those tests also showed that i had "potentially pathogenic bacilli" in my gut. so not necessarily klebsiella, but something else potentially harmful. i'm suspecting that they have outcompeted my lactobacillus and that's why i was missing those. that's the purpose of the probiotics, to replenish the "good" bacteria to outcompete the "bad" bacteria, the one's supposedly contributing to my leaky gut. hoping that the "good" little guys will allow the gut to heal.
I wouldn't be surprised if it was a different microbe and not the klebs. But either way, I know it has the gut flora as one of the central causes in this (the gene alone is not enough to give you AS). My experiences with antibiotics and also with fasting proved overwhelmingly to me that diet and gut flora were the key.
I haven't told you guys, but I previously had thought you all were "off with the fairies" in thinking diet had anything to do with AS. How wrong I was. Fasting and antibiotics both proved I was wrong, then trying the no starch diet gave further confirmation.
>> i'm suspecting that they have outcompeted my lactobacillus
No doubt. These weed microbes are tough sons of ... and will certainly produce toxic compounds to try and kill of their competition. And we can guess what those compounds will do to our gut health.
