Consuming large quantities of soil or foreign organisms, especially with a depleted gut, can be harmful due to potential pathogen and parasite burden. — Whalespan
Consuming large quantities of soil or foreign organisms, especially with a depleted gut, can be harmful due to potential pathogen and parasite burden.
⚠ High risk
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“our modern guts are not uh accustomed to that pathogen parasite burden so if you're starting with a depleted gut and you're introducing a bunch of you know foreign organisms in large quantities it's probably not going to be a good outcome”