Over the last 8 YEARS I've tried to get my hands on E. coli Nissle 1917 (MUTAFLOR) for its benefits on autoimmunity/HPA axis/gut issues, etc.
But the 4x I bought it, it was lost by the ¨#%&@¨$# Brazilian Mail service and arrived WAY too late, all bacteria as dead as nails the four times. (It's absurdly expensive by BR standards - and it must be kept refrigerated, so time's ticking as soon as it's sent).
BACKGROUND: It's basically a supersoldier bacterial strain of (very) friendly E. coli that hunts down and destroys mercilessly a host of dysbiotic microbes, leading to hundreds of popular reports of complete remissions of dozens of types of autoimmune conditions, gut issues, skin conditions, and whatnot.
Take a look at this study if you will: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm...les/PMC5603654/ (Oral Administration of the Probiotic Strain Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 Reduces Susceptibility to Neuroinflammation and Repairs Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis-Induced Intestinal Barrier Dysfunction).
There are dozens like it.
RISE TO FAME: It's (in)famous for having been taken out of a soldier's arse in 1917 for having survived the trenches while everyone else died horribly of dysentery and also for having saved the life (or dearly improved the health) of Hitler as Dr. Morel, his personal physician, prescribed it to him in 1936.
WHERE IT'S SOLD: AFAIK it's sold in Australia, NZ, Germany and perhaps a few Nordic countries (not in Sweden where I got extended family...) and not in Brazil (where I reside) and most of EU countries or US/Canada; It's got a bad legal status in most countries as it's a strain of E. coli and, therefore, considered a disease-causing bacteria (nonsense - this strain is extremely well-studied and ABSURDLY healthy/friendly).
GETTING MUTAFLOR: I'm open to ANY way of getting MUTAFLOR. ANY idea/gimmick/hack that HELPs ME put my hands on this (still alive) strain of E Coli is deeply appreciated.
HELP?: If any guy/gal from the Longecity community would be willing to help me get it/send it to me/whatever in some way that it would reach me alive, I'd appreciate it DEARLY...! It's being sh*t to stand these life-wrecking symptoms of autoimmunity and it could make a huge POSITIVE difference in my life quality.
As I said, I reside in Brazil, Porto Alegre, state of Rio Grande do Sul.
From the MUTAFLOR website
( https://www.mutaflor...d-overview.html )
- Ulcerative colitis in the phase of remission
- Chronic constipation
- Colonization prophylaxis in premature and full-term infants
- Enhancement of postnatal immune competence in premature and full-term infants
- Diarrhea in infants, toddlers and children
- Diarrhea in infants, toddlers and children under gastric tube feeding
- Crohn's disease
- Pouchitis
- Collagenous colitis
- Antibiotic-associated colitis/pseudo-membranous colitis
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Diverticulosis
- Polymorphous photodermatosis
- Non-ulcer dyspepsia
- Dietary intolerance/malabsorption
- Halitosis
- Susceptibility to infection
- Mycoses of the gastrointestinal tract
- Other, e. g. neurodermitis, reactive arthritis, radiation enteritis/radiation colitis, recurrent urinary tract infections
Diarrhea: Henker et al. 2007, 2008 39; 40
Irritable bowel syndrome: Krammer et al. 2006 52, Plassmann 2007 53, Keller et al. 2010 50, Kruis et al. 2012 29
Antibiotic-associated colitis/pseudomembranous colitis: Goerg u. Schlörer 1998 54, Goerg et al. 2008 55
Ulcerative colitis: Kruis et al. 1997 43, Rembacken et al. 1999 44, Kruis et al. 2004 45, Henker et al. 2008 46, Matthes et al. 2010 47
Crohn's disease: Malchow 1997 49
Pouchitis: Kuzela et al. 2001 56
Collagenous colitis: Tromm et al. 2004 57
Chronic constipation: Bruckschen et al. 1994 42, Möllenbrink et al. 1994 41
Diverticulosis of the colon: Fricˇ et al. 2003 58
Colonization prophylaxis and enhancement of immune competence in full-term and premature neonates: Lodinová-Žádníková et al. 1992 35, Lodinová-Žádníková und Sonnenborn 1997 36, Schröder 1992 3, Cukrowska et al. 2002 37
Intestinal-dependent halitosis: Henker et al. 2001 59
Polymorphous photodermatosis: Wurzel 1999 60
Edited by Seganfredo, Today, 12:10 AM.
