• AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml
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    Interesting anecdote. Maybe that is the point of all those cleanses or fasting stuff, to sort of “reset” an out of balance gut biome.

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      There are a few studies on short term effects post-cleansing but no general consensus, some people seem to get some advantages, some don’t.

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        Yeah I imagine it could depend on lots of things, like the composition of biome that is already there, environment, lifestyle or diet.

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          They also mentioned differences in between cleansing agents, staggering of doses, filtering of air in the room for the inflation and limits to the size of the study

          There was a hell of a lot to account for. And then, it’s not like the gut bacteria are eradicated, they just come back in time, but due to the differences, the speed of recolonization and proportions of variety are sometimes drastically different.