waste disposal. However, when this process includes the fermentation and putrefaction of large amounts
of improperly digested food, the naturally present destructive microorganisms proliferate and produce
excessive amounts of toxic substances that may irritate or injure the intestinal lining. For all practical
purposes, the intestinal lining serves as an internal skin, designed to protect the blood from becoming
poisoned. Our life is in danger when this internal skin is injured.
Regular exposure of our “internal skin” to such acidifying and irritating components as the
phosphoric acid and other chemical additives contained in colas, for example, can lead to suppurating
wounds and the perforation of the intestinal walls. I often see this type of damage as advanced tissue
erosion while examining the iris (iridology) of regular soft drink consumers. As a natural side effect of
repairing such internal wounds, pus is formed. Pus is decayed cell-matter containing plenty of bacterial
organisms. Toxins released by the bacteria or fungi may cause further tissue damage and lead to poor
organ function. These toxins also trigger a vigorous inflammatory response by the body, which can cause
pain and obstruction, as is commonly found in Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. If removal of the
pus from the wound is obstructed, it may turn septic and seep into the bloodstream, causing septic shock
and, possibly, death. To avoid such a scenario, the body may allow polyps and cancerous tumors to form,
which help siphon off some of these deadly poisons and keep them away from the blood for as long as
possible. (See also chapter 10 on the real causes of cancer.)
Blaming bacteria for causing an infection reflects great ignorance about the workings of natural
processes both in the body and in the environment. As mentioned before, infection is not caused by
bacteria, but by the presence of toxic substances and the resulting cell damage that attracts these
organisms.
So-called deadly bacteria, which are involved in the most serious infections, can be found almost
everywhere. They naturally live on such common places as your hands, lips, hair, cups, cutlery, door
handles, toilet bowls, bathroom floors and kitchen sinks, but only a tiny fraction of the population gets
sick because of them. These germs are totally harmless for us unless unhealthy habits or the suppression
of the symptoms of disease (which always suppresses the immune system) “turns” them into deadly
weapons. Immunization serums, for example, contain highly toxic substances that are meant to heighten
your immune response, but instead, they tend to weaken it. The ever-present bacteria in our environment
may mingle with the serum and cause such side effects as shock, convulsions, brain damage and death.
(More details on the effects of vaccination programs are in chapter 13.) The bacteria are totally innocent
unless they are given something spoiled to “eat.” Dogs and cats lick them from their wounds, and once in
contact with their mouth and stomach secretions, they are digested and rendered harmless. We are also
equipped with more weapons than we need to deal effectively with any kind of bacteria. Healthy people
kill off all bacteria and parasites before they have even a remote chance to do them any harm.
The story, however, is very different when waste products from undigested food linger in the
intestinal tract longer than they should, sometimes for as long as weeks, months or even years. Food that
is eaten either too quickly, in between meals, late at night, or wrongly combined, lowers AGNI, the
digestive fire. Anger and fear also lower AGNI. The deadly microbes, normally neutralized and kept in
check by the probiotic bacteria and the immune system in the gut, are given the green light to spread
freely throughout the digestive tract. After they find a fertile breeding ground in the human sewer
plastering the intestinal walls, the harmful bacteria dramatically increase in number in order to deal with
the waste. While attacking the waste, these microbes produce large amounts of toxins. They literally turn
everything they find into poison. Among the poisons generated are “cadaverine,”^8 and “putrescine.”^9
These result from putrefying proteins, the same as those produced from decomposing cadavers.
(^8) A colorless, viscous, toxic ptomaine, C 5 H 14 N 2 , having an offensive odor, formed by the action of bacilli on meat, fish, and
other proteins, including breakdown of living and dead organisms.