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Lun1y261

Someone has posted about a personal case of vision deterioration after taking lumina and a proposed mechanism of action. I learned about lumina on lesswrong a few years back, so sharing this link.

https://substack.com/home/post/p-168042147

For the past several months I have been slowly losing my vision, and I may be able to trace it back to taking the Lumina Probiotic. Or rather, one of its byproducts that isn’t listed in the advertising

I don't know enough about this to make an informed judgement on the accuracy of the proposed mechanism.

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mako yass1y20

Will they help me test my own mouth to determine whether it's even in the realm of possibility? Me, a complete nobody who came out of nowhere with a well written hit piece full of plausible but hopefully completely wrong conjecture about the most horrifying thing that could happen?

I think it's very likely that they'd at least want to talk to you. If they couldn't rule out your proposed theory, I'd guess they're already equipped to test for it and probably would want to given that a lot of their own people are using the product.

4[anonymous]1y

In a previous instance when someone suggested Lumina was unsafe, Lumina threatened to sue them for libel. (Extremely bad behavior, which I condemn). Based on this, I suspect contacting the company would not go well. My condolences re: your vision deterioration; I hope you're able to find a solution.

1garloid641y

Elaborate. I can't find any information on substance diffusion from the oral mucosa to cross reference with the concentration of formate that could be expected from 10^??? bacteria living in the crevices between your teeth and gums. It would make me feel a lot better to be wrong, since the differential diagnosis is significantly less grim with slow formate poisoning removed. I'd throw down that hundred bucks just for the reassurance, even suffering as I am with medical bills. From this. And the bullet? I choose a BB, to shoot just your eye out. It's only fair :^) (I wouldn't actually it's just a bit of dark humor for you)

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