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A Cup Of Black Tea Could Defend Against Anthrax
Posted by: Dr. Mercola
April 05 2008 | 27,961 views

anthrax, biowarfare, biological warfare, black tea, polyphenols, green tea, matcha green teaA new study has revealed that a humble cup of black tea could be an antidote to Bacillus anthracis -- more commonly know as anthrax.

Anthrax is a potentially fatal disease. A very serious and rapidly progressing form of the disease, occurring when bacterial spores are inhaled, makes anthrax a potent threat as a biological warfare agent.

But components of black tea, such as polyphenols, have the ability to inhibit the activity of anthrax considerably. However, the research also showed that the addition of whole milk to a standard cup of tea completely inhibited its antibacterial activity against anthrax.


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Anthrax is a highly infectious disease of animals, especially ruminants, which can be transmitted to humans through contact with the infected animals or animal products. Causative agent: Bacillus anthracis.

Standard medical knowledge of the disease is still sketchy because anthrax is extremely rare as a naturally occurring disease.

However, anthrax has been studied intensely for use as a bioweapon since the 1940s. After years of experimentation with anthrax, a method for inducing spore encapsulation was invented. In this way anthrax, the disease, was crafted into anthrax, the weapon.

According to the Merck Manual, you can contract the anthrax disease in three ways:

  • Through broken skin
  • By eating infected meat
  • By inhaling spores (Woolsorter's Disease)

Why You Want to Avoid the Anthrax Vaccine

I recommend avoiding ALL vaccines, since all of them are immune suppressing -- meaning they depress your natural immune functions, which leaves you vulnerable to any number of diseases – but the anthrax vaccine also has a long list of horrendous side effects, including:

Gulf War syndrome

Migraines

Heart problems

Diabetes

Multiple sclerosis

Autoimmune diseases

Lesions on your brain

Birth defects

Guillain Barre syndrome

Seizures

Paralysis

Chronic fatigue, and chronic pain syndromes

Dr. Meryl Nass is the leading authority on anthrax vaccinations in the U.S. She has been on the forefront in exposing the anthrax vaccine’s risk to health. (She also helped expose the covert and immoral U.S. military and government testing of vaccines on troops without their knowledge or consent.)

Her website, anthraxvaccine.org contains much of the latest up-to-date information about this vaccine, so if you’re interested in getting more in-depth information I’d highly recommend it.

Is Black Tea the Answer?

Based on this new research, drinking black tea just might help kill off the anthrax bacteria. Unfortunately, black tea is also high in fluoride, so I’m hesitant to recommend drinking large amounts of black tea as a daily prophylaxis against something that is currently not a threat.

Black tea contains about 7.8 mgs of fluoride, which is roughly the same amount you would ingest if you drank 7.8 litres (just over 2 gallons) of water in an area fluoridated at 1ppm. Some British and African studies from the 1990's have shown a daily fluoride intake of between 5.8 mgs and 9 mgs of fluoride a day from tea alone.

Considering the serious dangers of high fluoride consumption, you may want to save the black tea for an actual emergency only, and focus on more health promoting strategies to build up your natural defenses against germs like anthrax.

If you are going to drink tea my strong recommendation is to drink a high quality green tea. The best and highest quality I have yet to find is Royal Matcha green tea, which has a long tradition of being used in Asia.

Your Best Defense Against Anthrax

What would happen if there is another anthrax scare? Provided you even get to have a say in the matter, do you submit to a dangerous and potentially deadly vaccine or not?

What are your alternatives?

The potential destructive devastation of biological germ warfare far exceeds that of most chemicals because the infections continue to spread among individuals, as most of the biological agents are highly communicable.

Therefore, always remember that your first line of defense is to posses a healthy, robust immune system!

Anthrax, or any natural pathogenic agent, cannot overpower such a body, because your internal defense system will be able to efficiently kill and eliminate these foreign invaders. You might get ill before your body's defense system kicks into high gear, but your body will eventually win out over the biological agent, and defeat its spread. 

A compromised immune system, however, will likely fail to defeat an anthrax invasion of your body.

Since many people have compromised immune systems, it is absolutely vital to feed your body with foods designed to rebuild and strengthen its defenses. This should not be one of your last options, but your first.

My recommended eating plan is invaluable for building and maintaining a strong, healthy immune system. It contains some of the most potent physical measures you can implement to optimize your health.



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