Hey Maff,

I know you mention Biofilms quite often on different threads. So I had to go and educate myself a little about them.

Then I came across this product: www.klaire.com/prod/proddetail.asp?id=K-INT

I'm not sure how this compares to any other product you may have used in the past to reduce biofilms or if you have even heard of the product.

Someone described it like this: The theory is that bacteria congregate on the sides of intestines in a film-like substance that resembles plaque on teeth. This clustering is how they survive, and they are strengthened by the bonds of calcium and iron, for instance (which is why taking these types of supplements can strengthen the bacteria (because they leach it from your body). I've read some recommendations which say that the above mentioned enzyme product called Interfase is supposed to disrupt the biofilm. Once you start disrupting it, you can go at it with antibiotics. I've read that antibiotics can never fully permeate the biofilm, which is why you have to disrupt it first and then go at it.


The product contains:

Proprietary Enzyme Blend**
500 mg *

Providing the following active enzymes:


Polysaccharide Specific Enzymes


Glucoamylase (with isomaltase side chain activity)


Chitosanase


Cellulase


Hemicellulase (xylanase) and Pectinase Complex


Beta-Glucanase


Protein and Peptide Specific Enzymes


Protease/Peptidase Complex with DPP-IV endo-peptidase/exo-peptidase
activity


Other Enzymes


Lysozyme (from egg white)


Serratia peptidase (enteric-coated)***

Here are two interesting links about biofilms:

www.cs.montana.edu/ross/personal/intro-biofilms-s1.htm


centerforgenomicsciences.org/research/biofilm.html


I've also just bought a book called The One-Minute Cure which is about treating illneses with Food grade Hydrogen Peroxide. I may give it ago.....talk about trying 100 things at once!!

I actually used the Interfase Plus product as preperation for my HPI. The Plus version has EDTA added. You stumbled onto the reason for its inclusion as EDTA is a chelating agent added to aid removal of mercury and other heavy metals from the body...the theory being that the biofilms and microbial colonies within them store significant amounts of metals so these are released as the enzymes in Interfase do their job.

From your quote...it is certainly true that gut microbes can turn elemental mercury into more toxic methyl mercury...this is also how methyl mercury ends up in fish (bacteria in the sea convert elemental mercury to the methyl form). The bit about Candida and mercury is a bit sketchy however. I don't disagree that people often have Candida and mercury issues together...I think it's likely that mercury toxicity impairs immunity and this makes Candida harder to deal with...rather than the mercury directly making Candida more resistant to treatment however.