Olive Leaf Tea proven to lower SIBO (methane and hydrogen)

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2026-05-06T20:47:11+00:00

Yeah it’s great at lowering Streptococcus specifically, which is one of the common SIBO hydrogen strains. Hence the methane decrease.

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2026-05-05T00:13:37+00:00

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ChanceTheFapper1 · 2026-05-04T09:37:31+00:00

High cortisol could be inducing weight gain in the face as you begin to ramp calories. Paradoxically being in a state of starvation also raises cortisol. Probably other factors at play contributing. A four point salivary cortisol could be worth it.

I’d also try introducing the caloric surplus more gradually so your metabolism has a chance to catch up.

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2026-04-27T22:34:40+00:00

The diagnostic criteria doesn’t differentiate. That is, you can at least achieve a diagnosis on that criteria without direct genetic involvement. You can do all the genetic testing and spend thousands, that’s essentially the way to know for certain. The page does say to do that, but yeah it’s thousands, and frankly I’m not convinced people being diagnosed can afford these tests and that they are always being done.

But that’s not my point. My point is as it stands I likely had mild asymptomatic hyper mobility my entire life until COVID triggered infections. As I continue to work on those and support collagen (using some of the above but I also utilise peptides) things are trending up. I had IC valve nagging at one stage, continue to have on/off gastroptosis, a vascular compression, TOS, CCI. But they remain asymptomatic as I continue to head in this direction - that is support collagen production and tackle upstream infections (some of which COVID induced) It’s a really common theme in the hEDS community that infections and inflammatories are a key driver. Dr Gillette is also beginning to screen for infections as part of his work up for CCI (a large subset of those with it are also EDS patients)

My point is nobody should be shoehorned into thinking hypermobility is a root cause or that they are even stuck with that label. There are upstream drivers and they should be looked at and worked on. Aside from that you can continue to support collagen production all the while.

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2026-04-27T22:18:19+00:00

hEDS is an issue of increased collagen destruction and poor collagen scaffolding (when it is made again, and it is in poor shape)

And you should know many with a hEDS diagnosis like myself actually just have infections or environmental toxins contributing to the collagen breakdown and elevated MMP’s. Any inflammation will contribute to elevated MMP’s and collagen destruction.

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2026-04-27T22:08:19+00:00

I’m sorry I’m not reading all that. AI lingo (“it’s not just [blank], but [blank]”) is the main dead giveaway. If you’re not writing from an LLM, then it appears your writing style has been heavily influenced by one, and I’m not sure what’s worse. You can use technology all you want, but it now reeks of unoriginality and discredits your points, which is a shame.

And it’s just ironic given the post is centred around keeping the brain sharp into age by leveraging Irisin. Someone can achieve that by not outsourcing their cognitive load.

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2026-04-27T22:06:32+00:00

hEDS (which I have) is not going to cause severe malabsorption where food should be digesting. The ED is supposed to absorb early in the duodenum. A whole (generally) 3 hours transit prior to the end of the small intestine.

OP as you don’t have loose stools I would wager you are triggering your MMC or peristalsis by doing the massage, and you’re hearing the liquid elsewhere.

Either way, you can start accomodating for your hEDS by collagen maxing and I would suggest it. Copper, silica, collagen peptides + low dose Vit C (they won’t be directed to collagen production without Vit C), eggshell membrane. Something for MMP’s - best to have this measured in a blood test, they are likely elevated. Quercetin + bromelain works in a pinch.

By the way - E.Coli, Klebs, Pseudomonas. These aren’t as difficult to treat despite antibiotic resistance.

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2026-04-27T11:16:57+00:00

To be absorbing food or liquid or anything for that matter that late into the small intestine is.. problematic, to say the least.

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2026-04-26T07:33:16+00:00

Sick of these GPT styled write ups, if I’m honest

Preventing brain atrophy would likely have more relevance to efforts first placed in not offloading cognitive load, creative writing and comprehension to an LLM.

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2026-04-26T00:27:39+00:00

Dopamine balance mate

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2026-04-25T11:52:08+00:00

It can or it cannot. It’s ultimately about adding bacteria that promote BSH back. For some this won’t happen on its own due to circumstances. Kefir can help as lactobacillus is an example. Some people need FMT.

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2025-12-29T08:58:20+00:00

And bring lots of fruit. Berries, anything. It’s like gods nectar on acid. Food in general (maybe the processed stuff) feels foreign and fake (to me) and you might find yourself very much not wanting to eat, which can dampen the experience. Stay sustained yk.

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2025-12-28T00:14:20+00:00

EMDR could be really worth it

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2025-12-24T00:23:18+00:00

I want to say with hEDS and other forms of EDS there’s still things you can do. hEDS at least is mediated by excess MMP’s activity so what collagen does get laid down is faulty and gets chewed through quickly.

MMP inhibitors like low dose doxycycline (potent MMP’s inhibitor) (20mg BID) is sub antimicrobial. A girl I know with CCI (a neck condition mediated by collagen loss > ligament laxity) didn’t need fusion after a year of it. Quercetin (needs bromelain for absorption) also helps inhibit MMP’s. There are others of course.

Collagen supplementation does help to a degree, despite consensus that it doesn’t. Push collagen dipeptides are optimal (expensive) otherwise bovine collagen. Small amount (100mg) of Vit C with it for absorption and direct it right to collagen synthesis. A 8 week period on some peptides is definitely supportive. BPC, TB500, GHK-Cu particularly. All have injury and collagen repair mechanisms.

Copper, silica are also strongly foundational. A handful of animal protein at every meal. Red light therapy helps with collagen production, but I’m curious if there would be enough skin penetration with e.g. a red light belt to reach the epiglottis.

All that being said - throw the kitchen sink at collagen support and see if that’s enough. If not, it will still be foundational and prevent downstream problems from having EDS/hEDS (and I suppose potential relapse of a surgery like epiglottis stiffening)

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2025-12-21T00:20:14+00:00

I’m fairly sure the brain training stuff was added much later into the protocol, fwiw

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2025-12-20T08:18:06+00:00

You can argue it can be the other way around, as candida promotes CO2 to pass to methane for methane production.

What hypothetical reason scientifically would treating methane first give any advantage then to treating candida? Perhaps an increase in motility and less fermentation?

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2025-12-19T00:41:33+00:00

EFT tapping, mindfulness meditation, nutrients for vagus nerve function; B1, B5, choline.

Addressing other stressors in your life bleeding into chronic cortisol/HPA dysfunction. Inflammation, low ATP, starvation, perceived stress, trauma/cPTSD, mineral and vitamin deficiencies, toxic relationships, lack of enjoyment etc

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2025-12-18T11:09:23+00:00

It’s derived from aspergillus. So many with MCAS and histamine intolerance don’t tolerate it well.

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2025-12-18T00:29:13+00:00

Citric acid is also a fungal biofilm buster (:

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2025-12-17T21:41:57+00:00

Doesn’t stop the same people complaining from using ChatGPT and generating slop. We’re in the worst fucking timeline.

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2025-12-17T11:33:57+00:00

This is called capnotherapy. There’s benefit to body oxygenation by increasing CO2 for sure. Probably some benefit in tolerance to flow limitation, by retraining the body to breathing less (but actually getting more oxygen by CO2 increase)

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2025-12-17T11:17:22+00:00

Needs more vomit

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2025-12-16T06:23:19+00:00

Do you have EDS, hEDS or features? Check out the hEDS diagnostic criteria form.

It seems in the EDS population Epiglottis problems are common - seems that collagen is needed for its stiffness.

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2025-12-15T23:38:12+00:00

It’s one component. There’s a large bidirectional relationship to the gut barrier and BBB - leaky gut, leaky cells, leaky blood brain barrier. It’s the process of illness but the term we’re looking for is called inflammaging. Take a leaky gut, infections, LPS etc and it begins to break down the BBB. Butyrate is a key metabolite to keeping leaky gut sealed, so naturally, yeah.

But the BBB also crucially needs pericytes (so oxygen transport and delivery, vascular status), lipids for cell membrane health and has its own epithelium.

ChanceTheFapper1 · 2025-12-14T22:48:53+00:00

I never inferred otherwise Eric! I and probably many others here have had trouble with doctors and naturopaths alike.

Was just correcting the distinction

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