All of the user entered data is available for citizen scientists (as well as some AI scientists and statisticians with significant others having CFS). This was a promise that I made in collecting the data — make the data freely available without any human identifying information.
Data is now available formatted for intake to R or other statistical software at:
As is seen below, this data has been available for 5+ years and the volume of data has growth much
Bottom Line
The data is there for any professional or amateur research to use. The greatest value comes when people provide their symptoms and copies the function/metabolites numbers into this shared repository.
On the ubiome function/metabolism report there are several different terms being used which I wish to try to give definition/explanation for the brain-fogged. See this post on how you can contribute to this data
The most important and common are the three shown below.
Metabolism
This means the conversion of a named item into different parts and the parts being reassemble back to the named item. This of oxygen and carbon dioxide: plants converts carbon dioxide to oxygen, humans convert oxygen to carbon dioxide.
If the value is 0.8 – 1.2 , you are naturally producing a normal flow of this item
If the value is below 0.8. the flow is reduced. Some if the different parts may be too high or too low (think of baking a cake — too much flour and not enough eggs — if one is out of step then things are not right).
If the value is over 1.2, you may have greater than normal flow. Some if the different parts may be too high or too low (think of baking a cake — too much flour and not enough eggs — if one is out of step then things are not right).
Needless to say — this gets complex because we are not told the details.
AKA biodegradation. This means the ability to breakdown specific items into component parts. We can think of this as the ability to clear items from your body.
Low values suggests excessive accumulation. High values may result in being short of this item because it is aggressively removed.
One item sticks out greatly — very low D-Arginine and D-ornithine metabolism for all five.
If you happen to have any readings on treating D-Arginine and D-ornithine metabolism , please forward to me.
My initial take is that means that D-arginine and D-ornithine does not get processed much resulting in a build up. This suggests a low arginine and low ornithine diet could be considered.
“Some of the best choices are soybeans, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, peanuts and walnuts. You’ll also get it from sweet green peppers and the seaweed spirulina. Grains such as quinoa, oats and wheat germ deliver arginine, as do a variety of ready-to-eat cereals made from oats, rice and wheat.” https://www.livestrong.com/article/275892-foods-high-in-l-arginine/
I need to do more digging, but hope some of you have already done it and are willing to share!
I have just created a new set of pages to allow people who have done uBiome to share the metabolism information that is also provided there. I put my own and a friend’s thru and was struck by the differences. Almost all of mine was sitting at .95 – 1.05 of normal. Many of her’s were sitting at 0.03, 0.05 of normal.
Short Explanation
Bacteria have a large number of interactions and behaviors. There is a site where this information has been gathered, KEGG PATHWAY Database. uBiome has used this site with your bacteria sample to predict/estimate how well various pathways are working with your current bacteria mixture.
You will find this information under [Advance] on your uBiome page
There is no ability to download and upload it at present. The items are arrange from highest to lowest value.
The page is shown below. I have chunked ranges together to make entry easier.
In general, we are concerned about low values. What the values means and what you can do about them will be covered in later posts when we get data.
Examples:
A low “Ubiquinone and other terpenoid-quinone biosynthesis” means that your bacteria under produces Ubiquinone (a.k.a. CoQ10) and thus you should be supplementing with it — perhaps in higher dosages than usual.
A low “Styrene degradation” means that you may need to really avoid items with even trace amount styrene, in fact, “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has described styrene to be “a suspected toxin to the gastrointestinal tract, kidney, and respiratory system, among others”.[29][30] ” which may be a contributing factor for IBS
A low “Retinol metabolism” (Vitamin A), means it takes longer for the body to use it. In some cases if it is water borne, then you may urinate it out unprocessed and have little effect from a normal dosage.
I will likely do deep dives into these — every 5 sets submitted will result in the lowest common values seen being the next deep dive.
Adding metabolites WITH symptoms may help discover association between chemical sensitivity and the metabolic functioning, etc. We need uBiomes, symptoms and metabolites to obtain a rich set of data to identify symptoms to both bacteria and to metabolites (i.e. hints to the specific supplements that may help you!)
I have also stubbed out a symptoms to metabolite explorer page.
GENDER AND AGE Has Been Added to Symptoms
If you have entered symptoms, please update it with your gender and age.
