My last test on ferritin showed it had come down, compared to last year when I had not have my periodontal-infected teeth (two of them) extracted. My last test, early February this year, was before I started using enzymes. I attribute the lower ferritin from lower bacteria levels, as the source of bacteria had been taken care of. But I haven't tested my ferritin, TIBC, and serum iron lately. If bacteria is being released from lysing plaque, my ferritin level would increase. If it's both bacteria and iron being released, ferritin would increase further. Either way, I wouldn't release know if iron were being released.
What exactly does vitamin C do to iron? Does it cause increased uptake of iron from the gut? Or does it caused increased uptake of iron into the cell? If it's the former, then it doesn't matter. If it's the latter, then it matters, and since I don't take vitamin C after meals, my vitamin C intake won't really increase iron absorption from the gut into the bloodstream.
I'm not following you on the distinction between natural and synthetic vitamin C in terms of stability. Can you elaborate?
The only thing I see noteworthy is that the use of serrapeptidase on these chickens caused the chickens to gain weight. It's funny as this is a positive thing for the chicken raisers, but if I gained weight it's not a positive thing. But the reality is that the serrapeptidase is causing weight gain. Study does not dwelve into why.
But you made me look into my doxycycline usage.
At a low dose of 40 mg/day for a month, my seborrheic dermatitis was gone.
This was followed by a month where I just used the proteolytic enzyme ZymEssence for a month, and I seemed to do well. There was an increase in bacteria, as seen in higher wbc (7.38) and neutrophil (71.30), but there was a reduction in endotoxins, as seen in lower serum monocyte readings (5.80).
This was followed by a week where I continued to take ZymEssence but added 2x100mg of doxycycline daily. I began to urinate a lot. My bacteria went down, as seen in lower wbc (6.98) and neutrophils (65.0), but my endotoxins went up, as seen in higher monocytes (8.20).
The following week, I lowered doxy to 100mg/day, while continuing to take ZymEssence. My heavy urination still continued. My bacteria went further down (wbc- 6.67, neutrophil-67.1), and my endotoxins went down, with monocytes at 6.0. I developed a hip pain at this point, which I believe to be endotoxin-related. The pain persists till now, 4 months and counting.
I then stopped all enzymes and antibiotics the following week. I took Serrapeptidase 120,000 SPU for 3x for only one day. Then, five days later, I had my blood tested. My bacteria skyrocketed. My wbc was 11.34, and my neutrophils was 81. Yet my endotoxins went down, as monocyte went down to 5.60.
Now, everything seems to be falling into place. It's good you made me look again, as this time I can see what I missed earlier- 4 months ago!
- I do well with doxycyline at 40mg/day. It was able to lower bacteria such that my seborrheic dermatitis cleared. It wasn't creating an endotoxin load that my body can't handle. Doxycyline at 100mg/day or more is too much for my body to handle, as far as endotoxin is concerned.
- Whether I was using ZymEssence or serrapeptidase, the lysing of plaque was only releasing bacteria, and not endotoxins.
-Taking ZymEssence at 3x/day was releasing bacteria at a manageable rate, but taking the 120,000 SPU serrapeptidase 3x/day just for a day, was enough to release a load of bacteria. Just a day of serrapeptidase 120k spu taken 3x results in wbc and neutrophils of 11.34 and 81, whereas a week of ZymEssence taken 3x/day results only in wbc and neutrophils of 6.67 and 67.1.
-It was the use of doxycycline at 200mg/day (and maybe also 100mg/day) that would result in very heavy urination, as the die-off or endotoxins was causing the high urination rate.
As I consider the ramifications of what I just concluded, I realize that I have to go back to my notes from early July to now, to see what led to my increase in blood pressure and its persistent stay in that high range. I think I know the answer. There was a lot of endotoxin that needed to be expelled, and it took away a lot of my serum albumin along with its excretion in urine. This resulted in lower blood volume, and this is seen in much higher serum RBC, hemoglobin, and hematocrit readings. Since blood volume does not change so much rapidly, it explains why my blood pressure has consistently remained high.
In my case, where I have lots of embedded and dormant bacteria in my vascular plaque, too high a dose of doxycycline should be avoided. I can continue using ZymEssence at 3x/day, but serrapeptase 12ok spu should be used sparingly or avoided if ZymEssence can already do the job adequately.
I have to add this as I forgot to mention this important observation:
I have been trying to figure out why I have of late gained weight (10 lbs within the last 4 months), have begun to feel hunger between meals, have been feeling low energy, and yet at night, I have had difficulty sleeping. I also have noticed myself grasping for words when I write, words that I've used recently and should be able to access, yet I keep getting stuck in a tip-of-my-tongue condition.
I believe this all have to do with having low blood volume due to the low albumin of late. There is less capacity to deliver sugar and oxygen to my tissues, including the brain. Blood tests are misleading, as they usually measure concentration. So, as mentioned earlier, my serum albumin would seem normal, but it actually is lower. The value of using RBC, Hemoglobin, and Hematocrit to detect low blood volume, or also referred to as dehydration in medical parlance, cannot be overemphasized. Once I know the extent of how low my blood volume is, I can frame my condition as a matter of low capacity of my blood to carry nutrients, as well as to remove waste.
On the subject of waste, I can easily see how my serum creatinine has risen.
On the subject of nutrients, I have a reduced ability to deliver sugar and oxygen to my tissues. This would translate into me developing hypoglycemia, as this is the result of me developing a high blood sugar as a result of blood sugar not readily being delivered and metabolized. And with high blood sugar, hypoglycemia is the consequence of it being addressed by an insulin reaction that would lower my blood sugar (thru the insulin causing the liver to convert blood sugar to fat). This would explain why I have low energy, hunger in between meals, and difficulty sleeping at night. The reduced delivery and metabolic rate would also affect the supply of sugar to the brain, and this would explain my episodes of not being able to retrieve familiar words from my memory banks. Just last week, my left eye reddened when I skipped a meal - burst capillaries due to extended hypoglycemia.
These are direct results of having low blood albumin and low blood volume. I could speculate also on how lately my hair has lost some of its thickness, and of how my virility and interest in sex has waned. I don't think it is a coincidence at all. And I hope for my sake I'm right about this, as the fix is doable. It will just take a few months to restore all this, given how in a matter of four short months my condition has deteriorated. All because of endotoxins leading to low albumin leading to low blood volume leading to low metabolism to low blood sugar issues leading to weight gain, impaired memory, and bad hair and low virility.
@Ella since I read that you had a problem with low albumin, I think you may find this post of interest.
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