Index

On this blog: 

2023, Jun 15. Reddit is dangerous. The admins are out of control. Humanity needs a viable alternative.

2021, Jun 21. Idiocracy, Part 2. Poorly functioning laypeople.

2021, Jun 20. Idiocracy, Part 1. Scientists in education only.

2020, Oct 10. Why microbiome scientists share responsibility/blame for the climate crisis.

FMT:

2019, Dec 30. Ethics concerns about a Finnish FMT clinical trial giving infants FMT from their mothers. "Main Trial of the Cesarean Section and Intestinal Flora of the Newborn Study (MT-SECFLOR)", Helsinki University Central Hospital. (Nov 2019)

2019, Jul 8. FMT roadmap proposal.

Health:

2020, Feb 22. Chronic disease and general poor health have been drastically increasing globally. It seems like we're experiencing a major health crisis with the vast majority of people in poor health. Doesn't this mean people working in public health are failing? What can be done to turn things around?

Politics:

2020, Aug 27. Why I'm voting for one of two senile old white men, and what steps I'm taking and encouraging to make sure this doesn't continue happening.

On Medium:

2019, Mar 10. Eugenics. Past, present, and future. What it is, where and why it went wrong, and the ethical arguments in favor of its return.

Microbiome:

2018, Jul 30. Do NOT eat dirt. Debunking the dangerous anti-hygiene misinformation spread by certain microbiologists and doctors.

2018, Jul 26. A critical look at the current and longstanding ethos of childbearing, the repercussions it’s been having on human health and society, and its relation to the recent microbiome research.

2018, Apr 08. SIBO — valid term or misnomer based on incorrect understanding of the gut microbiome? I argue the term should be replaced with simply “dysbiosis”.

On reddit:

2019, Feb 11. In the age of information, information sharing is dead.

/r/collapse:

2019, Apr 08. While antibiotic resistance gets all the attention, the damage being done to our host-native microbiomes is arguably as big a threat as climate change, as the damage compounds over generations, and once it's gone you can't get it back.

2019, May 28. Chronic disease and general poor health has been drastically increasing over the past century, yet even in liberal states like California, simple things like soda taxes have been failing to get passed by the legislature due to industry influence. Consequences and suggested solutions.

2019, Oct 14. Response to rants that "collapse is inevitable because of ignorant, dumb people". This may be the case, but there certainly are significant steps we can take to prevent it. I think we should be focusing as much as possible on prevention. Here are my suggestions.

2022, Jan 24. I think I have a solution to most of the problems we're facing, but I've been shouting into a void for years and not getting the help I need. [removed by mods]

/r/HumanMicrobiome:

2022, Oct 03. Clarifying my position on antibiotics for the large number of individuals on the parenting subs who become emotional & hostile on this subject.

2020, May 21. Response to "FMT in IBS: a call for caution" (May 2020)

2019, Dec 26.  I want to submit an FMT clinical trial proposal to the US Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC).

2019, May 15. I've seen some people ask how they could contribute funding to the advancement of microbiome research. Here are my proposals. FMT donors, Raramuri/Tarahumara marathon runners, Olympic athletes, clinical trial.

2019, Jan 26. Letter to to Mark Pimentel in regards to SIBO, FMT, and IBS. A response to "2018 Post-DDW - Updates in Microbiome and IBS".

Human Microbiome forum:

2019, Oct 29. Challenging the validity of the new and old USA GBS guidelines.  Part 2: Just 3 people are responsible for 30% of infants and mothers in the US receiving unnecessary antibiotics during birth, and they are refusing to address concerns about the validity of their recommendations.

2019, Jan 28. One of the responses to a 2015 review titled "Time to consider the risks of caesarean delivery for long term child health" infuriated me.

2018, May 2. Doctors are not systematically updated on the latest literature. What they're taught in med school is often wrong or gets outdated quickly. The result is the majority of current doctors are extremely uninformed/misinformed about many major medical conditions. I believe this is costing many lives.

FMT:

2021, Aug 10. Results from 16,000+ new stool donor applicants.

2021, Jun 13.  Though the results of screening 6000+ stool donor applicants was in no way surprising, and simply reflected what I see in person as well as on the internet, the results are still nothing short of horrifying, extremely alarming, and utterly dystopian.

2019, Sep 12. FDA announces public hearing in Maryland on Nov 4, 2019 to obtain input on the use of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) to treat Clostridium difficile infection not responsive to standard therapies. Here's my letter to them.

2019, Jul 5. Attractiveness, facial features, health & development, and FMT donor selection.

2019, Mar 4. Another letter to the NIH (and FDA). Cancer patients as FMT donors. If you care about the future of FMT please consider also writing to them.

2018, Nov 6. Another email I've been sending to researchers regarding donor quality.

2018, Nov 5. My letters to the FDA and NIH. Sharing these both for the info, and as a template and encouragement for others to push for higher donor quality.

2018, Aug 14. Analysis of OpenBiome's safety and efficacy.

2018, Jun 21. My detailed experiences & lessons from 8 different FMT donors.

On Youtube:

2019, Dec 27. Overview of the gut microbiome, FMT, regulation, DIY, my history, and HumanMicrobes.org.

On HumanMicrobes.org:

https://www.humanmicrobes.org/blog

2022, Jan 10. Original "1 in 23,000 donor results" blog post, prior to being watered down by a volunteer.

2022, Apr 24. Original "Raising prices. Good intentions require reciprocation" blog post, prior to being watered down by a volunteer.