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    Soil Based Probiotics

    Check the previous links in this thread. The phylum level is not useful. SIBO is also not a real condition: https://humanmicrobiome.info/sibo/ You may also want to read this: https://maximiliankohler.medium.com/do-not-eat-dirt-63b5d04bf4ca Regarding putting soil on your abdomen, if you find...
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    Antibiotics Repeated antibiotic use before age 2 is associated with a higher risk for asthma, food allergies, and hay fever later in life (Apr 2025, n=1m) Early childhood antibiotics and chronic pediatric conditions: a retrospective cohort study

    https://www.rutgers.edu/news/frequent-use-antibiotics-infants-and-young-children-may-increase-risk-asthma-allergies-and https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiaf191/8114163 For those other conditions, it may be that the parents' (and even grandparents')...
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    Probiotics Sauerkraut helps maintain the integrity of intestinal cells, while raw cabbage and brine did not (Apr 2025, in vitro) The fermented cabbage metabolome and its protection against cytokine-induced intestinal barrier disruption of Caco-2 monolayers

    https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1080484 https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aem.02234-24 It's not even done in mice, so it's more of a "Plausible mechanism whereby fermented foods might be beneficial".
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    Study Brain-harming chemicals released from mattresses while children sleep (Apr 2025) Young Children’s Exposure to Chemicals of Concern in Their Sleeping Environment: An In-Home Study

    Yes, air pollution is extremely harmful. https://github.com/MaximilianKohler/Archive/wiki/Regulation-and-industry#air-pollution
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    Article Parkinson’s is a man-made disease - air pollution, industrial solvents, and pesticides (Apr 2025) Parkinson’s Disease Is Predominantly an Environmental Disease

    https://www.politico.eu/article/bas-bloem-parkinsons-pesticides-mptp-glyphosate-paraquat/
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    Study Brain-harming chemicals released from mattresses while children sleep (Apr 2025) Young Children’s Exposure to Chemicals of Concern in Their Sleeping Environment: An In-Home Study

    https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/health/child-mattress-bedding-toxins-wellness/index.html https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.5c00051 Second study: Are Sleeping Children Exposed to Plasticizers, Flame Retardants, and UV-Filters from Their Mattresses...
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    Other Gut microbes release cancer-fighting bile acids that block hormone signals (Apr 2025) Microbiota-derived bile acids antagonize the host androgen receptor and drive anti-tumor immunity

    https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-gut-microbes-cancer-bile-acids.html https://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(25)00256-9
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    Causation The causal impact of gut microbiota and metabolites on myopia and pathological myopia: a mediation Mendelian randomization study (Apr 2025)

    The immune system is the body's repair mechanism. The gut microbiome regulates the immune system.
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    Causation The causal impact of gut microbiota and metabolites on myopia and pathological myopia: a mediation Mendelian randomization study (Apr 2025)

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-97722-9 I experience this myself. My eyesight improves or gets worse along with my gut microbiome status.
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    Article Touching Paper Receipts for 10 Seconds Results in Unsafe Exposure to Highly Toxic BPS (Apr 2025) Nonprofit watchdog CEH takes legal action against 32 major retailers after their investigations found high levels of Bisphenol S (BPS)

    https://www.commondreams.org/news/bisphenol-s https://ceh.org/latest/press-releases/touching-1-receipt-for-10-seconds-results-in-exposure-to-the-chemical-bps-above-the-safe-limit/
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    Other An imbalance of gut metabolites in children with autism disrupts neurotransmitter production, influencing behavioral symptoms (Apr 2025, n=84) Relationships between brain activity, tryptophan-related gut metabolites, and autism symptomatology

    https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1080059 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58459-1
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    FMT Multi-kingdom gut microbiota dysbiosis is associated with the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension (May 2025, n=62) "FMT from patients induced PAH phenotypes in recipient rats. FMT from normal rats to MCT-PAH rats significantly ameliorated PAH symptoms"

    https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964(25)00130-6/fulltext
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    State of microbiome-based therapies 5-10 years from now?

    It is noted in my report that even a soil-based probiotic caused major detrimental changes. In the probiotic guide, the "good probiotic combo" very significantly changed my mood, and thus arguably my personality. Under Donor 5, it clearly says "I developed new food intolerances, brain...
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    Feedback Suggestions & feedback for the wiki. More research links + book

    Books are not peer-reviewed and thus often contain misinformation, even when they're written by highly regarded researchers. They are generally not the best sources of information. There's no switch; both are accurate, with the 2nd one a little less so. The authors have the option to summarize...
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    Other Big data from world's largest citizen science microbiome project reveal how diet, antibiotics and mental health status influence your gut (May 2018) American Gut: an Open Platform for Citizen Science Microbiome Research

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180515092931.htm https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.00031-18
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