes, whatever they manufacture to protect themselves from parasites and toxins, we can use to protect ourselves.
But what I am dealing with here is how bacteria et al protect themselves from those compounds, using biofilm, and I am not sure yet just how prevalent biofilm disruptors are - but they seem to be pretty common too, for some strange reason. Still a lot of understand about biofilm. Why would turmeric or berberine be biofilm disruptors unless they have to disrupt biofilm that forms on their own leaves, roots, bark etc?
And it seems that many plants can do all of :
disrupt the biofilm and
destroy the pathogens,
and maybe even support the detox from those pathogens and their toxic waste
... which most antibiotic and chemotherapy drugs do not appear to do.
When considering biofilms look into serapeptase and wobenzyme and similar products. Enzymes help to break down biofilm.
I am trying to find a source of both nattokinase and serrapeptase in Australia. I bought some tablets on iHerb or Amazon, forget which, and they have maltodextrin (a neurotoxin) in them. So now I am alert to needing enteric coated, and ALSO clean product. It's getting harder and harder to find pure supplements. We have some very good companies we can trust in Australia (set up by evangelists who are saving their own lives) but our laws restrict them from selling everything we need. However, much of the manufactured international stuff is dubious.
no maltodextrin in this product https://www.amazon.com/Nattokinase-Cardiovascular-Manufactured-Double-Wood/dp/B0B6CQ9ZVJ/ref=sr_1_3?crid=34IYJZT2DS8AC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.4F1zpuN00V226IyAxOknUeCF00qTKgorWq-CrD8rbIq_4PGMJ0Ylu0_qE6VsHoT-Lmz2bEObdM9HAq-3hQIYtZzjCtty2MKK_3mWeiLu36_GhxcnEvwHjEte2L0FfcsECZaGdW8aU1IatvhMlz75nUjC67EWIALUXn3i9eljwSQBYYoh4MKvejnkdoSzSiDnkVrMjP8KfGo9fBgEANYwI8oFsVTCaqkN3Ru2SblvE_e1SfumgH2dvcmI7HXX6r-yTLuvxYFj-y2KnuQuOj7kWj3v1hppCIibbWjizs5D6P8.ZcLfUr6s0DdcwMcMTOYUG7Rl13r7LNkit06btOsfAWg&dib_tag=se&keywords=Drs+choice+nattokinase&qid=1713387839&sprefix=drs+choice+nattokinase%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-3
You are right. I will order some today.
I have used serrapeptase that was not enteric coated and it worked. Just take it on an empty stomach so it is not being wasted breaking food down.
I hadn't yet seen this post, scrolled through my substacks to find one of yours so to post comment about this paper on stinging nettles--https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6100552/#B79-molecules-23-01664 . I have nettles and parsley in the dehydrator now, more nettles waiting their turn.
My uninformed bet would be that single element, e.g., VIt. C, would not work as well on its own, against biofilms, as it would in combination--reading quite a number of PubMed articles this winter, on the herbs in my gardens, brings me to that suspicion. Further, in the mid-60's, my mother read a book by a Vermont country doctor, a Dr. Jarvis, who touted the value of a daily glass of apple cider vinegar and honey in water. My mother--ever conscious of her weight, drank the vinegar water, but got my father to drink the cider and vinegar. Don't remember if they noticed any benefit.
My grandmother swore by cider vinegar with honey, but back in the 70s there was a difference between cider apple vinegar, which was made specifically with cider apples, and apple cider vinegar which was made from any apples. According to an advocate, Cyril Scott, the version made with cider apples was superior to any old apples. I think he may have said it in this book.
https://www.amazon.com.au/Cider-Vinegar-Cyril-Scott/dp/0879040114
what symptom are you trying to heal ? have you heard of the book
Your Not Sick, Your Thirsty? Your bodies many cries for water"? Dr. Batmangliesh
Yes , eat and do what our grandmothers did. my mom only died at 95 because they scared her into flu shots and pharma scared her into thinking she was going to die and her disposition and energy turned overnight. she didnt get any covid shots but the flu shots just as bad and all the pharma they scare the elderly into shortens their lives . cause their pneumonias etc... my mom was healing but then they gave her "morphine" despite via hospice nurses despite no pain and then she died 8 hrs later. she walked out of the hospital yet they killed her after she got home with "hospice"
Thank you--I put in a request-to-order to husband, as he has Prime.
I was completely unaware of that labelling difference, but as a backyard fruit grower, am well aware of the differences (sharp, bitter, 2 others I think) between cider apples and all the others. I will look more carefully at the cider labels on future trips to grocery store. Husband and I are currently in year 3 of a 4-year effort of trying to bring back to pruned manageability 3 apples planted ~1990, which were neglected during my recent 20 years back in public school. Calville Blanc, Westfield Seek No Further, Ashmead's Kernel. I have Yellow Transparent and Harrison (a cider apple) at another location--and last year we put in 6 more apples.
I think that heritage apples have higher levels of phyto nutrients than recent varieties.
I began with heritage apples mostly from romantic whimsy, as in 1987 we moved into a Pennsylvania stone farmhouse, built in 1828, replacing an earlier log cabin. But I had learned from years of choosing seeds for vegetable garden to read 'between the lines'---to see what the catalogs were NOT saying about this cultivar. If taste/flavor was not mentioned, I inferred that taste/flavor was lacking. And plants have been bred to allow firmness for shipping, color/size for the uninformed grocery store customer. To say nothing of the degradation of soil by industrial farming. Last year's apples include Bramley Seedling, Claygate Pearmain. Yes, it's my understanding also that older varieties of cultivated plants hold more nutrition. And that flavor is an indicator of nutritional density (a point made by A Mid-Western Doctor)--and suggested by neighbors' reaction to my asparagus and other vegetables. ("the best I have ever tasted, and our children who hate asparagus, asked for more---April ''23).
I am a little familiar with(at least the term) biofilms. I have had chronic Lyme disease as a diagnosis for just over ten years. I don’t follow much of anything Lyme related these days (I still have it but am overwhelmed with the treatment choices,$$ and sliding health issues)but periodically I duck my head back in to see what’s happening. My ability to recall what I’ve seen the Lyme community suggest for biofilm disruption is hazy. But I know it was a huge issue at one point with the usual differing opinions and recommendations. I don’t think my response is helpful but I felt like at least chiming in to offer something.
By the way I am very much enjoying your writing and your intense work to discover what may help your own situation. Your ability to express your journey so well has very much kept me interested.
God bless you in your efforts and help you in your trials♥️
Thank you for the feedback. I wonder if I am "going on a bit", but this is the way I approach life and I presume there are others who think the same way. I am wondering if Lyme is one of the earlier "frankenbugs" and, in the same way as for the spike protein, we are not dealing with a single invader. We need at least three stages in treatment, disrupt the biofilm, kill the pathogen, mop up the toxins released from both prior processes. If you stumble over the conversation on biofilm disruptors for Lyme, I would be interested to know what was said.
"going on a bit"--Not at all. What you are offering is different from other health/medicine focussed substacks, as they are written from the 3rd person, and yours, of course, is completely first person. My understanding is that the CIA created the lyme bug at its Plum Island facility off Long Island, not far from Lyme, Connecticut. I believe I read (this was last summer) that the infected tick species was one native not to New England, but to Texas--which, if true, would pretty darned clearly give the game away. A MidWestern Doctor (Substack The Forgotten Side of Medicine) wrote of this. I myself found the large (3" diam?) bullseye rash on my calf, blood test confirming Lyme, treated successfully with doxycycline, 10 days after spending a week in the Maine woods.
Yes I have also read about Plum island. I believe Borrelia was tinkered with. It is a complex bugger. I could go on about it but that would take over Christine’s substack😉.
And A Midwestern Doctor is my favorite.
Wow you were “lucky” to have the bullseye and get quick treatment for it. It’s not like that for so many of us chronic sufferers . I had a bite many years ago, no bullseye. Traveled in Lyme endemic areas extensively. Finally became ill just over ten years ago after having the H1N1 virus in around 2009.
My daughter was in a hospital where they offered the full service of their professional librarians. If we put in a request by noon their trained researchers (all of whom had at least a masters) would research any medical topic in their database—which included every scientific publication in world—and they would then leave a printed copy on the nightstand the next morning:). They also employed state of the art translations for pubs in other languages.
Last time I checked they also perform the same service for anyone as long as you can wait till they have time to complete the research:) They send the studies in an email.
Would that help?
That is impressive. I have been taking advantage of National Library of Medicine for the last several months--just to get more info on the plants growing purposefully and voluntarily in my surroundings.
I was really into weeds a couple of years ago;). It was fabulous to talk about it just for the reactions from my daughters!
I still incorporate them regularly in my diet: chickweed, wild violets, cleavers, dandelions, miners lettuce, etc. They are powerhouses of nutrition and have life force which enables them to be independent—unlike my needy tomatoes!
National Library of Medicine??? Fun! Sounds like a great reference:). Will look it up...thanks.
Probably, if we could work out the best wording for the request. There is a lot of research out there on biofilms, but just not anything high level. Perhaps what we need is a "Review paper" on research into biofilm disruptors. How would we organise it?
I missed this! Will ponder when I have time:)
Fascinating—as is your idea about the possibility the value of removing biofilm from pathogens!
What if we go narrow and practical: what healthy supplements/foods destroy bio films for the one target we select?
To quickly acquire a generalized understanding it might be time-saving to find the leading experton biofilm: we could use his thought patterns as foundations for understanding the field?
I read in your bio that you have been fighting cancer and that on two fronts. Do you follow 2nd smartest on substack? He has been posting on cancer cures which have inspired me to take them as a prophylactic. (Cheap, no side effects, good for us in multiple ways, readily available)
IF you wanted to select a single pathogen, then antibiotic resistant golden staph would be it. If you recall, a lot of the deaths from supposed covid were in fact deaths from bacterial pneumonia, which, even of it is a secondary infection, is what kills. It is what nearly killed me, and it is what my cider apple vinegar based medicine with 5 different disruptors in it, probably saved me from.
Well, that’s quite the Brag;)
How did you know to take the a c vinegar?
I probably had pneumonia when I had the ro. My lungs were not good... I still cough. Does it help with long covid, I wonder???
Regarding experts in biofilm, the issue for me is that they are split into specialised fields where we actually need generalised knowledge.
The two major fields I have found are focused on antibiotic resistant golden staph, and dental plaque, with very little on other pathogens, on parasites and on cancers. All of those create biofilm, and so we need to know if they are all creating the same biofilm, so that we know if a treatment that works on one will work on another, or do we need a different treatment for each type of biofilm for each type of pathogen?
Which is why we need a paper that compiles a range of research on which disruptor is known to disrupt which pathogen.
How about I ask them to research biofilm disrupters for antibiotic resistant go staph???
I wonder if draw-out salve may be a disruptor?? It sure is bad news bears for all the bacteria we have had trouble us:).
How about we start where they are in research and then move on?
I read that water saturated with sea salt kills the bacteria which cause cavities but not the healthy bacteria:). Does that bacteria cause plaque, do you know?
Have they found plaque disrupters???
If you look at my stack you will see a number of anti-parasitic/cancer protocols and yes, I do follow 2nd smartest. Unfortunately not so readily available in Australia so we have to import them illegally. i like the idea of turning into a criminal at 73.
73? Me, too!
Hey! I am almost 70! Respect for your adventure;)
Am going to order con trab and: a respirator. Wooh. From Tennessee where the iver is over the counter. Does that let me in your circle?
Am kinda excited about reading your stack...this weekend. Am preparing to move. I may not sell but I sure am clearing out stuff!
Am in California. Yah. You and I are neighbors in terms of sharing an active government. No words for how they protect us.
😆 😂
I heard from a functional medicine doctor friend that Neem’s active ingredient is bio-identical to the active molecular structure of Ivermectin’s active ingredient— and good news! Need is a biofilm disrupter.
https://lifespa.com/herbs-supplements/whole-herbs/inhibit-intestinal-biofilms-neem/
I wonder if that's why it's supposed to be so good for fruit trees--bought some for this spraying season, but the time to use it is not yet.
Neem is one of my two favorite plants! The Indians call it nature’s medicine cabinet.
Eating leaves?? The oil??
So glad you reminded me of been...it’s not just for plants;)
That's an interesting article. And it is so easy to add Neem to your environment, one way or another.