Are we completely helpless when it comes to avoiding the Flu and other ‘germ related’ diseases? Or are there some simple things that we can easily do to prevent the flu or other germ related illnesses from ever happening?
Do germs alone make people sick or are there other factors that determine our state of health and immunity? What is the Germ Theory of disease? And is there another more accurate system of understanding human health and disease?
Let’s first have a quick look back in history.
The Germ Theory was created and promulgated (in part) by Louis Pasteur in the 1860’s. To this day it is the basis for modern/western medicine’s approach to health and disease. But Is Pasteur’s theory really sound?
According to Pasteur:
● Germs/microbes cause disease.
● Germs invade the body from the outside, from air, water, food or contact.
● Human blood is sterile and can only be infected by outside microbes.
● Germs are monomorphic meaning they have only one form.
● Specific diseases are caused by specific germs and should be killed by medications.
Are these statements valid and true without exception? Let’s look at some other scientists’ work for some answers.
Robert Koch, a German scientist, contributed some amazing things to the world of science http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Koch. While working with the concepts involving the Germ Theory of disease Koch derived the popular “Koch’s Postulates.”
Koch’s postulates are:
- The microorganism must be found in abundance in all organisms suffering from the disease, but should not be found in healthy animals.
- The microorganism must be isolated from a diseased organism and grown in pure culture.
- The cultured microorganism should cause disease when introduced into a healthy organism.
- The microorganism must be re-isolated from the inoculated, diseased experimental host and identified as being identical to the original specific causative agent.
So what did Koch actually find? He found that you could find germs (that were thought to cause certain diseases) in healthy people with no symptoms (still true today). So postulate 1 needed revision. He also found that some people could be exposed to the germs and not contract the disease. Now postulate 3 also needed some work.
So what about those Germs… those pesky little critters that are supposedly responsible for making us sick? We all have Germs in our bodies, but most of us are still healthy. Why is this fact so important?
Why do some people get sick and others not, even though they’ve been exposed to the same germs?
To help us understand this a little better let’s take a look at another scientist’s work; Professor Antoine Béchamp. Béchamp brought forward the theory of pleomorphism. He was able to observe in his microscope that a germ could evolve into many different forms. He found that a germ could transform from virus to bacteria, yeast, fungus, and mold. This is important information in the area of Germs and disease!
Claude Bernard (another contemporary of Béchamp) expounded on the pleomorphic theory and related ideas. He contributed to the whole picture by showing that the inner terrain – the physical environment of the host organism – was the major factor that either allowed or resisted diseases to form.
One of the key findings of Bernard’s work is that the pH (acid/alkaline balance) of the environment was one of the most important factors in determining whether or not germs could grow in living tissue.
Science has shown that germs grow more readily in an acidic environment. If the human blood pH drops by as little as 0.1, the corresponding increase in acidity allows for human immune function to decrease significantly enough for opportunistic germs to begin growing unchecked.
Why is this important information? Because what you eat and how you feel are what affects the pH of your body. So you can eat the right foods and reduces stress in your life to balance your pH levels, thereby allowing your own body to fight off disease!
“Claud Bernard was right… the microbe(germ) is nothing; the terrain is everything.” -Louis Pasteur quoted on his death bed.
So, why are we still hearing so much in the media about germs? Why has medical community ignored these and similar findings about Germs and disease for the last 140 years or more, and is still promoting today that Germs are the sole cause disease? Could it be that we are so wrapped up in the deception that we can’t change our ways? What do the Pharmaceutical companies have to do with it? If you’re interested in the answers to these questions you can find them on the internet.
But now you at least know the truth. Germs are only a part of the picture, and in most cases, only a very small part of the problem.
Why should you care? Because germs alone don’t make your body sick, unless you allow them to. If you want a healthy body that is naturally resistance to disease then it is up to you and the choices you make on a daily basis. Eat well, get rid of toxins in your body, balance your pH, get plenty of rest and exercise, use natural therapies like massage, chiropractic and acupuncture, and do whatever it takes to reduce stress in your life (all forms of stress,mental/emotional, chemical, physical). Doing so will allow your body to harmonize and function as it was designed.
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