P.Clodius Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 to Pertinax and Pantagathus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Excellent the irony of it . The main source of phages? Sea water. This also gives a clue as to why certain Rivers were (from Classical times) suggested to have curative powers . Also bacon and (properly ) cured hams and pickles have high phage populations! This at least has some sense to it , antibiotics have been obscenely over prescribed (and wrongly prescribed to the very young) for too long , the MRSA bug (which is merely staph' gone nuclear) is a direct result of this overkill. So drink clean river water and eat bacon sandwiches! http://www.bacteriophagetherapy.info/ECF40...Phage-Solo1.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docoflove1974 Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 So my love bacon, prosciutto, jamon serrano, and kosher dills is not only right and true, but it's keeping me healthy? YAY FOR BLT'S AND PROSCIUTTO WITH CANTALOUPE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 The phages seek out bacteria wherever possible..a (properly) cured ham would support a reasonable bacterian population as it progressed toward the elysium of mature excellence , what better place then for a passing phage to hang out , waiting , spikey protruberance at the ready. for unassuming bacterian or flagellate passerby? Obviously we must all eschew cheap nitrate soaked "watery" hams as they will be essentially "dead" , having neither everyday bacteria nor darkened alley , knife wielding, phage tough guys, just mountains of sodium chloride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Augusta Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 This at least has some sense to it , antibiotics have been obscenely over prescribed (and wrongly prescribed to the very young) for too long , the MRSA bug (which is merely staph' gone nuclear) is a direct result of this overkill. Ah, Pertinax - I've been saying the same thing for years. Especially as my sister goes off to the doc's at the drop of a hat for antibiotics when she has 'a virus'. But why do GP's do it? They, above all people, should know that an antibiotic is useless against a virus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Does the term "The worried well" strike a chord? That is (as my cousin , now a Prof of radiology suggested the term to me) a large segment of the population who pester those in medicine , for medicines/surgical procedures even ,as some sort of cure-all for their fractured and dysfunctional lives...thinking that the physical manifestations of moral and psychological problems they are experiencing (along with habitual ingestion of poor quality food) can be cured by a direct intervention into the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Augusta Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Does the term "The worried well" strike a chord? That is (as my cousin , now a Prof of radiology suggested the term to me) a large segment of the population who pester those in medicine , for medicines/surgical procedures even ,as some sort of cure-all for their fractured and dysfunctional lives...thinking that the physical manifestations of moral and psychological problems they are experiencing (along with habitual ingestion of poor quality food) can be cured by a direct intervention into the body. Indeed - and this has got worse in recent years as we are all encouraged to become more 'health conscious'. That's all very well, and is to be applauded if it makes us look after ourselves a little more, but the balance has now tipped in favour of the hypochondriac. Every little twinge is now avidly researched on the Internet and people flock to the doctor's surgery. And I still remain a skeptic when it comes to fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome! Chronic fatigue syndrome? Like my old mum used to say - 'I could be ill if I had the time'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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