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Most Americans are probably familiar with Louis Pasteur (1822–1895) germ theory, but few know about Antoine Béchamp (1816–1908) and his work stating that diet was the cause of disease. Despite being scientific contemporaries, fellow members of the French Academy of Science, and fellow compatriots, the two nineteenth-century researchers had a prolonged rivalry both within and outside the academy due to the diametrical differences in their views on biology and disease pathology.

In spite of the fact that Béchamp had more brilliant thinking, Pasteur had political connections, including Napoleon III, which led to his success. The fact that Pasteur plagiarized and distorted Béchamp’s research helped him achieve fame and fortune, as his views “were in tune with the science and politics of his day.” However, mainstream medical historians discarded Béchamp’s ideas, which were not as appealing to conventional thinkers.

Louis Pasteur’s promotion of germ theory, though not an original idea, has retained its significant appeal to pharmaceutical executives up until now. This is due to the groundwork it laid for “synthetic drugs, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgical removal of organs and vaccines” to become the coveted treatments in modern medicine. The assumption that all illnesses stem from a single microorganism is so entrenched in Western medicine that new ideas concerning the cause of disease still face much difficulty gaining recognition.

The legacy of Béchamp and Pasteur is relevant to modern-day health. A scientific bias towards Pasteur’s model has not been beneficial for public health, as evidenced by present-day statistics that are far from encouraging. Recent reports from the U.S. paint a gloomy picture – more than half of all children have one or more chronic conditions, and the same proportion applies to millennials. Up to 62 percent of Medicaid-population adults also suffer from similar issues, and this is mirrored in other countries around the world. It is also worth noting that 86 percent of healthcare dollars spent in the U.S. go towards treating patients with chronic illnesses.

In the case of those who are able to resist medical propaganda, it is apparent that the Pasteurian paradigm has failed. Americans are in such a shocking state of health that we cannot afford to let profit-driven pharmaceutical perspectives continue to dominate. A writer puts it bluntly: “The sooner we get past Pasteur’s fake science over and get back to reality, the better. ”

A CELEBRITY VS. A HERETIC

A reductionist, Pasteur is renowned as the “father of immunology ” and for popularizing the idea that diseases are caused by interactions between microorganisms and their hosts. In his single-minded Pasteur ignored the host and discounted the effects of environmental factors, conveniently ignoring social issues in his focus on the germ’s responsibility for disease.

At the time and ever since then, Pasteur’s germ theory was accepted by both the public and other scientists as it seemed “superficially plausible” and had money-making potential. This marked the beginning of many pharmaceutical companies that we are familiar with today – they merged with chemical businesses to specifically target parasites, bacteria and infectious diseases. It has been suggested that possibly Pasteur’s most significant contribution was introducing the “calamitous prostitution of science and medicine to commercialism.”

Béchamp’s fans were quite convinced that he had developed a very insightful and sophisticated view of the life process. This idea led to him being labeled as a heretic by those not open to his more nuanced perspective on infectious and chronic illnesses. Central to his findings was the significance of fermentation, and this prompted him to introduce the concept of microzymas (from zyme, an ancient Greek term for ferment). For Béchamp, these microparticles were both the beginning and end of all organization due to their ability to move and produce fermentation – attributes which he identified as evidence for them being alive. His theories have since been embraced by further generations of researchers, with some even going so far as proposing a new genetic theory and universal life paradigm based on spontaneous DNA self-assembly.

Based on his various discoveries, Béchamp concluded that our bodies are “mini ecosystems.” A person’s internal ecosystem becomes weakened when it is compromised by poor nutrition, toxicity, or other factors, causing the microbes that are naturally present in their body to change function, leading to disease. As a result, microorganisms only become pathogenic when the host’s cellular “terrain” deteriorates due to environmental factors.

In France, where varicella vaccination has never been implemented, a mid-1980s study analyzed the effects of weakening forces on the host’s ecosystem. The research focused on French children who had developed complications from wild-type chickenpox. While three of the subjects tragically passed away – all of whom had been taking steroid medications long-term – it was found that ninety-four previously healthy children were able to recover without any incident. Leading the researchers to deduce that the fatalities were attributed to their weakened state.

OUR OWN PROBLEMS

Our take-no-prisoners assault on germs has led to a plethora of disease phenomena that are making headlines these days, highlighting the deficiencies of the pharmaceutical model.

The rise of dangerous superbugs has been caused largely by the overuse of drugs such as antibiotics and antifungals that are “anti-everything” and are ushering in a return to the days when infectious diseases drastically shorten life expectancy. It has been estimated that by 2050, drug-resistant pathogens will kill more people than cancer.

The experts have been unsuccessful in finding a solution to the superbug dilemma created by the common pharmacopeia. Nevertheless, they remain devoted to this money-making Pasteurian mindset. Consequently, leading researchers at Harvard, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital have suggested that the remedy is more antibiotics plus vaccines!. The aforementioned trio of established researchers maintain that vaccines would pose no risk of resistance and are “evolution-proof.” With confidence, one GSK investigator (an acronym from its former name GlaxoSmithKline plc,) is a British worldwide pharmaceutical ) has even gone as far as to claim that vaccine is “the most effective medical intervention that has ever been introduced”—acknowledging Louis Pasteur’s accomplishments.

FACTS THAT ARE INCONVENIENT

The complacent view that vaccines answer all questions overlooks a range of evidence—detailed in a number of studies—which contradicts this. These studies demonstrate that vaccines are anything but dependable or advantageous. In contradiction to the inflexible viewpoint advanced by Pasteur and embraced by authors aiming to tackle superbug issues with ‘super-vaccines,’ modern research suggests that rather than shielding people from disease-causing microorganisms, vaccines appear to be causing increased susceptibility to both vaccine strains and other pathogens. Furthermore, these same studies suggest that vaccinating may be making diseases more serious.

As an example:

• Children who receive pertussis-containing vaccines are more prone to contracting pertussis “throughout their lifetimes”;28 after completing a pertussis vaccine series, a child is up to fifteen times more likely to contract the disease five years afterward.

Individuals who get influenza shots every year are more susceptible to non-vaccine strains of influenza,30 and flu shots make people more susceptible to other severe respiratory viruses.31

In clinical trials of Merck’s human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil, women with previous or current HPV exposure had a 44 percent higher risk of cervical lesions or cancer.32

In the most vulnerable age groups, measles33 and mumps34 severity have increased due to waning vaccine-based immunity.

It is exceedingly reckless to include vaccinal microzymas, derived from another species and already mutated, coupled with preservatives, formaldehyde, and other chemicals. There is no rationality in this action. The only positive outcome that could emerge from it is the potential prevention of certain symptoms, but that comes at the cost of compromising one’s immunity, polluting the body with toxins, and possibly increasing susceptibility to more degenerative conditions down the road – – none of which will do anything to help improve the real ailment.

Dr. Thomas Cowan, a founding member of the Weston A. Price Foundation board, paints a grim picture in his 2018 book Vaccines, Autoimmunity, and the Changing Nature of Childhood Illness: “Immune system imbalance disorders” are becoming increasingly common and affecting both adults and children in more significant numbers than ever before. Cowan attributes this to the fact that mass vaccination programs favor one part of the immune system (antibody production) while limiting cell-mediated activity–causing an “excessive antibody production,” which is actually what defines autoimmune diseases.

HEALTH OF THE GUT

Superbugs and vaccine failure present us with worrisome iatrogenic threats. Additionally, the Pasteur-influenced medical model must also accept its share of the blame for the widespread disruption of the human microbiome, which is a leading reason for modern ill health. Understanding and awareness of the importance of the intestinal microbiome in giving people “resilience against external perturbation” have grown in recent years, along with acknowledgment of the factors negatively impacting gut health such as antibiotics, toxins like glyphosate, which encourages pathogenic microbes to thrive, thus resulting in diminished diversity in the gut. These imbalances have been linked to a range of ailments, including allergies, diabetes, obesity, arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, and neuropsychiatric disorders.

Researchers in the field of the microbiome have found that exposure to microbes is instrumental in the teaching of the immune system, starting at birth. It has also been suggested that the proper instruction of immune cells via microorganisms may help prevent autoimmune diseases and cancer. Cowan dedicated a whole chapter of his autoimmunity book to gut ecology, which he refers to as “the preserver of our integrity,” and discussed how these formative experiences can be disrupted starting with birth.36

There are many factors that compromise microbiome diversity, probably synergistic, including C-sections (which prevent new born babies from picking up beneficial and healthy microbes in the lining of the birth canal); vaginal birth for mothers whose internal ecology has been altered by previous antibiotic use; the standard American die is full of genetically modified (GM) ingredients, poisons, and antibiotics and lacking in live cultured and fermented foods; ubiquitous glyphosate; and vaccination.Most all commercial, processed food is unfit for human consumption.

Even if vaccinations are given intramuscularly rather than orally, they do have a direct effect on the microbiome and gut permeability. We don’t know exactly how this works, but I believe that when you alter the balance of our immune response, you also affect our gut, our largest and most important immune system.

LOST PARADIGM

The medical community would have to acknowledge that their model of disease that catapulted Pasteur to fame has failed and is leading to disability and death.

Scientists within the mainstream are becoming increasingly aware of the need to examine a variety of factors that can lead to increased vulnerability and mortality due to tuberculosis. These include immune dysregulation, inadequate nutrition, inflammatory responses, substance abuse, and existing diseases like diabetes and COPD. Consequently, they have begun to advocate for host-directed therapies as a means of restoring balance in favor of the host, though this has regrettably led them to more pharmaceutical interventions. This calls for us to reexamine the historical debates between Pasteur and Beauchamp about the role microbes play in diseases.

It’s unrealistic to anticipate that those with pharmaceutical industry ties will suggest efficient methods for reinforcing one’s immunity. If Antoine Béchamp were around now, it’s plausible that his advice would be better-informed and grounded in basics such as superior nutrients and sufficient rest. In addition, Cowan reminds us that the pursuit of a life filled with wealth, joy, and purpose is essential to our well-being.

STAYING OUT OF THE WAY

Parents, doctors, and caretakers are mostly responsible for observing children and, when necessary, guiding them toward a healthy outcome. Usually, however, we do not intervene. We manage. We attempt to control. In the process of doing something, anything, we temporarily alleviate our fears (and create massive industries).

Medicalization, however, results in a society where a huge number of resources must be spent treating sick people. As medical knowledge increases so does sickness in our world. As a result of the use of more medicine, an individual’s freedom and autonomy are undermined, as well as society’s health is degraded.”

CONCLUSION

The conclusion is; starting well before birth don’t mess with the time-honored system nature set up over thousands of years of trial and error because it has led to a healthy and active immune system.

With that immune system and the cleanliness, we have developed in the last century, most people will grow up naturally healthy.

 

 

 

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