Guest guest Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Invisible germs: bacteria I was wondering if i had and example of useful bacteria - well curd is made due to action of bacteria. We put bacteria in milk to produce curd - then we eat it and like it. Well - so do we need to be scared of bacteria - and have antibiotic everytime we have curd? Do we still need to be afraid of bacteria? Following is a small article on curd: Curd or yogurt is a lactic fermentation of milk. It is esteemed for its smoothness, its pleasant and refreshing taste. It is highly versatile and health-promoting and one of the most valuable therapeutic foods. Food Value Curd is a very nourishing food. It is a valuable source of protein, essential vitamins and minerals. It is also a rich source of calcium and riboflavin. The proteins in curd is more readily digested than the protein in milk. It has been estimated that regular milk is only 32% digested after an hour in the digestive tract, whereas 91% of curd is digested within the same period of time. It is, therefore, an ideal diet for those with sensitive digestive systems, particularly young children and elderly persons. Natural Benefits and Curative Properties Although curd has a nutritive content similar to fresh milk, it has extensive special values for therapeutic purposes. During the process of making curd, bacteria convert milk into curd and predigest milk protein. These bacteria then inhibit the growth of hostile or illness-causing bacteria inside the intestinal tract and promote beneficial bacteria needed for digestion. These friendly bacteria facilitate the absorption of minerals and aid in the synthesis of vitamins of B group. Buttermilk, which has same nutritive and curative value as curd, is prepared by churning curd and adding some water, removing the fat in the form of butter. Curd is also considered one of the best aids to natural good looks. It supplies the nerves and the skin with healthy ingredients and counteracts the ill-effects of exposure to the scorching sun. The bacteria in curd make the skin soft and glowing. Curd mixed with orange or lemon juice is a good face cleanser. It supplies moisture to the skin and fruit juice provides the essential vitamin C. One tablespoonful of juice should be mixed in one cup of curd. This should be applied to face and neck and allowed to dry for 15 minutes. It should then be wiped off with a soft tissue and washed with water. A mixture of oatmeal flour and yogurt has been found effective in making the skin fairer and softer. This mixture should be kept on the facial skin for 15-20 minutes and then washed off with warm water. For pimples, a paste of curd and Bengal gram flour or besan should be applied on the face and then washed off. Curd is also considered valuable in conditioning the hair. It makes the hair soft, healthy and strong. Curd should be massaged right into the roots of the hair before being washed off. Dandruff can be removed by massaging one's hair for half an hour with curd which has been kept in the open for three days. Gastro-intestinal Disorders Apart from the lactic acid organisms placed in the milk for the purpose of souring it, the acid of sour milk and its lectose content are important curative factors in a number of diseases. Curd brings relief to patients suffering from gastro-intestinal disorders such as chronic constipation and diarrhoea. Besides aiding in the digestion of food, curd decreases dryness and gas in the stomach by helping in secretion of hydrochloric acid, pepsin and renin. The germs which give rise to infection and inflammation such as those which cause appendicitis, diarrhoea and dysentery, cannot thrive in the presence of lactic acid found in curd and buttermilk. Beneficial results have been achieved by the use of buttermilk in the cases of colitis. Buttermilk enemas have been found beneficial in the treatment of colitis, chronic constipation, diarrhoea, dysentery, chronic appendicitis and gastric ulcer. Insomnia Curd is valuable in the treatment of insomnia. The patient should take plenty of curd and massage it on the head. This will induce sleep. Premature Ageing Curd has been associated with longevity. Premature old age and decay could be prevented by taking sufficient curd in the daily diet. The body is slowly being poisoned and its resistance weakened by man's normal diet and that this poisoning process could be arrested and the intestinal tract kept healthy by the constant, regular use of yogurt or some variety of acidophilus milk. Hepatitis and Jaundice Excessive liberation of ammonia, which is one of the major causes of coma in hepatitis, can be prevented by liberal use of curd. The lectic acid organisms in the curd counteracts the formation of ammonia. In jaundice, curd or buttermilk sweetened with honey, makes an ideal diet. Skin Disorders The use of curd in the form of buttermilk is highly beneficial in the treatment of obstinate skin disorders such as psoriasis and eczema. The application of buttermilk compresses will also be useful in these conditions. Pads of muslin or thin cloth saturated with buttermilk may be applied to broad surface. The compresses may be worn continuously or only at night. The surface should be properly cleaned when the compress is removed. The compresses are very effective in case of skin inflammation. The intense skin irritation generally disappears quickly after the application of buttermilk compresses. http://flavoursofindia.tripod.com/curd.html On Jan 7, 2008 12:26 PM, Lokesh Bhog <lokeshbhog wrote: Have you seen a english horrar film in which there is invisible monster out there to get the characters of the movie. The medical world must have seen it too and hence there is such a hype about invisible bacteria and viruses that are out there to get you. Are you afraid of being sick of unseen germs. Are you scared that invisible bacteria and viruses are out there to get you? Are you having too many Anti-Biotics? In case antibiotics are there to kill bacteria - are they really killing only bacteria or our healthy cells too - how does anti-biotic know which cell to kill? In case Anti-biotic is ment to kill a living organism - like bacteria - it must be some sort of poison - why are humans taking it? Do anti-biotics really work the way they are supposed to? Do they have any side effects? Are they really required? Have you ever wondered how come poor people live without taking expensive anti-biotics - how they are able to fight disease without going throught un-nessary tests and so called treatment to kill these invisible creatures. Read the following articile by a well known naturopath Harry Benjamin and know the truth. You may be surprized to learn why such scare is being proporgated. That Fallacious Germ Theory By ignoring the part played by the individual himself in the setting up of disease within his own body, and throwing all the emphasis on purely erroneous factors, such as germs, our medical scientists have succeeded in giving the word " germ " a significance and dread power, ludicrously all out of proportion to the part these organisms actually play in the life processes of the individual human being. It is time the public realised what germs really are, and the part they really do play, if any, in the setting up and development of disease. One would imagine, from the way the medical professions speak, that one tiny germ or bacillus (countless thousands of which would scarcely cover the head of a pin) has only to enter the body of a " healthy " individual for that individual to be stricken with some foul disease or other. Perhaps typhoid! Perhaps tuberculosis! And modern man goes around terrified out of his life because of the existence of these tiny creatures which he believes are always threatening him, and which only the most powerful microscope can reveal to his shuddering gaze. What nonsense it all is! Our bodies are always full of germs: they play a most important part in the working of the body, especially in the destructive process—for constructive and destructive processes are always going on within the body, night and day, sleep or awake, whether we know it or not. Where any living matter dies, it immediately begins to disintegrate into the simple chemical elements of which it is composed. It is in breaking down dead organic matter into its elemental constituents that bacteria are always employed by Nature. We all know that a dead animal left lying about unburied will soon begin to rot. It is precisely in this rotting process—which is simply the reduction of the once living organic matter back into the elements of which it is composed—that germs are active. They are just as much a part of natural phenomena as anything else in Nature, and are brought into existence to do their allotted task by that omnipresent Power which, forever invisible, rules the workings of the universe. All living matter must die and be reduced to dust again, and bacteria are the appointed agents! They are the agents of disintegration! Now, the germs which help in the breakdown of dead organic matter—whether it be of dead bodies or of cell waste and other effete matter thrown off by the organism—are not very different in kind from the germ hysterically supposed, by medical science, to be the cause of disease in the human body. It is simply because they lamentably misunderstand the work these tiny creatures do, that the medical world attaches so much significance to germ action inside the body, when seeking for the solution of the problem of disease. Germs take part in all disease phenomena because these are processes requiring the breaking down or disintegration of accumulated refuse and toxic matter within the body, which the system is endeavouring to throw off. But to assume, as our medical scientists do, that merely because germs are present and active in all disease phenomena, they are therefore the cause of the same diseases, is just as wrong as it would be to assume that because germs are present and active in the decomposition processes connected with all dead organic matter, they are the cause of the death of the organic matter in question. The analogy is absolutely just and fair! And equally ridiculous! But no one would say that because the decaying body of a dead dog is full of bacteria, the bacteria are the cause of the dog's death. We know they are there as a part of the natural disintegration process taking place as a result of the death of the dog. And so it is with germs and disease. Germs are a part of the results of disease, not its cause. Germs are present in disease not as causes, but as superficial helpers brought there by Nature to rid the body of disease. They are the " scavengers " employed by Mother Nature to break up and " bring to a head " the accumulated internal filth of years of unhygienic and unwholesome living, which are clogging the tissues of the body and preventing proper functioning. It is the elimination of this toxic accumulation of internal filth and waste material which is required if the treatment of disease is to be effective—not tinkering with germs. They will automatically disappear when the body filth and refuse have been disposed of, upon exactly the same analogy as that of flies and household filth, instead of bodily filth. Nature Cure practice proves this beyond doubt every day! (Treatment which is directed merely towards the end of killing germs is treatment that can never be really effective, because it ignores the real cause of disease.) Thus, although germs are the very bugbear of orthodox medical science, they are of little account to Nature Cure, because the Nature Curist realises they are part of the effects of disease, and not its cause, and that they will disappear when the real cause has been disposed of. But that does not mean to say that disease may not be contracted through germ contact. Germs may be the apparent cause of disease in certain instances, and people may " catch " diseases from each other, but only because they have within their systems the soil for the propagation of these diseases—in the shape of accumulated toxins and bodily refuse. No one who is clean and healthy inside can be affected by germs, or become the victim of germ infection. When people understand this, they will be freed at last from the dread germ-bogey which medical science has created for them out of its imperfect and superficial knowledge of the real action and affect of germs within the body! It is the outcome of medical inability to distinguish between the real causes of disease and its superficial effects and manifestations. http://chestofbooks.com/health/natural-cure/John-L-Fielder/Handbook-of-Nature-Cure-Vol1/Chapter-One-That-Fallacious-Germ-Theory.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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