ArchiveSeptember, 2012

There are many different types of food, but to use it as our medicine we need to get the most effective nutrients and the least amount of calories to have an impact on our health.

Whooping Cough is the common name for Pertussis. The bacterium that causes Whooping Cough is called Bordetella pertussis. It colonizes in the lung epithelial cells. The bacterium contains a cytotoxin that paralyzes the hair like structures along the windpipe that are responsible for sweeping the bacteria out. Whooping Cough paralyzes the windpipe, preventing the ability to cough up and eliminate the organism.