This is very useful information, and explains the logic behind the "probiotic" approch to health. It raises concern about using CS in the human body, insofar as CS is an apparently indiscriminate killer of microorganisms . . .
JBB a rose by any other name wrote: > http://www.wormdigest.org/articles/index.cgi?read=9 > > PATHOGENS > > What are pathogens? Pathogens are the microorganisms (bacteria, fungi etc.) > that quickly increase their populations when the host, be it plant or > animal, becomes susceptible or weak. They grow rather slowly in the outside > environment, and in fact, tend to die with time. Thus, the presence of > pathogens in a living host can be seen as nature's way to indicate the > weakness of that host. They provide a signal to the host to take efforts to > build up its body strength. Once the host regains its vitality, pathogens > reduce their vigor and the host regains its normal health. > > We often wage a war against pathogens because we do not appreciate this > natural mechanism, which is quite benign. Pathogens are not "bad guys" to > all, but only to those who themselves have become weak -- probably due to > bad habits. Once those habits or conditions are changed, pathogens no longer > are a problem. > > Disease is possible only if two conditions are met. One is if the host is > susceptible, and the other is if the pathogens are present in the > environment. Not realizing that we could prevent disease by taking efforts > to avoid the first condition, we have put too much focus on eliminating the > second condition. This was also preferable because then the fault is outside > and not within us. Being outside it could conveniently be seen as the > "enemy" against which we could "wage a war," using the techniques that were > developed to "fight" disease. > > Understanding pathogens in a new way would allow us to handle them with a > new outlook. What is that new outlook? While making all efforts to keep our > vitality high, a natural objective, we maintain a low pathogen count in the > environment so that they are there when needed -- as indicators of low body > vitality. Without those small signals to warn us of our lowered level of > health we may be prone to sudden death, without warning. > > But, how do we maintain only a small pathogen population in the environment? > The answer is by insuring that the aerobic bacteria, the beneficial ones, > overpower them with their speedier growth. When organic residues are being > processed by aerobic bacteria in the soil, the pathogens cannot win and > their population is reduced. > > And when do pathogens build up their population in the environment? This > occurs when they get food, right conditions and absence of any competition. > Again we have been giving our attention to the elimination of the first two > conditions and forgetting the third or most important one. We have been > incinerating organic wastes so that they do not get food and we have been > using poisons and other hostile techniques such as irradiation, low or high > temperature exposure, low or high pH, high salt concentration, low moisture, > etc. However, burning organic wastes not only destroys food for the > pathogens but also of the many other microorganisms that are benign. In fact > nearly 99% of bacteria are benign and even render valuable services to us. > Our skin with its normal beneficial bacteria protects us from skin problems. > When we apply antiseptics to our skin, the natural protection is diminished > and we become more dependent on these "poisons" which are absorbed by our > skin. > > How does one ensure that the pathogens are not getting our organic residues > and the beneficial bacteria are? We are alerted to the presence of pathogens > by the strong odors produced by anaerobic bacteria. Since pathogens and > anaerobic bacteria consume food at the same rate, they can coexist without > competition. Aerobic bacteria, on the other hand, consume food much faster > than pathogens or anaerobic bacteria, out-competing them and reducing them > to an insignificant level. Thus if there is no odor, there is no alarm and > therefore, we can be assured there is no proliferation of pathogens. > > How do we ensure that anaerobic bacteria do not grow? Anaerobic bacteria > grow only when they have no competition from aerobic bacteria. This occurs > when there is a shortage of oxygen in the organic mass. When inoculated with > an effective culture of aerobic bacteria the organic mass soon becomes > aerobic because of oxygen sucked in by the aerobic bacteria. A stinking mass > of garbage or human excreta becomes odorless and free from flies within a > few seconds of being inoculated with such bacterial culture. Rather than > pesticides, this is a much more eco-logical technique and we receive all the > good benefits of aerobic bacteria. Beneficial bacteria in an open > environment are aerobic. > > Earthworms develop and maintain a culture of effective aerobic bacteria by > culling pathogens, fungi and anaerobic bacteria. They also ensure that the > organic mass is kept well aerated. Hence introduction of earthworm culture > to the organic wastes is a sure way to suppress pathogens and ensure that > our organic wastes are well utilized by the beneficial aerobic bacteria. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
