Recent content by Michael Harrop

Interesting. Have you taken the same inulin supplement orally prior to mixing it with the FMT? Presumably, you did not try an inulin-only enema to test the individual effect? Those two things would be required to determine that it's "inulin+FMT" that's having the beneficial impact, and the...

Details are very important. Anyone reporting an experience (good or bad) has a responsibility to provide as many details as possible, and readers have a responsibility to ask questions to help determine the validity and accuracy of the report and claims/accusations. Posting short comments about...

The OP article cites a number of studies. One of them, referred to in this part: Has had some corrections: Viral paper on black plastic kitchen utensils earns second correction...

Back in 2018 I posted that Olive oil might be something to consider prior to FMT. Then, over the past year, I've had somewhat of an opposite experience. I've had olive oil as part of my diet for many years now. When I left home for DC, I had to change my diet since I could no longer cook...

Referring to FMT for things other than C. diff as pseudoscience is absurd, and could only be done by someone very ignorant or malicious. The vast majority of people in those communities have no solution through the standard medical system. So anyone who doesn't want to sit around in agony while...

I learned that Charles Piller, an American investigative journalist and author who writes for Science magazine, details how the FDA failed to properly police clinical trials for safety or fraud in his book "Doctored".

That's the whole reason pseudonyms are allowed. It's vital that this information is public so everyone can learn from it, participate in discussions, avoid risky donors & sources, etc. Taking things private completely removes the benefit of having a public forum. And lacking detailed experience...

Shows poor knowledge on his part. https://humanmicrobiome.info/sibo/ https://humanmicrobiome.info/fmt/#sibo Someone that poorly informed should not be supplying unregulated medical products and giving out medical advice. Misplacing blame for bad results is something scammers and other...

I did. I posted this one and they were able to get it removed: https://forum.humanmicrobiome.info/threads/review-of-microbioma-org-2022.117/

Keto was horrible for me. It's an elimination diet for people who can't digest various carbs properly. Unfortunately, most of those people don't understand their condition, and the gut microbiome, and thus proselytize the diet to everyone...

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41531-025-01061-5 Australian group that used the TGA-approved, GMP stool bank. More evidence that GMP stool banks are not valid approaches to FMT.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/magazine/fda-collapse-rfk-kennedy.html Includes some comments by the former FDA commissioner, Robert Califf. And ends with: NYT's article title is blaming RFK for cuts he wasn't responsible for. As far as I know, it was DOGE and the Office of Management...

https://scienceblog.com/blood-test-spots-early-cancer-using-gut-bacteria-rna/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-025-02731-8

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/06/weedkiller-diquat-organ-damage-study https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pharmacology/articles/10.3389/fphar.2025.1562182/full

Agree. It's worrisome that they say things like that instead of focusing on concrete, major opportunities that they're already well aware of -- the gut microbiome and FMT. Responded here...