Ah, the human body.

It’s a wonderland, it’s a toxic waste dump.

Mine has gone through some major changes in the last few years. Fighting SIBO. Quitting all prescription drugs. Switching to an all-meat diet.

Everything that I know about biology I’ve learned ad hoc because it was functional information to me at the time.

I’ve cobbled together this incomplete constellation of biological knowledge—just enough to get me through but definitely not enough to help me solve some of the finer conundrums of my experience with excess bacteria.

Such as: if SIBO exists in the gut, why did so much of the bacteria (or remains of dead bacteria) get excreted through my skin?

The thing about dealing with a thing like SIBO is that there’s very little sanctioned scientific research about it. When it’s not even acknowledged by most medical providers, it’s not going to be on some scientist’s research bench.

Which means you have to observe what happens and come to conclusions on your own. And that process is much easier with the knowledge of biology.

I’m satisfied with the trajectory that my health has taken (UP!) but it still amuses me that I’ve done it all without the luxury of even a high school biology course.

Ima rectify that situation soon (though through reading, not a high school course) because I have some questions that Dr Google is not answering to my satisfaction.

Macrophages, yo.