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Parasite of the month

KAREN BRIDGMANis a holistic practitioner at Australian Biologics, Sydney, and Pymble Grove Health Centre, Gordon.

Garlic has been shown to be as effective as antibiotics in eradicating Blastocystis.

The parasite is popping up all over the place. One study conducted in four major Sydney hospitals showed to be the most common parasite (at 57 per cent) found in the gut of patients tested in these hospitals from January 2007 to December 2010. It was the most common parasite in the Sydney CBD, whereas Giardia (at

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