Amazoniac
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How effective was your course of antibiotics?
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Amazoniac said:West, are you aware of the reason why the endotoxins derived from starch-eater microbes cause so much trouble? Is it just due to the amount of energy stored in them compared to other fermentable carbs?
jyb said:Amazoniac said:West, are you aware of the reason why the endotoxins derived from starch-eater microbes cause so much trouble? Is it just due to the amount of energy stored in them compared to other fermentable carbs?
I think it's just that in practice starch is the source of carbs left for bacteria to digest in the gut - bacteria love the carb. Whereas if you eat just sugar, there might be less traces left to provide such material. But when Ray talks about starch endotoxin in interviews, he usually means starch particles that can go through the gut wall if they are thin enough, and that has nothing to do with bacteria.
That's how I read him too. He has referred specifically to adsorbed starch grains, or other particles, when writing about persorption. Endotoxin is bacterial endotoxin.Amazoniac said:jyb said:Amazoniac said:West, are you aware of the reason why the endotoxins derived from starch-eater microbes cause so much trouble? Is it just due to the amount of energy stored in them compared to other fermentable carbs?
I think it's just that in practice starch is the source of carbs left for bacteria to digest in the gut - bacteria love the carb. Whereas if you eat just sugar, there might be less traces left to provide such material. But when Ray talks about starch endotoxin in interviews, he usually means starch particles that can go through the gut wall if they are thin enough, and that has nothing to do with bacteria.
I always thought that when he mentioned endotoxins in interviews he was reffering to LPS instead of starch persorption..
How effective was your course of antibiotics?