Oh hey look, it's Total Nonsense Day today Happens at least once a week No, essential oils aren't better at killing Lyme than antibiotics THIS IS OBVIOUSLY BULLSHITpic.twitter.com/8roYipQbOe
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When you read about people doing things to cells in a jar, it's important to note that this is totally different from doing it to actual people in the real world XKCD put it very wellpic.twitter.com/KOps0Gu6gk
All of that aside, this study is still very problematic because of it's relationship with Lyme disease/Chronic Lyme It was funded by 3 organisations that appear to support the idea of chronic Lyme infectionspic.twitter.com/jg0FcxrUfo
The study author also appears to explicitly endorse the idea that Lyme infection persists in the body long-termpic.twitter.com/e5cLprFJ8N
Now, there is quite a bit of debate about Post-Treatment Lyme Disorder/Syndrome (PTLD/S), but there is little genuine question about "Chronic Lyme"
In short, Chronic Lyme does not appear to be a true health issue. There is likely a post-treatment disorder that Lyme causes, but there is no active infection behind this
@skepticalraptor covers it very well here:http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/chronic-lyme-disease-scientific-evidence-supporting/ …
So even if these essential oils were effective at killing Lyme bacteria, the purpose that they are being tested for is very much questionable
Anyway, maybe some essential oils are better at killing Lyme cells in petri dishes than antibiotics But then, so is bleach. And FIRE
The real test is in vitro studies in animals, then actual clinical research in human beings Until then, I'm going to label this "almost certainly nonsense"
Blog on this study now uphttps://medium.com/the-method/essential-oils-cant-treat-lyme-disease-ae94d404147d …
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