2.5 Ongoing preventative maintenance
After successfully remineralising and remediating dysbiosis sufficiently enough to enjoy a normal quality of life, you may be inclined to adopt lifestyle changes and dietary strategies to prevent sliding back down the slippery slope to poor health:
Real food, lots of coloured vegetables and diversity. Eat the right ballpark targets for carbohydrates, fats and proteins. You can use an app such as https://cronometer.com to help structure your diet and learn what micro and macronutrients are in each food until it becomes second nature.
Now that your dietary absorption is working, your micronutrients should be coming from food, rather than supplements. The protocol’s diet is still a good foundation, however you won’t need to be mindful of avoiding excessive oxalates, vitamin B6, histamine or vitamin A.
Vitamin D3 is a good supplement to maintain.
Maintenance supplement
Here are 3 product examples for very similar daily shakes with "lite" versions of the protocol ingredients, albeit in forms which aren't suitable for someone in a moderate / severe state . These could be highly appropriate as a maintenance / preventative strategy, alongside busy lifestyles and imperfect diets.
The first two products contain 75+ ingredients. Huel Daily Greens has 91 ingredients and may be a superior product (does not ship to Canada).
Athletic Greens 1 (AG1) - https://drinkag1.com/ [There have been some recent AG-1 concerns circulating on social media and this is being investigated.]
Nuzest "Good Green Vitality" - https://www.nuzest.com.au/products/good-green-vitality
Huel "Daily Greens" - https://huel.com/products/huel-daily-greens
One of the main macronutrient differences between Good Green Vitality, Daily Greens and AG1 has additional pea protein "for digestive comfort" and costs a little more.
Your hormone synthesis, methylation and immune activity are promoted by physical exertion. This benefits your energy metabolism, sleep, neurotransmitters and helps prevent disease. Posture rehabilitation and maintenance is also important.
Eat foods which degrade biofilms, such as;
Herbs and spices like turmeric and black cumin, which contain tannins, phenolics, flavonoids, aromatics, etc. Sugar replacements such as xylitol and stevia. Mushrooms, especially reishi.You can perform a periodic biofilm disruption / challenge interval – e.g. a large oral dose of eg. tetrasodium EDTA or robusta coffee (ethyl acetate) once every 2–4 weeks and a similar interval for nasal / sinus and other microbiomes, using a relevant tool where necessary. Ocean swimming can be helpful. Yearly water fasting intervals would be advantageous. Occasional "robusta coffee enemas" are also rather useful for biofilm maintenance in the large intestine.
Checking your mineral status every 3–6 months is a good way to see how your diet is performing and make corrections. It can also be used to infer your levels of inflammation and potentially dysbiosis, which could justify further testing, e.g. OAT / microbiome.