• hash@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    FYI fecal transplants are a thing and they address unhealthy microbiomes in the body. Someone else’s shit could literally save your life from a c diff infection.

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      4 hours ago

      For people with IBD or IBS, they’re practically the holy grail, if the initial reports are to be believed.

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        17 hours ago

        So we’re just abandoning the time tested “if it’s brown, send it down” protocol?

        I mean… if we can’t trust that brown poop is good poop anymore, which way is up?