RE: Germs, bacteria and resistance to it all

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Just piping up to say that I think you're right, Dona, regarding resistance

to various germs and bacteria. Back in the day i.e., 50's, I and others in

my generation played in dirt, did not bathe every day very likely, and just

lived among the 'germs', and there was no anti-bacterial soap or wipes - yet

we survived just fine. I virtually never buy or use anti-bacterial soap.

I'm very seldom sick (going years without a cold) and I thank God for a

sturdy immune system.

I personally think our fixation with all things germs has caused us to be

sicker than we would be otherwise. Using all the anti-bacterial stuff we

have and avoiding anything that smacks of germs (mind you, I'm not saying to

go wallow in a pile of dirt, but just use common sense and don't shy away

from a little bit of less-than-sterile conditions!) has served to weaken our

immune systems and general resistance so that our susceptibility to exposure

is greater and we respond negatively.

As with many things, I believe our society has gone overboard in

'protecting' us against germs and bacteria and we're not the better for it.

Ironically, the pharmaceutical industry and the MDs it panders to, seem to

find it perfectly acceptable to prescribe a myriad of medications for

whatever ails us without consideration of what caused the condition in the

first place and then recommending a change of diet or other more natural way

of addressing it. Ok - don't get me on my soapbox about that, LOL -

there'll be no end to it. I know is probably in agreement with me,

though.

As always, lifestyle largely dictates our state of health, and of course,

genetics plays a big part. Diet is key and so is exercise. Sprouting is a

significant part of it, so that's a good thing. BTW, Carolyn - Dr. Mercola

is an MD whose notions are 'controversial' to the medical industry in many

respects. He's a lone warrior in the fight against established medical

practices and while many have pooh-poohed his approach, I find there's some

merit in it. And quite honestly, regarding cancer, many times, it's not the

cancer that kills an individual - it's the treatment, most notably

chemotherapy. which at the very least hastens demise, if not causing it.

As Carolyn stated, it may be true that 'nothing is safe' and if that's the

case, then it's totally what we've done to ourselves (and by 'we', I mean

our society - the food industry, mostly, as well as other manufacturers of

consumable items). We can only do the best we can by eating well, avoiding

poisons, pesticides, scented candles, fragrances, potent cleansers, other

chemicals, etc., etc. The list is endless, but we can still make wise

choices.

This is just my humble opinion, but I think it has merit.

Thea

From: sproutpeople [mailto:sproutpeople ] On

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Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 10:53 AM

To: sproutpeople

Subject: Re: More bad news about seafood...

My sister uses fresh towels every day for the same reason...bacteria growing

on damp bath towels, etc. But I look at some of this in a positive way,

i.e., the resistance we've developed to all this stuff is what keeps us from

getting sick after being exposed to it. Like eating yogurt to maintain

" good " bacteria. What did it for me was reading that most of the dust in our

house is actually our dead skin cells (a wake-up call to things we can't

control). I can imagine that we are exposed to more these days than 50 years

ago though.

Dona

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> There was something in the Sun Sentinel tonight about the body's 100

trillion microbes counted in scientific census. After 5 years of toil,

several hundred US researches have released a census of the myriad

bacteria, yeasts, viruses and amoebas that live, eat, excrfete, reproduce

and die in or on us. Just what we wanted to hear, right?Â

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> They described the various orifices of the body and the skin and " guts " of

242 adults in tip-top health. They called it a zoo of life. This count

of 100 trillion microscopic life forms is 10 times higher than the number of

cells in the human body. There are about 10,000 different types that make

our bodies home.  They are looking about how subtle disturbances in the

microbiome could be linked to medical disorders. They think that the

microbes may have something to do with how our bodies work and now they are

looking at what healthy microbiome looks like, and trying to use it to

compare with microsopic life inside those who are sick to see if changes in

their microbial life could be contributing to their illnesses. These

include 10,000 types of bacteria, such as staphlococcus aureus in the

body.

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> I heard years ago tht even cancer cells were in our bodies and dormant

until something set them off. There was something the other day that says

sometimes the body itself kills cancer without outside help. That aticle

was about the bad effects of radiation and I think it was a Dr. mercol or

somthing like that. He has said a lot about food and health issues.Â

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> makes me feel that nothing is safe. Can get negative feelings from that

at imes.

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