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A Cup Of Black Tea Could Defend Against Anthrax

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.



Dr. MercolaDr. Mercola's Comments:

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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cydwatts
[ Joined on 06/07 ] [ Posted on April 5, 2008 ]
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Black tea as a general rule does NOT contain fluoride; Oolong tea does.  If black tea in general did, green tea would because the only difference is that black tea has been fermented and green tea has not.

This is my biggest problem with Dr. Mercola; he occasionally makes these general statements that are over-generalizations, showing that he has not researched one particular item as thoroughly as he should or thought it through completely.

In general, though, this is a great site.

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evoldog
[ Joined on 09/07 ]  [ Posted on April 5, 2008]
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  Mercola

While there does seem to be a lot of useful info here, it is hard to determine what's bullshit and what's not - as a rule of thumb, I suppose you should be suspect of any opinion he gives that is really just an advertizement for one of his products...he's little more than an infomercial - "if you buy cod liver oil from someone besides me, it might be rancid"...it's amazing that only his products are any good...

  
  
Jeremy
[ Joined on 06/06 ] [ Posted on March 13, 2008 ]
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This is very interesting and good to know.. in case one of the government strains accidentally gets released again.. 

History Channel Admits Anthrax Attacks are an Inside Job 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdamOzrfZI0

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SpartyOn
[ Joined on 06/06 ]  [ Posted on March 14, 2008]
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  Mercola
Whew, good thing I keep tea bags in my purse.  Never know when you might need it.
  
  
curlilox
[ Joined on 08/07 ] [ Posted on March 14, 2008 ]
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Colloidal Silver has been proven effective against anthrax.  The government knows this and has purchased massive amounts of it to be ready in the event of biological warfare.  The drug companies got wind of this and were furious!  This is one reason they are trying to get colloidal silver off the market.  I'm not talking about the type that made the man blue.  I'm talking about silver in the correct particle size that is beneficial to our bodies.
It is good to see that they are finding other natural products that are effective in neutralizing biological warfare germs.  It seems to me that it would take a lot of tea, otherwise anyone who drank tea normally wouldn't ever get sick!
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qualitygeek
[ Joined on 10/07 ]  [ Posted on March 14, 2008]
       
   
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  Mercola
Anyone can make colloidal silver - I make my own...
Mercola
  
cydwatts
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  Mercola

Making your own is great (I used to before I was in a car accident; after the brain damage, I have been barely able to keep track of my day-to-day life, much less my colloidal silver generator), but most people to not have the equipment to make the really effective stuff, with the smaller particles.  Still works, just not as well.

Mercola
  
Deborah.M
[ Joined on 03/07 ]  [ Posted on April 5, 2008]
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  Mercola

Does anyone know how you make colloidal silver

Mercola
  
cydwatts
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  Mercola

First you need a generator, which is basically a box with batteries (though you could make one that plugs in) and two terminals, each with a strip of pure silver attached to it.  Then you put the silver strips in distilled water with the box turned on.  It takes a few hours as I recall.

Of course, I have a VERY simple generator, made by an acquaintance.  Others may be more elaborate.

Mercola
  
hunter3738
[ Joined on 01/08 ]  [ Posted on April 5, 2008]
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  Mercola

"First you need a generator, which is basically a box with batteries (though you could make one that plugs in) and two terminals, each with a strip of pure silver attached to it."

sounds yummy...NOT

alternative:

"A nice 2 pound steak with some stilton cheese sauce, french fries and a 1L bottle of laphroaig"

make your pick, off to get me some right now...

Mercola
  
srubina
[ Joined on 06/07 ]  [ Posted on April 6, 2008]
       
   
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  Mercola

to find out how to make your own colloidal silver from scratch go to www.quantumbalancing.com/makeyourowncs.htm

Mercola
  
A Storm
[ Joined on 06/06 ]  [ Posted on April 11, 2008]
       
   
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  Mercola

I don't know that I would make my own colloidal silver because of the particle size difference but I recently moved from Illinois to Texas and my sinus' went crazy!!!   I changed medications twice and the last time I was put on 3 (count them THREE) medications for allergies each night.  After 1 week, I though F*&K THIS!!  I was at a newly found health store and they had 'Soverign Silver' brand silver hydrosol.   I went home and it said that I could take it WITH my meds but I thought 'nothing to lose' since I couldn't breath at night anyway, so I took it (nostril spray bottle) ALONE.    BEST NIGHTS SLEEP IN A YEAR.  I COULD BREATH ALL NIGHT FREELY.

And as a bonus, I won't get a sinus infection or cold because nothing  can grow in the presence of silver. No bacteria, fungus or virus.  

Anyway,  it's been over a week and it is working BETTER than the 3 meds that I was on and isn't messing with my vision like I suspect one of the meds was.  I AM NOW A VERY HAPPY 5 CAT OWNER!!!   I CAN BREATH AND SLEEP AND HAVE MY CATS TOO!!!   I HAVE TOLD ANYONE THAT WOULD LISTEN ABOUT MY 'MIRACLE' CURE FOR ALLERGIES.

DO YOU THINK THAT I SOULD GO BACK TO THE ALLERGIST AND TELL HIM??!!??  lol.

  
  
Lulukins
[ Joined on 03/08 ] [ Posted on April 6, 2008 ]
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This is such a frustratingly confusing subject.

Where, exactly, is the fluoride in tea coming from?  Does it refer to the water used to steep the tea, or is it in the plant itself?  I've been doing a lot of research on fluoride recently, but I'm still a little unclear as to the differences between naturally occurring fluoride (fluorine?) and the bad stuff the government poisons us with.  I've been under the assumption that the naturally occurring fluoride/fluorine is not harmful.  

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ryree
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  Mercola

I believe it comes from pollution in the air and polluted rain water settling on the leaves as they are growing. Also from polution in the soil.

"Tea plants accumulate fluoride in their leaves. In general, the oldest tea leaves contain the most fluoride (9). Most high quality teas are made from the bud or the first two to four leaves—the youngest leaves on the plant. Brick tea, a lower quality tea, is made from the oldest tea leaves and is often very high in fluoride."

  
  
mmc88121
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So if you are exposed to Anthrax drink some black tea,  But how much is enough? 

Mary
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MJean
[ Joined on 03/08 ] [ Posted on April 5, 2008 ]
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Okay, Anthrax is VERY real.  Remember the Anthrax scare at the NJ Postal building a few years ago?   Well, believe it or not...someone close to me worked there at the time and someone this person knew was infected there.  This person couldn't run FAST enough to the doctor to get started on antibiotics....THOSE are what saved this person from a possible infection.  Sorry, but I just can't buy the "black tea" crapola...it was a LONG time on antibiotics that saved the life of the guy that got the infection...NOT black tea.  I'm not saying that trying black tea won't work...but I sure as heck wouldn't depend on it should another Anthrax scare happen...I'll be the one taking the antibiotics AND drinking the black tea. LOL