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Physiology & Medicine / Invulnerability to germs through naturopathy
« on: 18/08/2006 04:16:19 »
I have this book titled Pasteur Plagiarist Impostor! The Germ Theory Exploded! that was published in 1942, from the collection of a late naturopath. Interesting concepts some of these people had. One thing many of them fervently believed, judging from some of their literature, is that the properly nourished and exercised body is, with rare exeptions, immune to disease.
Peole who believed that tended to discount the significance of exposure to infectious organisms as a significant issue in disease, and that is one of the reasons why many of them opposed vaccination.
This raises an interesing question: To what extent would ideal health make one invulnerable to micro-organisms? Can we assume, as some of them did, that if a person takes all the right vitamins, gets all the right rest and exercise, etc., that such a person can attend a school where there are cold germs being spread around, and not worry about catching it? Is there any experimental evidence that would definitively answer that question?
And if so, how far does this invulnerability extend? What about walking through a hospital or elven attending patients there, where nastier bugs might exist? What about going camping in a mosquito-infested swamp and considering oneself immune to anyh of the stuff mosquitos transmit? Can a person having excellent living habits safely clean out a garage where rodents have deposited their feces and other debris, without respiratory protection? What about falling overboard from a ship into sewage-polluted waters? What if terrorists detonate an anthrax bomb over the city, and you walk through the cloud of germs?
Does anyone actually know, based upon solid evidence preferably controlled experiments, just how much immunity from nasty micro-organisms one can expect to acquire from excellent diet, vitamins, and exercise?
Peole who believed that tended to discount the significance of exposure to infectious organisms as a significant issue in disease, and that is one of the reasons why many of them opposed vaccination.
This raises an interesing question: To what extent would ideal health make one invulnerable to micro-organisms? Can we assume, as some of them did, that if a person takes all the right vitamins, gets all the right rest and exercise, etc., that such a person can attend a school where there are cold germs being spread around, and not worry about catching it? Is there any experimental evidence that would definitively answer that question?
And if so, how far does this invulnerability extend? What about walking through a hospital or elven attending patients there, where nastier bugs might exist? What about going camping in a mosquito-infested swamp and considering oneself immune to anyh of the stuff mosquitos transmit? Can a person having excellent living habits safely clean out a garage where rodents have deposited their feces and other debris, without respiratory protection? What about falling overboard from a ship into sewage-polluted waters? What if terrorists detonate an anthrax bomb over the city, and you walk through the cloud of germs?
Does anyone actually know, based upon solid evidence preferably controlled experiments, just how much immunity from nasty micro-organisms one can expect to acquire from excellent diet, vitamins, and exercise?