Oh PSA about Allicin: the capsules I'm taking contain a different form of Allicin marketed as Allisure. Allisure is much more chemically stable than raw Allicin, which degrades in the stomach within hours.

This is good and bad:

• It is good because it means that it will retain its antibiotic properties until reaching the very end of the digestive tract, being effective in both the small and big intestine.
• It is bad because it means that it will retain its antibiotic properties until reaching the very end of the digestive tract, killing far more bacteria than it otherwise would and thus greatly increasing the endotoxin load.

So what I am saying is, because the large intestine has several magnitudes more bacteria than the small intestine that you will probably have far weaker side effects from fresh crushed garlic than from Allisure. Fresh garlic is much more specific at targeting the small intestine, losing much of its potency by the time it reaches the large intestine.

Hmm... if we starve the bacteria it significantly slows down regrowth rate (doubling time increased to 3 - 4x times roughly from what I could find), making milder antibiotics like Oregano Oil feasible, which otherwise would be barely able to counteract the growth.

So even though my starch sensitivity has reversed, it might make sense to still completely avoid starch so I can switch away from Allicin (or reduce dose)

If you are already healthy then thinking about health all day will make you less healthy. The only person who would not be dysgenic in the peatsphere are people who were really sick but made a 100% recovery. Possible, but statistically unlikely.

The Twitter girls aren't actually sick, for them it's just a hip lifestyle.

Okay, I might be crazy, but I am having cravings for the allicin capsules. So clearly the body seems to think that it is actually good idea, despite rationally coming to the opposite conclusion.

Even though there are tons of physical symptoms from taking the Allicin, diarrhea, allergies, soreness, trouble sleeping, my mentality seems to actually have improved. Yesterday I was inspired the first time in months.

@Corngold I simply do not know enough about Asian history to understand the circumstances of how Hinduism emerged. Same reason I didn't comment on Buddhism or Confucianism.

Success(?)

I took 180mg of Allicin + 750mg of Activated Charcoal 3 days ago.

I felt slightly sick for 2 days, a certain soreness like from cold, except it extended through the whole digestive system.

3rd day the symptoms were gone but I was a bit irritated and a worse mood than usual.

Then, on the night of the third day I woke up with the kind of deep unsettling pain and unhappiness I only have known from the days when I was severely depressed. The kind where when you feel it, you know something is going very wrong.

I took my entire supplement stack at once, everything that had the slightest chance of helping: Caffeine, Theanine, Gelatine, Thiamine, Thyroid and Niacin. Normally my engineer sensitivities would tell me to only take one at a time to be able to tell the effects of each apart, but this time I wasn't going to take chances.

And to my surprise it actually worked! I went outside for 5 minutes and when I returned the symptoms were already subsiding.

That said, this experience did change my view on antibiotics a little. I think that the body knows best how to manage bacteria populations without disrupting the metabolism. If antibiotics were the answer the body would metabolize them on their own.

Of course, I don't want to dismiss the effectiveness entirely, it does seem like that single dose has already cleared up the starch sensitivity. The question is just at what metabolic cost.

Each religion matches the intelligence of the population in which it became popular.

Greek polytheism was for the citizens of Greek city states. Citizen status was highly restricted and thus eugenic in nature. Roughly 115 IQ religion.
Japanese Shinto was solely for the Japanese, who had isolated themselves from anyone outside of Japan. Somewhat eugenic, roughly 105 IQ religion.
Judaism was for semite sheepherders and merchants at the coast of the Levant. Semite Jews match the intelligence of other semites. Roughly 80 IQ religion.
Christianity was for the people living within the extended borders of the Roman empire, which includes many barbaric peoples. Roughly 90 IQ religion.
Finally Islam was for the many violent tribes of Arabia, putting it at about 70 IQ.

Just my two cents, can't say much about other religions.

@LucH

I just don't think I am that level of ill. Like yeah, the symptoms I was describing in the first post were bad, but ever since I have stopped eating starches they have all gone away.

I am not physically unwell, the only problem I am facing are hormone and energy levels, and that the diagnosis has been delayed for such a long duration of time.

The concern is that the SIBO will just return after antibiotic treatment, because the underlying causes were not fixed. But those "underlying causes" seem to just be long term low thyroid function, which I am already supplementing for. I think if I had that low thyroid diagnosis 10 years ago these gut problems wouldn't even have developed in the first place.

@LucH What do mean "not at first attempt"? I understand "healing crisis" in the sense that symptoms will get worse at first. And that makes sense to me as the bacteria will have it's own survival mechanisms and the body will have to get rid of far more endotoxins than usual from the Bacteria death. But shouldn't I be able to push through that just fine? Why do you think I will need more than one attempt?

Unrelated: I just verified that in addition to starches I also can't eat high fat meat. Low fat is fine. High fat non meat is also fine. Related to thyroids control over digestive enzymes/stomach acid?

@LucH Fine, fine. I will use allicin extract instead. Will have to wait a week tho to import it because it's not sold here.

I don't have any particular issues with bowel movements.

I could get started on Oregano Oil right away, but from my reading it is far less effective as a anti-biotic.

Right now I have become a bit depressed. The previous irritability and low energy is gone, but ahedonia has taken its place. I assume that means that I was successful in lowering Cortisol, but not in lowering Serotonin. I think once I start the antibiotic treatment that will go away too.

Oh and I replaced yogurt with cream in my diet due to the Lactic Acid content (and concern that the probiotic content is a bad idea)