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12/19/2025

Have you heard about this....?

Every day we bathe our bodies with antibacterial soaps and scrub our homes with potent antibiotic cleansers. Thus, we protect ourselves from ever-present deadly germs in our environment. To remind us how susceptible we are to invasive organisms, television ads exhort that we cleanse our world with Lysol and rinse our mouths with Listerine . . . or is it the other way around? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention along with the media continuously inform us of the impending dangers of the latest flu, HIV, and plagues transported by mosquitoes, birds, and swine.

Why do these prognostications worry us? Because we have been programmed to believe our body’s defenses are weak, ripe for invasion by foreign substances.

If Nature’s threats weren’t bad enough, we must also protect ourselves from byproducts of human civilization. Manufactured poisons and massive amounts of excreted pharmaceuticals are toxifying the environment. Of course poisons, toxins and germs can kill us-we all know that. But then there are those who don’t believe in this reality-and live to tell about it.

In an article integrating genetics and epidemiology in Science magazine, microbiologist V.J. DiRita wrote, “Modern epidemiology is rooted in the work of John Snow, an English physician whose careful study of cholera victims led him to discover the waterborne nature of this disease. Cholera also played a part in the foundation of modern bacteriology-40 years after Snow’s seminal discovery, Robert Koch developed the germ theory of disease following his identification of the comma-shaped bacterium Vibrio cholerae as the agent that causes cholera. Koch’s theory was not without its detractors, one of whom was so convinced that V. cholerae was not the cause of cholera that he drank a glass of it to prove that it was harmless. For unexplained reasons he remained symptom-free, but nevertheless incorrect.”

Here’s a man who, in 1884, so challenged the accepted medical opinion, that to prove his point, he drank a glass of cholera, yet remained symptom-free. Not to be outdone, the professionals claimed he was the one who was wrong!

We love this story because the most telling part is that science dismissed this man’s daring experiment without bothering to investigate the reason for his apparent immunity, which was very likely his unshakable belief that he was right. It was far easier for the scientists to treat him as an irksome exception than to change the rules they created. In science however, an exception simply represents something that is not yet known or understood. In fact, some of the most important advances in the history of science were directly derived from studies on anomalous exceptions.

Now take the insight from the cholera story and integrate it with this amazing report: Rural eastern Kentucky, Tennessee, and parts of Virginia and North Carolina are home to devout fundamentalists known as the Free Pentecostal Holiness Church. In a state of religious ecstasy, congregants demonstrate God’s protection through their ability to safely handle poisonous rattlesnakes and copperheads. Even though many of these individuals get bitten, they do not show expected symptoms of toxic poisoning. The snake routine is only the opening act. Really devout congregants take the notion of Divine protection one giant step further. In testifying that God protects them, they drink toxic doses of strychnine without exhibiting harmful effects. Now, there’s a tough mystery for science to stomach!

Read more at www.brucelipton.com/do-ordinary-humans-possess-superhuman-powers/

12/04/2025

12/03/2025

Interesting

🧠 Your gut may be quietly shaping your risk of multiple sclerosis.

In a new twin study, researchers analyzed gut microbes from 81 pairs of identical twins in which only one sibling had multiple sclerosis (MS). They identified 51 bacterial types that differed in abundance between twins, then transferred selected gut microbiota into mice engineered to develop an MS-like disease.​

Two species stood out: Eisenbergiella tayi and bacteria from the Lachnoclostridium genus, both part of the Lachnospiraceae family. Mice colonized with these microbes were more likely to develop MS-like symptoms, strongly implicating these bacteria as potential environmental triggers. Because identical twins share the same genes, the work zeroes in on the microbiome as a key non-genetic factor in MS risk.​

The findings support the idea that signals from the gut can misdirect the immune system, leading it to attack nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. While the results rely heavily on mouse models and need confirmation in humans, they open a path toward future therapies that modify the gut microbiome to prevent or slow MS.​

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📄 RESEARCH PAPER

📌 Yoon S-J et al, "Identification of disease-facilitating gut bacteria in multiple sclerosis using monozygotic twins and gnotobiotic mice", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025)

11/29/2025

Germany's sauerkraut bacteria eliminated anxiety disorders within 6 weeks completely, while benzos create dependence

German psychiatrists discovered that specific lactobacillus strains from traditional sauerkraut fermentation eliminate anxiety disorders by resetting gut-brain axis signaling that causes pathological anxiety. Patients with severe anxiety achieved complete remission within 6 weeks of probiotic therapy without any psychiatric medications.

Anxiety disorders increasingly appear to originate from disrupted gut microbiome composition that sends constant stress signals to the brain via the vagus nerve. The sauerkraut bacteria produce GABA (the brain's calming neurotransmitter) and other compounds in the gut that signal the brain to reduce anxiety responses. When patients consume therapeutic doses of these specific strains, the bacteria colonize the digestive tract and continuously produce anxiety-reducing signals. Brain imaging shows normalized amygdala activity and reduced stress hormone production. Within weeks, patients report their anxiety simply disappearing. It's like replacing the gut bacteria that scream danger constantly with bacteria that whisper calm.

The global anti-anxiety medication market exceeds $20 billion annually, dominated by benzodiazepines (Xanax, Va**um, Ativan) that patients become dependent on and require for life while facing cognitive impairment and addiction risks. A probiotic that cures anxiety in 6 weeks threatens this pharmaceutical market. Research funding flows toward new psychiatric drugs rather than gut microbiome solutions, despite German data showing superior outcomes with zero addiction potential.

American anxiety patients take daily benzodiazepines for years, becoming dependent while their anxiety never truly resolves. German anxiety patients consume sauerkraut bacteria for 6 weeks and achieve lasting remission without drugs. The microbiome cure works better and has no addiction risk—it just doesn't create lifetime pharmaceutical customers.

Why take addictive anxiety drugs forever when sauerkraut bacteria cure it in 6 weeks?

📊 Source: Psychosomatic Medicine, 2024

11/17/2025

11/11/2025

In a discovery that blurs the line between biology and mystery, scientists have confirmed that humans emit a faint, natural glow, an ultra-weak light produced by biochemical reactions within our cells. This subtle luminescence, invisible to the naked eye, is the result of metabolic processes involving oxygen and free radicals, which release photons as a byproduct of cellular energy production.
Using highly sensitive cameras, researchers captured images showing that this light emission fluctuates throughout the day, strongest around the face and upper body, where metabolic activity is highest. What’s even more astonishing is that this biophotonic glow vanishes completely the moment life ends, suggesting that it could be a unique signature of living energy, a measurable indicator of biological vitality.
Scientists believe this phenomenon could eventually help in medical diagnostics, offering a non-invasive way to study cellular health, stress, and disease. It also opens new philosophical and scientific questions about the relationship between light, life, and consciousness, a connection long hinted at in ancient traditions but now illuminated by modern science.
This remarkable finding reminds us that life itself quite literally shines from within, a quiet radiance shared by all living things.

11/10/2025

Rippling Streams Wellness would ask this question is there was suspicion of a parasitic infection. I’be seen puppy vaccines show up. ❤️

All Glow

11/01/2025

10/27/2025

Interesting?

A recent study published in PLOS Medicine found that the food additive carrageenan increases risk of breast cancer by 32%. Carrageenan is a thickening agent used in dairy alternatives, deli meats, and some plant-based products.

Here’s a detailed look at the mechanisms behind why carrageenan increases breast cancer risk:

📑The Inflammatory pathway: studies suggests that carrageenan contributes to cancer development through intestinal inflammation. The proposed mechanism works in several steps:

▶️ Gut microbiome disruption: Carrageenan interacts with gut microbes and can be utilized by certain microorganisms, altering the gut’s normal microbial balance.

▶️Inflammatory immune response: The altered gut microbiome can trigger a potent inflammatory immune response that causes inflammation of the colon. This chronic inflammation, sometimes called “leaky gut” syndrome, can break down the protective mucus barrier in the intestines.

▶️Activation of inflammatory pathways: When this barrier is compromised, it can trigger the activation of inflammatory signaling pathways, which can lead to the secretion of pro-inflammatory molecules.

▶️Promotion of tumor growth: Chronic inflammation creates an environment in the body that can lead to cell damage and mutations, increasing the susceptibility to cancer.

PMID: 38349899