February 2007
Without bacteria, you could be dead in three days
THE concept of friendly germs in the gut giving health is rather new. However, as a practice it is thousands of years old. Eating soured milk and its derivative products is an inntegral part of life which says that eating of such foods confers health and prolongs life. It is supposed to help “clean” the gut and hence, the body. The eating of soured and “spoilt” products is also seen in almost all cultures which consume foods like cheese, tempeh, tapai and miso.
July 2006
Deadly virus ever known
1. Botulinum (ingested) It’s hard to rank the lethality of toxins, but experts agree that botulinum – several orders of magnitude deadlier than sarin – is the gold standard. Your nervous system fails and you die in extreme pain. Works miracles on wrinkles, though.
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