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1. Surface cleaning 🧫

The principle of action of all chemical compounds is dissolving dirty particles. At the same time, due to the heterogeneous composition of dirt, a universal chemical detergent capable of dissolving dirt to a liquid state and completely remove it, there is no universal chemical cleaner. On surface, "washed" with the use of any detergent, a film of chemical substances together with dirt, as the dirt dissolved by the chemical dirt is not completely removed. In fact only superficial cleaning is performed. To the fact that any surface is not homogeneous in structure, but consists of microscopic pores that have an extensive network of different lengths and widths of depressions (pockets).

The "cleaning" process involves removing the top layer that clogs the pore. The remaining dirt particles remain in narrow and long "pockets", from which to completely remove dirt particles with pathogenic bacteria by chemical means is simply impossible.

2. Short-term local effect ⏳

The effect of disinfectants on the surface to be
is short-lived, and within half an hour the opposite effect is observed. The active growth of pathogenic bacteria begins, after 3 hours the number of pathogens
is restored, and the number of probiotics (good bacteria) does not increase proportionally. That is, we artificially create an imbalance in the microbiological environment, exacerbating it even more with each use of chemical detergents.

3. Resistance of bacteria to exposure 🦠

Disinfectants, antibiotics, destroying all bacteria in a row, only develop the resistance of pathogenic bacteria to external influences. The acquired resistance is consolidated and passed on to to the next generations of pathogenic bacteria. As a result, new infections are emerging that do not to the means used to treat them.

4. Health risk ☠️

Evaporating, chemical compounds enter the respiratory system of humans and animals, and spread through the respiratory tract. Some substances are excreted naturally, while others cannot be processed by the body and are deposited, for example, in joints or other organs and tissues. Being inside us, this "chemistry" has a negative impact on our health. In particular, the craze for household chemicals is one of the reasons for the rise in food and toxic poisoning, cardiovascular diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and perhaps the biggest problem of our century - the annual increase in the number of people suffering from allergies.

Chlorine

organochlorine compounds are substances that significantly alter intracellular metabolism and have mutagenic activity, which in turn clearly leads to the formation and growth of various tumours in the body.

Phosphates

cause disturbances in calcium metabolism in the body, the development of allergies, increased skin degreasing, and blood disorders.

Anionic surfactants

At a concentration of more than 10%, a-Surfactants accumulate in organs, causing immune disorders, allergies, brain, liver, kidney, and lung damage, and destroy living cells.

For example, 1.9% of the total amount of a-PVPs that come into contact with unprotected skin is deposited in brain tissue, and 0.6% in liver tissue. The effect of a-PAHs is similar to that of poisons. However, the presence of phosphate impurities in powders leads to a significant increase in the toxic properties of a-Surfactants.

Triclosan

is capable of disrupting hormonal balance, which provokes the development of antibiotic resistance. It is dangerous for pregnant women, as it disrupts blood flow to the fetus and leads to oxygen deprivation in the baby's brain.

Ammonia

irritates the mucous membranes, causes burns, digestive disorders, upper respiratory tract catarrh, hearing loss, and has a negative effect on the brain.

Nitrobenzene

is toxic, absorbed through the skin, has a strong effect on the central nervous system, disrupting metabolism, causing liver disease, and oxidising haemoglobin.

Phenols and cresolscause poisoning, have an irritating effect on the organs of vision, respiration, digestion and skin, and affect the central nervous system.

Formaldehydeis a strong carcinogen that causes severe irritation of the eyes, throat, skin, respiratory tract and lungs.

Petroleum distillates (in polishes for metal surfaces)short-term exposure can cause temporary visual impairment, long-term exposure leads to nervous system, kidney, visual and skin disorders.

Ammonia (in glass surface cleaners)
can irritate the eyes and respiratory tract and cause headaches.

This list is far from complete. In the pursuit of cost-cutting, household chemical manufacturers are using more and more new chemical compounds that cause irreparable harm to human health.

The manifold increase in the production and consumption of chemical detergents has led to the formation of a new, permanent chemical factor affecting the human environment.

The release of synthetic detergents into the environment has reached enormous proportions. Nowadays, in crowded places, harmful substances enter the human body not only from cans, but also from the environment: with inhaled air, drinking water, and food. Just think, this has happened in less than 100 years!
Numerous advertisements in the media for powders, bleaches, cleaning agents and detergents slowly but surely convince people that they need to wash, clean and launder endlessly. However, no one talks about the harm to human health caused by household chemicals.

For example, few people know that phosphates added to detergents are a powerful poison and lead to irreversible changes in the human body and nature. According to research, in order to remove phosphate residues from the fabric after washing, you need to rinse the laundry in hot water more than 10 times.

Modern washing machines use only up to three rinses in cold water. Natural fabrics are the best at retaining chemicals: wool, cotton, and silk. Detergent also remains on the dishes, which gets into the body when using such "clean" dishes. To completely wash off the detergent, you need to rinse the dishes for a long time.

Detergents for sanitary ware, tiles, floors and glass contain active substances that evaporate and enter our respiratory tract and from there into the bloodstream. Thus, particles of detergents enter the human body either by contact through the skin of the hands when cleaning and washing dishes, or through skin areas that come into contact with clothes washed with phosphate powder, or through the respiratory tract, or with food. We consume all of these products orally, no matter how much we don't want to.

Due to the long period of decay of chemical compounds, the accumulation of hazardous substances in the human body continues throughout life, leading to irreversible changes, diseases and pathologies. The daily use of household chemicals leads to skin irritations, inflammations and even eczema, especially in children and people with allergies. The volatile organic compounds in these products irritate the mucous membranes, causing inflammatory reactions.

Recently, cases of toxicological poisoning from chemical vapours have become much more frequent. Fragrances used by manufacturers to create the "freshness of a frosty morning" can cause irritation of the nasal mucosa, and in allergy sufferers, breathing difficulties and coughing, up to asthma attacks.

Scientists have long established that household chemicals have a harmful effect on human health. For 20 years, European countries have completely banned detergents containing phosphates, chlorine and other harmful substances.

That is why, for example, powders produced at a plant in our country differ greatly in composition from their Western counterparts of the same brands and the same manufacturer. Household chemical manufacturers use cheaper and more dangerous ingredients that are banned in the West to sell detergents in Ukraine, Kazakhstan and other countries where the population does not think about the harm caused by chemicals.

What kind of cosmetics should you use to "feed" your microbiome to make your skin better?

There is only one answer - cosmetics with probiotics and prebiotics.

Probiotics are microorganisms or living cultures that live on the surface of our skin, positively affecting its health. After all, our skin is home to millions of bacteria, viruses and fungi that protect it from harmful environmental influences (dirt, harmful bacteria, UV radiation, etc.).

If you take care of the skin's defences and balance, your skin will not only be protected from free radicals and harmful factors, but also improve its overall condition, texture and moisturising functions. Probiotics have also been shown to reduce skin sensitivity to various allergens.

Properties of probiotics:

The use of probiotics in the cosmetic industry is fairly new, but has already revolutionised skincare thanks to its positive effects that help strengthen the skin's protective barrier, balancing the microbiological balance (skin's protective barrier) and giving your skin long-lasting beauty and radiance.

What are prebiotics?

Prebiotics are substances used by the very microorganisms of our microbiome. Roughly speaking, prebiotics are "food" for them, they create good conditions for the growth and development of the microbiome. "Many ingredients have such prebiotic properties: amino acids, peptides, sugars (oligo-, mono-, di-, polysaccharides), fatty and organic acids, enzymes, vitamins, antioxidants, plant extracts, and others.

That is, we can conclude that it is cosmetics that are rich in probiotics and prebiotics that can help our skin maintain its beauty and health for a long time. Because such cosmetics do not destroy, but rather enrich the microbiome of our skin.

How does the microbiome help our skin?
The microbiome influences the skin's protective properties. The more diverse the composition of bacteria on the skin's surface, the stronger this protection.
The microbiome can protect the skin from damage and pathogens, provide some protection against UV radiation, regulate the level of acidity, promote the active synthesis of hyaluronic acid, collagen and elastin, help retain moisture on the skin surface, and influence the behaviour of pigment cells. Most processes in the skin depend in one way or another on the state of the microbiome.

How can you make your microbiome better?

A more resilient microbiome is made possible by... a healthy lifestyle and a varied diet. "About 60% of the skin's flora is determined by genetics, 20% by environmental factors, and another 20% by what you eat."
Just like fingerprints, the microbiome is individual and begins to form from birth and even before birth. And, for example, children after a caesarean section will have a poorer microbiome. Now there is research evidence that the mother's amniotic fluid contains bacteria, and the microbiome begins to form in utero.

Can cosmetic care really affect the microbiome?

Yes! Both for the better and for the worse.
Improper care can disrupt the microbiome and thus provoke irritation, increase sensitivity, and lead to dryness and redness.

What harms the microbiome?

Over-care of the skin, overuse of peels and scrubs, frequent use of antibacterial products. Various forms of retinol and acids can have a negative impact - with constant use. Their use should be a course, not permanent.

Why frogs don't get sick

Why don't frogs living in muddy swamps and puddles full of bacteria get infected? This question was addressed by American biologist Michael Zasloff, who observed an African frog with severe wounds in a contaminated laboratory pool. The search for an answer led the American geneticist to the following conclusion: unique anti-infective processes are taking place in the skin of frogs, which could be the basis for a completely new class of effective antibiotics.

The entire skin of a frog is covered with protective mucus. The frog releases its eggs into the water, where each egg is dressed in a protective mucus that is very similar to a biofilm that protects microbes. The size of the "frog biofilm" is greatly increased compared to the microbial biofilm, but the essence remains the same. The biofilm plays a protective function for microbes and is the cause of the phenomenon of resistance.

Most of your body does not belong to you.
Human cells in our body make up only 43% of the total. The rest are microscopic colonisers.

Now we are better acquainted with the hidden half of our body - the microbiome. Consequently, the perception of various diseases, from allergies to Parkinson's, is changing at an accelerated pace.

Today, scientists even have questions about what it means to be a "human being". This may lead to new, innovative treatment methods.
"Microorganisms are vital to your health," explains Professor Ruth Lei, Director of the Department of Microbiome Science at the Max Planck Institute. - "Your body is not just you.

No matter how thoroughly you wash yourself, there is not a single patch of your body that is not covered with microscopic creatures.
These include bacteria, viruses, fungi and archaea (organisms that were originally misclassified as bacteria). And the greatest concentration of this microscopic life is found in the dark twilight bowels of our oxygen-deprived gut.

Professor Rob Knight of the University of California, San Diego, told the BBC: "We are more microbes than humans."
Initially, it was believed that microbes outnumber our cells by a ratio of 10:1.
"Then a more accurate ratio was established - 1:1. Now, if you count all your cells, you're about 43% human," says Professor Knight.

But we have suffered an even greater defeat genetically.
The human genome - the set of genetic instructions necessary for a human being - consists of 20,000 "instructions" called genes.
However, if you add up all the genes in our microbiome, you get an impressive figure - from two to 20 million microbial genes.

Professor Sarkis Mazmanian, a microbiologist at the California Institute of Technology, said: "We don't have just one genome. The genes of our microbiome are essentially a second genome that complements our own human genome.
"In my opinion, what makes us human is the combination of our own DNA and the DNA of the microbes in our gut," says the scientist.

"It would be naive to think that we carry so much microbial material in us, but it does not interact with or affect our body at all.
Today, science is accelerating its research into the role of the microbiome in digestion, immune system regulation, disease protection and the production of vital vitamins.

Rob Knight said: "We're exploring the ways in which these tiny creatures are completely changing our health. Until recently, we had no idea about this."
These are completely new insights into the world of microorganisms. Until now, we have been at odds with microbes.

Due to the availability of antibiotics, humanity is on the verge of a bacterial apocalypse!

Due to insufficient control over antibiotic treatment, the number of superbugs resistant to all drugs is growing worldwide. This could lead to the collapse of modern medicine and epidemics of medieval proportions, according to a BBC documentary.

According to the film's author, Fergus Walsh, people in the UK and other countries are used to being treated with antibiotics and are increasingly using them unnecessarily. This leads to the emergence of resistant superbugs, against which antibiotics lose their effectiveness one by one, and new ones do not appear to replace them. The last time a new class of antibiotics was discovered was in the 80s of the last century. This means that when all antibacterial drugs stop working, humanity will be left vulnerable to a huge number of diseases.

"In the first half of the last century, 40% of people died of infections. This was before the advent of antibiotics, and we risk returning to a similar scenario. We need to get the situation under control, otherwise we will lose modern medicine," says Sally Davies, the British government's chief medical adviser.

Already, the British healthcare system relies essentially on a single group of antibiotics - carbapenems. Only drugs in this group are currently able to treat pneumonia and bloodstream infections.Due to the availability of antibiotics, humanity is on the verge of a bacterial apocalypse!

Due to insufficient control over antibiotic treatment, the number of superbugs resistant to all drugs is growing worldwide. This could lead to the collapse of modern medicine and epidemics of medieval proportions, according to a BBC documentary.

According to the film's author, Fergus Walsh, people in the UK and other countries are used to being treated with antibiotics and are increasingly using them unnecessarily. This leads to the emergence of resistant superbugs, against which antibiotics lose their effectiveness one by one, and new ones do not appear to replace them. The last time a new class of antibiotics was discovered was in the 80s of the last century. This means that when all antibacterial drugs stop working, humanity will be left vulnerable to a huge number of diseases.

"In the first half of the last century, 40% of people died of infections. This was before the advent of antibiotics, and we risk returning to a similar scenario. We need to get the situation under control, otherwise we will lose modern medicine," says Sally Davies, the British government's chief medical adviser.
Already, the British healthcare system relies essentially on a single group of antibiotics - carbapenems. Only drugs in this group are currently able to treat pneumonia and bloodstream infections.

According to Jim O'Neill, head of the antimicrobial resistance study, 700,000 people die every year worldwide due to superbugs. If no urgent action is taken, the number of deaths per year will reach 10 million by 2050. This will cause losses of $100 trillion to the global economy.

The people of India suffer the most from antibiotic resistance today. According to the author of the film, this is due to the country's extremely low level of sanitation and a large selection of freely available antibiotics, which Indians use uncontrollably for self-medication. Every year, about 60,000 newborns die from superbugs in India.
As a reminder, in 2017, a 70-year-old woman died in the United States from a dangerous bacterium resistant to all 26 antibiotics known to American doctors.

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PART 2

The most common medicinal herbs of Chinese medicine:

1. Red peony root is a component of powders and infusions. It has a calming, vasodilating and analgesic effect. It is used to treat inflammation of the prostate gland, painful urination accompanied by fever and lower abdominal distension.

2. Peach seed infusion is used in case of acute appendicitis, as well as for treatment of purulent formations, bruises and abscesses. The seeds have anti-inflammatory and laxative effects.

3 Peppermint helps with headaches, fever, and sore throat. Mint decoctions are used in case of sleep disorders.

4. Dandelion leaves are used in dried form. It has an antipyretic effect, promotes elimination of toxins from the body, and treats purulent skin inflammations. The decoction acts as a choleretic agent.

5. Turmeric root has analgesic and diuretic effects, improves heart and gallbladder function. It is used in case of pain in the chest, abdomen, ribs, nausea and vomiting in women, hepatitis, mental disorders (manic-depressive psychosis).

6. Dried sage root. Preparations based on it lower blood pressure and have antibacterial effect. It is used as a sedative, in case of pelvic pain after childbirth, angina pectoris, hepatitis, menstrual delay.

7. The root, inflorescences and stems of Baikal skullcap are used for hepatitis, dysentery, furunculosis, painful urination, cough, and as a haemostatic agent in case of bleeding. Skullcap has antibacterial, antiviral, antimycotic effects, as well as a diuretic effect and reduces fever and blood pressure.

Other herbal remedies of Chinese medicine:

Ginseng - slows down aging, cleanses the blood, tones up.

Thyme - smoothes wrinkles.

Coriander - purifies the blood, slows down the aging process.

Garlic - purifies the blood, antibiotic.

Wormwood - tones up, cleanses the blood, moderate antiseptic.

Common blackhead - tones up, cleanses the blood.

Ginger is an antiseptic, stimulant, and digestive aid.

Stinging nettle - tones and purifies the blood.

PART 1
One of the first Chinese books on medicinal plants was written in 2500 BC. Today, more than 15,000 herbal medicines are used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Decoctions and infusions are the most widespread in Chinese herbal medicine, with more than a dozen different plant species used for their preparation. Some medicines stopped the development of the disease, others acted as an analgesic, and others had a stimulating effect.
Oriental medicines have an important distinguishing feature: they have a gradual effect on the body. Therefore, as a rule, such medicines should be taken for a long time to achieve a health-improving effect. At the same time, a disease cured with the help of herbs does not relapse.
Herbal treatment has many advantages: it is not addictive and has virtually no side effects. If necessary, a doctor can always find a suitable substitute for a particular plant: many herbs have similar properties.

Depending on the recipe, both freshly harvested and dried herbs are used. In any case, it should be remembered that decoctions and tinctures are better absorbed than dry preparations. Also, if necessary, many tinctures can be sweetened with honey or unrefined sugar. Do not take medicines with alcohol.
In the next post, we will talk about the most common medicinal herbs of Chinese medicine. You will learn what effect a particular plant can have on you. So subscribe to our Instagram and Facebook to find out more useful information 🙂

🌰 The food we eat.
🫁 The air we breathe.
🚰 The water we drink.
🌆 The environment we live in.
🔥 Climate change, plastic pollution and destruction of natural habitats.

All of these impact our health.

Health For All: means protecting nature 🌎🌍🌏

Antibiotics do not treat viral infections, like colds and flu 🤧. ALWAYS seek the advice of a qualified health care professional before taking antibiotics.

When people meet in a confined space, the microbes of their clouds mix and when parting people can take away microbial "souvenirs" from each other. When meeting again, these souvenirs immediately "recognize" the familiar microbiome of the other person. Especially such microbial memory is developed in dogs, and you have noticed it in practice many times: a dog long (and from a great distance) smells the arrival of its master and it is all thanks to its cloud microbes.
"Alien" microbes, penetrating into the private microbial space of a person, bring disturbance to his microbial community, change the biobalance of the microbiota of that person.
When people come into contact with each other, mutual infection occurs. Sometimes, as a result of such exchange of microbes, the level of infection in someone of them can go to another phase, which we can qualify as an infectious disease. The size of a microbial cloud can reach a value of up to 50 meters. Therefore, the well-known observance of a distance of 1.5-2.0 meters does not save in case of viral contamination.

Do you remember Pig-Pen, the Peanuts comic character who's always surrounded by a cloud of his own filth? Well, it turns out that we're actually all a little like him. Scientists have discovered that not only does everyone emit an invisible "microbial cloud," but that individuals can be recognized by the bacteria that make up their particular cloud.

A team from the University of Oregon placed 11 test subjects in a sanitized chamber, one at a time, then analyzed the airborne microbes that each person left behind. It was found that within four hours, it was possible to identify most of the subjects by comparing their residual "microbial cloud signature" with a fresh one obtained directly from them.

Although all the people emitted mostly the same types of bacteria – such as Streptococcus from the mouth, plus Propionibacterium and Corynebacterium from the skin – the relative proportions of the different varieties were distinct to each person.

It is hoped that the team's findings could lead to better understandings of infectious diseases, and even be used by forensic investigators to establish if a given person has visited a specific location. That said, it still remains to be seen if the technique can be used in public spaces, where multiple microbial clouds are present simultaneously.

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The microbiome is the community of microorganisms (such as fungi, bacteria and viruses) that exists in a particular environment. In humans, the term is often used to describe the microorganisms that live in or on a particular part of the body, such as the skin or gastrointestinal tract. These groups of microorganisms are dynamic and change in response to a host of environmental factors, such as exercise, diet, medication and other exposures.

The microbiome is the collection of all microorganisms, bacteria, fungi and viruses. Well, we used to think about the bacteria that colonized humans as bad. We always thought of them as pathogens, and we wanted to try to destroy them and thought that was the real benefit of antibiotics. But now we recognize that there also are good microbes, or commensal microbes, that provide needed help to the human and similarly would provide benefit to the environmental source. So for humans, bacteria that live in your gut help in the digestion of food, and bacteria that live on your skin help to break down the lipids to produce natural moisturizing factor for your skin. These microbes that live on your skin or in your gut also are wonderful in providing colonization resistance. They're basically taking up all the space so that the pathogens that might want to try to invade humans don't have the opportunity, and that's really our greatest protection against microbes that want to colonize us but don't help in our health.

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Sudden numbness or weakness in the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body. Sudden confusion, trouble speaking, or difficulty understanding speech. Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes.
❗️If you see any of these symptoms, call 911 immediately❗️

Many microbes that live in and around our bodies have no effect on our health. Others are crucial to our survival.

Many basic bodily processes depend on the trillions of microbes that colonize the human body beginning at or shortly after birth. For example, bacteria living in our gut make vitamins and digest food into nutrients that we can absorb. They also can also break down toxins that we may ingest. Some of the microbes living in our bodies help us fight against disease-causing organisms, called pathogens, by competing against them for space. This relationship helps to protect us from getting diseases while giving the helpful microbes a place to live. In fact, microbes are so important to our health that we can become sick if the amount or types of microbes living inside us change too much.

Microbes not only help our bodies function, they make life on Earth possible. Billions of years ago, microbes started converting carbon dioxide in the air and oceans into sugars, releasing oxygen into Earth’s atmosphere as a byproduct. Eventually enough oxygen built up in the atmosphere to make it possible for larger forms of life like humans to evolve. In addition to using the sun’s energy to make the oxygen we breathe, microbes convert nitrogen and other nutrients into forms that plants can use to grow. Just as they help our immune systems, they live in soil and work together to protect plants from pests and diseases. Microbes naturally produce an amazing variety of chemicals, and many of those chemicals have been used by scientists to create new medicines. Some microbes produce chemicals that can be used to clean up pollution, such as gasoline leaks, oil spills, sewage, and nuclear waste.

In this blog, we would like to highlight the importance of microbiology in everyone's life and show how much everyone's world can change thanks to this fascinating science. Here we will tell you in simple words about how our world works and together we will find answers to the most interesting and pressing questions of life)

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