[email protected] wrote:
Any validity to this statement found on another fourm?
Sometimes it is good to hear a different viewpoint. Regarding MMS:
many of the scientific and chemical claims don’t make sense or are
nonsense. chlorine dioxide is a good disinfectant, sure, but it is no
mirace cure for anything. And while it is less toxic than chlorine it
is still toxic and similar to chorine in many ways — including being a
powerful oxidizing agent. For decades now people have been touting
anit-oxidants for curing everything. Well guess what, an oxidizing
agent is excatly the opposite and causes damage that anit-oxidants are
supposed to protect you from. It doens’t make any sense. Basically
just another health hoax.
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That is actually a pretty superficial view of oxidants and
antioxidants. I am not aware of anyone touting anti-oxidants in general
(vitamin C is touted as such, but for reasons other than its antioxidant
status) as a cure for anything, but simply as a way to slow down aging.
The body regulates both. The oxidants are absolutely essential for
attacking and killing some pathogens and cancers, and the antioxidants
are essential in destroying the oxidants once they are no longer needed
before they cause damage to healthy tissues. Chlorine dioxide is no
different than ozone therapy in this respect. If the body is actively
fighting a pathogen, then taking antioxidants can actually be harmful.
This has actually been pointed out by some studies that have shown that
taking large amounts of antioxidants, such as vitamin C, can cause
cancer to develop or grow faster. It is a matter of balance, neither is
good nor bad on its own, and both are needed at one time or the other.
So although antioxidants can help the body age less quickly, they can
also cause it to die quicker from something like cancer. If one is
trying to kill pathogens, an infection, or parasites, they need
oxidants. Antioxidants are counterproductive, and can cause a prolonging
of the disease, or even death eventually. If you are healthy, assisting
the body to get rid of free radicals is useful to prevent aging, so
antioxidants are useful. The body produces free radicals when sick. It
is no accident, it is part of the body's defense. It make more sense to
assist the body with more oxidants to cure the disease, then drop back
and let the antioxidants take over once cured. Overall this will result
in much lower amount of oxidants and free radicals over the long run,
then trying to cancel the free radicals the body is producing to try to
cure the disease, and then being unable to cure it.
Now I tend to agree that once healthy, it makes no sense to continue
taking large amounts of AMMS. I personally only take it every month or
so to make sure I am clean of pathogens, and do not take it the rest of
the time. Brushing teeth with it is no different than brushing teeth
with peroxides, which a number of toothpastes now contain. I guess this
guy is saying that the peroxides in tooth paste are a hoax as well. I
believe that there have been studies that have shown them to be
effective in cleaning the mouth of pathogens and preventing things like
gum disease. I feel that is the best balance, at least for me.
Marshall
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