Give up… or fight for my darn life
It was around that time I realized I was on my own. I was the one who had to live with myself every day — not my doctors. And I was the one who had to figure this thing out. I had to make a decision: decide my life was basically over, or fight for answers I knew must be out there.
I did something drastic. I quit my job. I moved back in with my parents and I dedicated my life to searching for answers. I poured over countless medical research papers until I became what's called a meta-researcher — someone who does the deep research behind the research and compiles similar studies.
My first big discovery
It wasn't until many years later when I came across a research paper from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles which showed a link between fibromyalgia and SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth). This study revealed that 100% of the people who had fibromyalgia also had SIBO.[1]
"That research paper had me immediately sitting up in my chair — and it sent me on the quest that would eventually uproot the cause of 90% of my symptoms."
"They work together as one organism…"
Humans are actually made up of more bacteria cells than human cells. And these stealthy invaders are literally talking to each other, as one organism, to manipulate our bodily functions[2] — tricking immune cells, triggering tender point signals, even manifesting sugar cravings.
That's when I discovered something even more disturbing — a topic that seemed to make even scientists uneasy. It's called biofilm.
