Les- Natural anti-bacterial/fungals? (was Re: Surgery referral)

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I waged war on my bugs with lactoferrin, oregano oil, grapefruit seed extract and monolaurinHow timely! I just received my bottle of lactoferrin in the mail today, and was wondering how to start taking it! Do you know when it's best taken, how much, etc? IIRC it's best to rotate the bug killers, right? I finished my manuka honey and my acidophilus caps recently, and haven't bought more, because now I have a bottle of OoO and a bottle of lactoferrin. Do you think I should just start one, finish the bottle, and then start the other? Or a shorter rotation? Also, I eat yogurt every day that has L. caseii in it (from the GI Prohealth starter), but do you think I should order more acidophilus to take as well? I'd really value your advice since you beat the bugs! =D Cheers!Alyssa 16 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per dayPrednisone 20 mg 1x per day

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> > I waged war on my bugs with lactoferrin, oregano oil, grapefruit

> > seed extract and monolaurin

>

>

> How timely! I just received my bottle of lactoferrin in the mail

> today, and was wondering how to start taking it! Do you know when it's

> best taken, how much, etc? IIRC it's best to rotate the bug killers,

> right? I finished my manuka honey and my acidophilus caps recently,

> and haven't bought more, because now I have a bottle of OoO and a

> bottle of lactoferrin. Do you think I should just start one, finish

> the bottle, and then start the other? Or a shorter rotation? Also, I

> eat yogurt every day that has L. caseii in it (from the GI Prohealth

> starter), but do you think I should order more acidophilus to take as

> well? I'd really value your advice since you beat the bugs! =D

>

> Cheers!

> Alyssa 16 yo

> UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008

> SCD June 2009 (restarted)

> Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per day

> Prednisone 20 mg 1x per day

>

Alyssa,

I wouldn't advise anyone to be as aggressive as I was. I'm probably guilty of

overkill in the way I combined these things. My theory was this: Since the

lactferrin and monolaurin disrupt biofilm, the bug's defenses might be slightly

breached, so that would be a good time to hit them with something else.

I would have taken the lactoferrin for a week, then the OoO for a week to see if

there was any negative reaction. If it was OK I would have taken them together.

I was asymptomatic in a few months, and a year went by before I tasted an

illegal, and six months more before I could get away with it. You have to

persevere, and you have to be very patient.

I would add some monolaurin to your mix. That biofilm is as tough as a concrete

bunker. We follow the SCD to starve and weaken these bugs because they're so

hard to get at. I would expect that a weakened bug would not be able to build a

solid bunker, so you pound it with mono and lacto till you get a crack, then you

fire all your weapons.

That depiction may sound a little silly, but it worked in my case. I took so

much of this stuff at one time that my body finally said whoa. I couldn't look

at a capsule without feeling sick. So I took a little holiday and started back

at a less hectic pace.

Re your other questions, I would just follow the directions on the container.

With my overkill approach, I did the yogurt and the good guys from Custom

Probiotics.

Hope you'll soon be able to cut back on the pred.

Les