What Exactly Is Bacteria?
While I was writing the article on Oil Pulling, I wondered how many us actually know much about bacteria.
Bacteria have their own classification due to their unique cellular and morpholigal characteristics that make it different from other classifications such as fungi, virus, or animal.
The oldest known fossils are of Bacteria, 3.5 billion years old.
They are microscopic, single celled organisms that are ancient and are responsible for numerous lethal diseases as well as causing numerous basic health issues.
But Bacteria also help us in many ways. For example Bacteria is the “tang” in our yogurt and the “sour” in our sourdough bread.
Bacteria help our bodies as well as plants convert nitrogen into a useable form.
We tend to refer to Bacteria as “germs”, but they do help us in amazing ways such as making vitamins, breaking down waste material in our bodies, as well as even helping to maintain our atmosphere.
Bacteria are some of the earliest forms of life that existed here on Earth. They helped shape the planet into what it is today.
And no doubt will have an impact on our tomorrow.
Some bacteria can live off sunlight like plants and actually give off oxygen just like the trees.
Other bacteria live off the digested food in our gut or off the material they are living on or in.
They can live in extreme boiling hot springs as well as in the frozen Antarctic.
They can exist as an independent organism or as parasites living off of another life.
So what we are seeing here is a complex situation where as with many things there are helpful Bacteria and Bacteria that can prove harmful, even deadly.
So getting back to the Oil Pulling and its ability to rid our mouth of Bacteria.
There is always going to be Bacteria in our mouths as well in many areas of our bodies.
The problem is when the level of bad Bacteria grows to an unhealthy level. This is when we haven potential problems with our breath, teeth, or gum diseases.
The basis of a healthy system is Balance.
If any organism gets out of balance such as the bad Bacteria in our mouths then we are open to a wide range of problems.
Left unattended the problems can only grow worse.
There are actually some bacteria in the back of the tongue that helps to prevent halitosis, the formal name for bad breath. At the same time there is bacteria causing it.
There are good bacteria and bad bacteria.
A treatment such as Oil Pulling helps to maintain the balance where the bad bacteria are being eliminated and the good bacteria are being supported.
Maintaining our immune system helps to keep the balance between healthy bacteria and harmful bacteria.
Diet is perhaps the area that impacts this balance more than anything else other than stress.
And stress can throw the balance off of the healthiest lifestyle.
Together Our Hands Are Joined To Heal One Another…
Alexander Gardener
The Lymph Guy
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