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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructooligosaccharide FOS] (fructooligosaccharide) is said to inhibit parasites from attaching to the intestines but no helminth host has reported any problem with this so far. | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructooligosaccharide FOS] (fructooligosaccharide) is said to inhibit parasites from attaching to the intestines but no helminth host has reported any problem with this so far. | ||
* '''Fulvic acid'''. This is a form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humic_acid humic acid]. Two hookworm hosts have taken this without any apparent adverse effect on their colonies. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1132613460127941/], [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1132472786808675/?comment_id=1132930603429560&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22:%22R%22%7D] | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutathione Glutathione]. One hookworm host who takes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liposome liposomal glutathione], says he’s confident that this does not harm his worms. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/803451913044099/?comment_id=803468529709104&offset=0&total_comments=6] | |||
* ❓ [http://www.nutricology.com/Lumbricus-Tonic-150-Vegetarian-Caps-p-16510.html Lumbricus Tonic]. This Nutricology product, which contains a powdered earthworm extract, also contains ⚡'''sweet flag''' root extract. However, this herb is last on the list of ingredients, and there have been no reports by hosts of therapeutic helminths to suggest that the product might be a problem for worms. | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatonin Melatonin]. This hormone, which is commonly used as a sleep aid, has been taken by many helminth hosts, none of whom have reported any adverse effects on their worm colonies. | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified_citrus_pectin Modified citrus pectin] (also known as citrus pectin, Pecta-Sol and MCP) is a complex carbohydrate extracted from citrus fruits using a chemical extraction process that makes it soluble, absorbable and more digestible. This is unlikely to have any effect on helminths. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moringa_oleifera Moringa] (Moringa oleifera, also known as drumstick tree, horseradish tree, ben oil tree and benzoil tree) Although described as a “natural anthelmintic”, moringa has been taken by two helminth self-treaters with no apparent adverse effect on their hookworms. The first takes a 500 mg capsule of 10 to 1 extract (from 5000 mg of Moringa olifeira) twice a week, [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1039296249459663/?comment_id=1039406139448674&reply_comment_id=1039533526102602&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22:%22R4%22%7D] while the second grows and harvests her own moringa. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1039296249459663/?comment_id=1040747242647897&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22:%22R%22%7D] Whatever anthelminthic properties moringa might have may depend on the part of the plant used. | |||
* ❓ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylsulfonylmethane MSM] (Methylsulfonylmethane) is claimed by one source to be effective against many types of intestinal worm including Enterobius (pinworm [US], threadworm [UK]) and the roundworm, ascaris. It is suggested that MSM blocks the interface between the parasite and the host by competing with the parasite for binding sites at the surface of the mucous membrane, and that the parasites may find the resulting MSM 'film' impenetrable. However, it may be necessary to take 10,000 mg of MSM per day for three or four weeks to achieve this effect and one helminth host has reported that he has occasionally taken up to 1 heaped tablespoon of MSM while hosting helminths to treat eczema flare-ups, and has not noticed any loss of worm benefits. | |||
* ❓ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaprose_S Oryzin] (Aspergillus alkaline proteinase, aspergillopeptidase B, API 21, aspergillopepsin B, aspergillopepsin F, Aspergillus candidus alkaline proteinase, Aspergillus flavus alkaline proteinase, Aspergillus melleus semi-alkaline proteinase, Aspergillus oryzae alkaline proteinase, Aspergillus parasiticus alkaline proteinase, Aspergillus serine proteinase, Aspergillus sydowi alkaline proteinase, Aspergillus soya alkaline proteinase, Aspergillus melleus alkaline proteinase, Aspergillus sulphureus alkaline proteinase, prozyme, P 5380, kyorinase, seaprose S, semialkaline protease, sumizyme MP, prozyme 10, onoprose, onoprose SA, protease P, promelase.) There have been no reports as yet about the possible effects on human helminths of taking this mould/mold-derived proteinase. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probiotic Probiotics]. It has been claimed that some probiotics can have an adverse effect on certain therapeutic helminths, particularly the rat tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta (HDC). It is also known that some bacteria are capable of mobilizing nematode-trapping fungi [http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms6776], that a number of probiotics - predominantly Lactobacillus species - can have strain-specific effects on certain “parasites”, most of which are not helminths [https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jpr/2011/610769/], and that Saccharomyces boulardii can have a protective effect against the dog roundworm, Toxocara canis. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26971490] However, there is no hard evidence at the present time to suggest that probiotics are harmful to any of the species of worm that are used in helminthic therapy. A leading helminth researcher who is working with HDC said, in 2016, that probiotics may produce some tightening up of the communication between the lumen of the gut and the periphery, but that this is probably simply a matter of the probiotics reducing the ability of the immune system to respond to, or perhaps to sense, what is taking place in the gut. This scientist added that, firstly, even if this does happen, it may be a temporary phenomenon and, secondly, that this is all mere speculation at the present time and no basis to advise avoidance of probiotics while using any helminth. Additionally, there are many hosts of the human helminths, NA and TTO, who take probiotics regularly, yet there have been no reports by any of them that their worms have been adversely affected. | |||
* ❓ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propolis Propolis]. An apitherapist speaking at the 2010 International BTeR Conference on Biotherapy spoke about the antiparasitic properties of this bee product, and suggested that it might harm helminths. This may have been a creative extrapolation from the belief that the role of propolis is to prevent diseases and “parasites” from entering the bee hive, and there has been no suggestion yet from helminth hosts that propolis might be a problem for human helminths. | |||
* ⚡ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resveratrol Resveratrol]. This may have an adverse effect against [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19562377 some helminths], but this is likely to depend on dose size, and three helminth hosts who regularly take this compound report no adverse effect on their worms. (People with MS might want to [http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-09-resveratrol-red-wine-worsens-ms-like.html avoid resveratrol] anyway.) | |||
* ❓ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serrapeptase Serrapeptase/serratiopeptidase] (Serratia E-15 protease, also known as serralysin, serratiapeptase, serratia peptidase, serratio peptidase, or serrapeptidase). There have been no reports so far about the effects on human helminths of taking this proteolytic enzyme. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirulina_(dietary_supplement) Spirulina]. This cyanobacterium is [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25599112 an effective anti-inflammatory] that is being used by a number of hosts of human helminths without causing any harm to their worms. | |||
* ❓ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurine Taurine] is an organic acid that occurs naturally in food, especially seafood and meat (in which form it is no threat to helminths) but it is also produced synthetically and included in a number of products such as health drinks. In this form, it has been linked to a number of [http://www.healthiertalk.com/dangers-taurine-commonly-found-energy-drinks-0996 health problems], and has consequently been banned in some countries. It has also been shown to have anthelminthic effects, but only against a non-therapeutic helminth [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23832642 in mice]. | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc Zinc] is said to inhibit the proliferation of intestinal parasites by stimulating various aspects of the immune system in the digestive tract that counteract parasites. In one animal study[http://jn.nutrition.org/content/130/5/1412S.full] the rodent nematode worm, H. polygyrus, was found to be better able to survive in mice which had been deliberately made deficient in zinc. Those who claim that zinc is an effective antiparasitic in humans suggest a dosage of 15-50 mg per day, but several helminth hosts have taken supplements containing this amount of zinc, in some cases continuously, without issue. One hookworm host takes 10 mg on alternate days, [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/930029970386292/?comment_id=930318850357404&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22:%22R0%22%7D],[https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/930029970386292/?comment_id=930807120308577&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22:%22R%22%7D] another has taken 15 mg zinc gluconate or zinc picolinate daily for several years, while yet another has taken 23 mg zinc gluconate/citrate plus 18.75 mg zinc acetate daily, and previously took 30mg zinc picolinate daily, (link) all without any adverse effect on their worms. However, ❌[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc_oxide%23ZnO_nanostructures zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs)] have [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26177503 shown strong anthelmintic potential, in vitro], against at least one helminthic parasite encountered in veterinary medicine. Zinc oxide nanoparticles are already in use in sunscreens, cosmetics and some food products (in spite of the fact that they an can cause DNA damage), but the amounts in these applications may be too small to harm helminths. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_A Vitamin A]. Supplementation with this vitamin has no adverse effect on helminths [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25127885] but a vitamin A deficiency may reduce colonisation by worms. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24458645] | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C Vitamin C]. This [http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/helminthictherapy/conversations/topics/7583 does not harm helminths]. | |||
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