The current state of research about our microbes, good and bad...

"...we've made a Faustian bargain with our antibiotics, because most researchers now believe that our supersanitized world exacts a unique price in allergies, asthma and autoimmune diseases, most of which were unknown to our ancestors. Sachs warns that many people drew precisely the wrong conclusion from this, that contracting a lot of diseases in childhood is somehow beneficial. What we need is more exposure to...

from http://www.johcd.org/2007vol1-Issue1one.html
(you can download a pdf of the article...)

"Oil pulling is an age-old process mentioned in Charaka Samhita and
Sushratha’s Arthashastra. This study was conducted to assess the effect
of oil pulling on Plaque and Gingivitis.
Objectives: (1) To assess the effect of oil pulling on plaque and
gingivitis. (2) To monitor its safety on oral soft and hard tissues.
Methodology: 10 subjects performed...

I thought there was a topic regarding this but I'm too dense to find it today I guess...

The environmental working group's cosmetics database give salicylic acid a rating of 7 (0 being lowest/safest, 10 being most hazardous):
http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/ing...icylic+acid%26

Products with Salicylic Acid in them seem to range from 3 to to 7. T/Sal for example rates a 3 but Neutrogena body clear...

U.S. National Health Library and NIH info for
Omega-3 fatty acids, fish oil, alpha-linolenic acid

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/d...t-fishoil.html

From the publisher's write-up:
http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/cat...=9781400040780

I have been _waiting_ for decades for a good challenge to the high-carb way of living, maybe not all of it will pan out to be true in the coming decades but this has generally rung true for me...

"The 11 Critical Conclusions of Good Calories, Bad Calories:

1. Dietary fat, whether saturated or not, does not cause heart disease.
2. Carbohydrates...