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by _2uwr 1216 days ago
Thats interesting because the egg white is rich in avidin which binds biotin which inhibits many bacterial pathogens, but not viruses because flu vaccines are grown in sterile eggs. The BBC broadcasted this with cross rail plague pits when they got a bod from porton down in to explain some of this stuff.

I can find these studies suggesting salmonella inhibits biotin in the gut[1], and this link suggesting a biotin deficiency can increase susceptibility to salmonella [2].

However one thing that can not be disputed is the reduction in choline intake from the egg yolk would have dumbed down the nation much like covid has dumbed down the world aka brain fog.

Maybe we need a law to sue political parties out of existence if they screw the nation.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4504957 [2] https://academic.oup.com/nutritionreviews/article-abstract/4...

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I’m not sure if this is regionalisms, or an industry jargon I’m not familiar with, but I couldn’t make head or tails of “BBC broadcasted this with cross rail plague pits when they got a bod from porton down in to explain some of this stuff”. Could you help me understand?
Cross-rail is a new underground metro line in London. During digging of the tunnels, they discovered interesting archeological remains, which included plague pits (where plague victims were disposed of).

Portion Down is the site of a UK military facility specialising in research into chemical and biological hazards.

/Brit