Your skin won't suddenly reverse, but the lightening effects may gradually fade over several months without continued supplementation
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It depletes key nutrients the immune system depends on and it then creates a state of chronic inflammation that, over time, starts damaging tissues that the bacteria itself isn't even directly attacking
During Listeria monocytogenes infection, LLO promotes mitochondrial membrane permeabilization, facilitating mtDNA release and subsequent activation of the cGAS-STING pathway ( Similarly, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infection induces mitochondrial stress and mtDNA release in murine macrophages, thereby activating the cGAS-STING-dependent type I IFN response (Xu et al., 2022)