Would it surprise you to learn that 90% of the cells in your body are bacteria? It surprised doctors! But do not go running for the soap. Most of these bacteria are good for you! Heres why doctors were so surprised — and how you should react:
For over a century, medical dogma insisted that your stomach was too acidic for anything to live there. Turns out, this belief was totally incorrect.
Researchers have found at least 128 different types of bacteria in human stomach lining. And 10% of the bugs had not even been discovered before! They also found that conventional tests for H. pylori fail to detect the germ in seven out of 19 people. So theres a lot more living in your stomach than they thought!
Your blood is the same way. Medical dogma says blood is sterile. After all, if it were not , should not you be dead? Apparently not, because many years ago, German scientists discovered that the blood is full of microorganisms. Conventional medicine could not detect them. But now science finds microorganisms from your joints to plaque in your arteries.
This is not a bad thing. Humans are large organisms made up of trillions of small ones. Most of these organisms are bacteria. The vast majority of these are symbiotic. They are an integral part of our bodies. They need us, and we need them. Our immune system depends on them.
So we need to take care of them. If we treat them poorly, they could become toxic. They need us to maintain a proper pH — acid/base balance.
When we eat processed food and excess animal protein, we create acid residue. Old German work suggests that these conditions change germs. The bacteria that were once symbiotic suddenly become toxic and dangerous.
Another explanation is that too much acidity may push out friendly germs. This paves the way for dangerous germs to come in. Antibiotics do the same thing.
So be careful not to let this happen. Modern medical dogma is just dogma. It is not truth. You really are made up of all different kinds of cells. Your job is to maintain a balance between them all. And my job is to help you achieve that goal!
Ref: Gut check finds variety of bacteria, San Jose Mercury News, January 03, 2006.