A fine introduction to bacteria is contained in two wonderful books,
"Earth Saving Revolution" volumes. One and Two, by a PhD scientist
named Teruo Higa, of University of the Ryukyus (Okinawa, Japan).
Higa is world famous for his "Essential Microorganisms." The
translations of his books into English are first-rate; the information
is highly educational and actually inspiring. The books changed my
world view.
Highly recommended! But these books may get you to thinking that a
program of probiotics is likely to be better than EIS in the long term.
My own view, after reading Higa some years ago, is that EIS may be
best as a first-aid and emergency treatment, rather than as the general
preventive that some users advocate.
JBB
On Wednesday, Oct 5, 2005, at 23:38 Asia/Tokyo, Marshall Dudley wrote:
The terms good bacteria and bad bacteria have been thrown around here
recently, without considering just what is being said. First good and
bad
are not scientific terms, they are theological terms. Second the use of
this term implies that that bacteria are intellegent and have some
moral
alignment. On the face of it this appears rather ridiculous.
However there are respiration modes of bacteria that tend to separate
those
that are harmless from those that sometimes cause distress and damage.
This is whether the bacteria is aerobic or anaerobic (breath oxygen, or
not). Most bacterial diseases are caused by bacteria that are in the
anaerobic mode. However anaerobic mode of resipiration does not make a
bacteria harmful, all bacteria that are in the gut are in that mode,
since
there is no free oxygen in the intestines. Also yeast can make fine
wines
and beers anaerobically, yet can cause distress for many people when
growing in the wrong places. And many bacteria that break down dead
organic matter in the soil are anaerobic as well. Lastly, many, if not
most, bacteria will switch between aerobic and anerobic modes
depending on
the environment, so it is impossible to impy that one is good and the
other
bad. Whether they are precieved as good or bad depends more on where
they
have taken up residence than anything else.
As all our tests, and the tests of other researchers have shown,
colloidal
silver kill all bacteria it contacts, except for a few rare noninvasive
ones that can be found in soils where there is a lot of silver present.
All our tests and the tests of others have shown that CS loses much of
it's
effectiveness when it is restrained in it's movement by being in a
gell or
solid. With this data it seems apparent that the reason why CS is
effective
against diarrear, yet does not impact bacteria in the gut when
healthy, is
simply one of mobility, as has been indicated by numberous
experiments, and
not that colloidal silver can somehow intellegently tell "good"
bacteria
from "bad" bacteria, when no one else can find a way to separate them
except by their action at any particular time.
Marshall
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