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Daidzein, one of the main isoflavones in soy, is biologically fairly weak. Its estrogenic activity comes almost entirely from what certain gut bacteria convert it into: S-equol. The catch is that only around half of Asian populations, and as few as one in five people in Western populations, actually carry the right bacterial strains to make that conversion happen.

In other words: two women eat the same soy-rich diet, take the same isoflavone supplement, and one gets a meaningful hormonal effect while the other gets almost nothing - purely as a function of their microbiome. This “equol producer” phenomenon has been documented for decades, yet most soy-based women’s health products are formulated as though every consumer has the bacteria to make use of them. Most don’t.

Here’s where to get S-equol: https://thepostbioticcompany.co.uk/products/womens-wellness
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I have been writing articles about the gut microbiome for the last couple of months and in this research, I have learned a lot.

I wanted to share with others the food and supplement scams, the lies, the dangers of certain products to our health, the benefits of postbiotics and how we can protect ourselves against cancer, poor gut health, what small changes we can make to improve our lives.

I have dug into interesting relationships between Akkermansia and F. Praunitzii gut bacteria and our gut lining. How immunotherapy fails when Akkermansia is missing. How leaky gut syndrome starts due to antibiotics killing off these important bacteria.

Did you know that phthalates in our aftershave or perfume are endocrine disruptors and can cause cancer? That antibiotics can destroy our gut microbiome? That most probiotics don’t work?

By learning more about the bacteria in our gut, we can lead a more informed and healthier life.

If you would like to learn more about this truly fascinating area, please visit my Substack page and subscribe to my free newsletters. It may save you or a friend’s life.

https://substack.com/

You paid £300 to send your stool through the post. You answered 200 questions about your sleep, your stress, your relationships, your medications. You wore a blood sugar sensor for two weeks. You handed over the most intimate biological data a human being can produce. Now ask yourself: what exactly did they do with it?

https://open.substack.com/pub/amanofkent/p/your-gut-bacteria-are-being-farmed?

Your Gut Bacteria Are Being Farmed — and You’re the Livestock You paid £300 to send your stool through the post. You answered 200 questions about your sleep, your stress, your relationships, your medications. You wore a blood sugar sensor for two weeks.

https://open.substack.com/pub/amanofkent/p/the-probiotic-industrys-dirty-secret?

Let’s Be Clear About What a Probiotic Actually Is:

The official definition — established by the WHO and FAO in 2001 — is deceptively simple: live microorganisms that, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host.

Three words in that definition carry enormous weight: live, adequate amounts, and health benefit.

A product that doesn’t deliver live organisms in sufficient numbers to the gut hasn’t met the definition. A product that delivers live organisms but cannot demonstrate a measurable health benefit in the target population hasn’t met it either.

By these standards, the majority of products sold as probiotics in UK supermarkets and pharmacies fail on at least one count — and often on all three.

The Probiotic Industry’s Dirty Secret: Who’s Actually Healing You, and Who’s Just Getting Rich The $70 billion probiotic market is built on a foundation of half-truths, dead bacteria, and marketing budgets that dwarf the research. Let’s name names.

https://amanofkent.substack.com/p/the-probiotic-industrys-dirty-secret

The $70 billion probiotic market is built on a foundation of half-truths, dead bacteria, and marketing budgets that dwarf the research. Let’s name names.

The Probiotic Industry’s Dirty Secret: Who’s Actually Healing You, and Who’s Just Getting Rich The $70 billion probiotic market is built on a foundation of half-truths, dead bacteria, and marketing budgets that dwarf the research. Let’s name names.

Everybody is talking about postbiotics and gut health. Even Dr Mercola has waded in but he’s only half right and here is a response to him:

https://open.substack.com/pub/amanofkent/p/dr-mercola-says-postbiotic-supplements