The cause of bacterial presence; Oral Hygiene [Brushing teeth] (WAS: Easy Livin'; Simplicity, Clarity (WAS: Our Potential for Health (pH) (WAS: Why not stop using products?)

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeannie,

 

Backlog cleanup, back to you!

 

Living organisms are opportunistic in nature: when hungry, they take

advantage of every opportunity to feed. Most bacteria reproduce rapidly,

often in cycles ranging from minutes to a few hours. So in the presence of a

food explosion (from their perspective), their population explodes. And then

when the food supply diminishes, their population diminishes in lock-step.

 

In other words, countless varieties of bacteria are always already present

within, on, and near us. Shall we feel concern about this? If we are

healthy, then no, not even a little. For if we are healthy, then WE are not

a breeding ground for bacteria!!! And all the " problems " you mention below

simply vanish ... or never occur in the first place, if we are that healthy

from conception. (Hopefully, the next generation!

 

CAVEATS: During the winter, if we close all the windows, spend much more

time indoors, reduce our level of physical activity, become mildly

depressed, and so forth, then we are no longer NEARLY as healthy as we were

just weeks earlier. And we DO make ourselves more vulnerable ( " susceptible " )

to whatever may be present. Since those around us are decidedly not healthy,

they ARE breeding grounds for bacteria, and they exhale them continuously.

And we immerse ourselves in this awful air-bath. But if we do become " sick " ,

it is not because of the bacteria per se, but rather because we have

weakened ourselves sufficiently to make ourselves an attractive breeding

ground for the bacteria.

 

I brush my teeth with a toothbrush, like anyone else. But I use the brush

dry, I use no products, I don't worry when I miss a day (or more). Tooth

decay might still appear ... but at this stage, it would be the working to

the surface of older problems, and I would do nothing and allow my system to

complete the cleansing-and-repair-in-progress that any such decay would

represent.

 

Best,

Elchanan

_____

 

Jeannie

Thu Jun 7, 2007 9:46 am

 

Elchanan,

 

I find this fascinating, indeed.

 

My sister used to tell her son (after softball practice).... " did you use

soap? " sometimes after a shower because he did not smell clean afterwards.

LOL. He would say no...lol she would tell him " get back in there and use

the soap " . She would tell me how he would just stand under the running water

and just rub his body.

 

So I'm curious. How do you brush your teeth? What about tooth decay?

 

Yes, we are covered and filled with bacteria. They are at work 24/7. They

will eat away at all the enamel of our teeth, they will cause us to smell

badly. Are you saying that just running water will rid us of the stinky

bacteria? Some bacteria are stubborn and don't want to leave willingly.

lol

 

Jeannie

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Elchanan,

 

Those backlogs can be a bitch to clean up, eh? It takes me forever to get

through all my emails and I don't have a fraction of what you must have to weed

through. I appreciate your responses. You (and others) are helping to exercise

my brain cells. :-) (my brain is hurting....LOL)

 

 

 

I still find this subject quite interesting. I'm enjoying learning about all

this.

 

Everything I read seems to create more curosities and questions.

 

You stated:

" I would do nothing and allow my system to

complete the cleansing-and-repair-in-progress that any such decay would

represent. "

 

 

Does this mean that you would allow your teeth to just rot out of your mouth?

Would you end up with dentures because you did nothing to stop or reverse tooth

decay?

 

I understand that what you speak of is in terms of " the ideal " situation. The

" Ideal " raw human. No tooth decay, no illness, no bacteria to create

disease......... However, the rest of us out there that are just now learning

and living the raw lifestyle to some degree or another are going to have current

problems that stem from past actions....are we to do nothing symptomatically?

Just let nature take it's course and watch as out teeth rot? LOL

 

What is the best way (if at all possible) of reversing tooth decay? How does

one handle a tooth ache?

 

 

 

 

Jeannie

 

 

 

your time is the most cherished gift of all, tomorrow is promised to no one.

 

 

 

 

Elchanan <Elchanan

rawfood

Friday, July 6, 2007 11:09:30 AM

[Raw Food] The cause of bacterial presence; Oral Hygiene [brushing

teeth] (WAS: Easy Livin'; Simplicity, Clarity (WAS: Our Potential for Health

(pH) (WAS: Why not stop using products?)

 

 

Hi Jeannie,

 

Backlog cleanup, back to you!

 

Living organisms are opportunistic in nature: when hungry, they take

advantage of every opportunity to feed. Most bacteria reproduce rapidly,

often in cycles ranging from minutes to a few hours. So in the presence of a

food explosion (from their perspective), their population explodes. And then

when the food supply diminishes, their population diminishes in lock-step.

 

In other words, countless varieties of bacteria are always already present

within, on, and near us. Shall we feel concern about this? If we are

healthy, then no, not even a little. For if we are healthy, then WE are not

a breeding ground for bacteria!!! And all the " problems " you mention below

simply vanish ... or never occur in the first place, if we are that healthy

from conception. (Hopefully, the next generation!

 

CAVEATS: During the winter, if we close all the windows, spend much more

time indoors, reduce our level of physical activity, become mildly

depressed, and so forth, then we are no longer NEARLY as healthy as we were

just weeks earlier. And we DO make ourselves more vulnerable ( " susceptible " )

to whatever may be present. Since those around us are decidedly not healthy,

they ARE breeding grounds for bacteria, and they exhale them continuously.

And we immerse ourselves in this awful air-bath. But if we do become " sick " ,

it is not because of the bacteria per se, but rather because we have

weakened ourselves sufficiently to make ourselves an attractive breeding

ground for the bacteria.

 

I brush my teeth with a toothbrush, like anyone else. But I use the brush

dry, I use no products, I don't worry when I miss a day (or more). Tooth

decay might still appear ... but at this stage, it would be the working to

the surface of older problems, and I would do nothing and allow my system to

complete the cleansing-and-repair-in-progress that any such decay would

represent.

 

Best,

Elchanan

_____

 

Jeannie

Thu Jun 7, 2007 9:46 am

 

Elchanan,

 

I find this fascinating, indeed.

 

My sister used to tell her son (after softball practice).... " did you use

soap? " sometimes after a shower because he did not smell clean afterwards.

LOL. He would say no...lol she would tell him " get back in there and use

the soap " . She would tell me how he would just stand under the running water

and just rub his body.

 

So I'm curious. How do you brush your teeth? What about tooth decay?

 

Yes, we are covered and filled with bacteria. They are at work 24/7. They

will eat away at all the enamel of our teeth, they will cause us to smell

badly. Are you saying that just running water will rid us of the stinky

bacteria? Some bacteria are stubborn and don't want to leave willingly.

lol

 

Jeannie

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

No Jeannie. The topic of oral health is more complex than I would choose to

cover here. For now, I'll simply share that a number of people have found,

for example, that if an old filling fell out and they simply continued their

healthful diet and lifestyle, their body filled out the tooth quite nicely.

 

To respond more fully would be individual by individual. Much depends upon

one's history. Often, RF allows the system to bring problems to the surface

for resolution ... and dental problems are no different in this regard than

other problems, except that we are more scared about them, and the

reconstruction may take longer than with many other parts of ourselves.

 

Best,

Elchanan

_____

 

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

jeannieh h

Friday, July 06, 2007 8:16 PM

rawfood

Re: [Raw Food] The cause of bacterial presence; Oral Hygiene

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for Health (pH) (WAS: Why not stop using products?)

 

 

 

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Does this mean that you would allow your teeth to just rot out of your

mouth? Would you end up with dentures because you did nothing to stop or

reverse tooth decay?

....

What is the best way (if at all possible) of reversing tooth decay? How does

one handle a tooth ache?

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

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Elchanan

>The topic of oral health is more complex than I would choose to

cover here. For now, I'll simply share that a number of people have found,

for example, that if an old filling fell out and they simply continued their

healthful diet and lifestyle, their body filled out the tooth quite nicely.

 

That's great to know, and one question I had on my list to ask, actually )

 

Caron