I wash my liver every day, my heart about twice a week, and I throw my brain in with the colored laundry about once a month.

I have to give credit where credit is due; the title of this post came from
Dr. Mercola’s website, where he is promoting a product called the Clenzology™ Advanced Hygiene System. It is designed to go where no soap has ever gone before, in the pursuit to rid your body of evil germs and microbes. Do you really have any idea what lurks in those clandestine crevices of your body, hidden from the naked eye?

Take your nose, for example. Any idea what’s living inside?

I’d say it looks something like this:

Okay, now that I’ve made relentless fun of Clenzology, it actually does sound quite interesting. Dr. Mercola’s website is full of information that the medical establishment, and especially, the pharmaceutical companies, don’t like hearing about. But not to get into that right now…

According to Dr. Mercola, allergies are not caused by pollen, dust, cockroaches, sweet potatoes, and whatever else may make you sneeze or gag, but by a malfunctioning immune system. The above items are really just triggers, which set off the allergic response, but they do not cause it.

Our immune systems become weakened from many things, one of which is the constant autoinoculation (how’s that for a fancy word) of germs from one part of the body to another. This is primarily accomplished by sticking your dirty fingers into your nose, mouth and eyes, and allowing germs to enter your body–germs which don’t belong there. This constant contamination of the nose and eyes by your fingers leads to an overloaded immune system and most of the infections of the upper respiratory tract.

Anyway, it’s an interesting article, whether or not you feel like buying the Clenzology System. If anything, it may make you more conscious of where your fingertips are at any given time of the day or night. And make you think twice before you buy another highly touted bar of antibacterial soap.

Pictures: Courtesy of Freeimages.co.uk

Cosette extends an invitation to all, to join her for toast and coffee, on this rainy Saturday morning (rainy in Seattle, anyway). She normally prefers fresh baked croissants from the organic French bakery in Belltown, but alas, no sucker was willing to brave the rain this morning to go and buy them. So Cosette, spoiled as she is, has to settle for a slice of Ezekial Sprouted Grain bread with almond butter.