How Does Anti-bacterial Soap Create Bacteria That Are Resistant ToAntibiotics?

Using anti-bacterial soaps - including liquid soaps - contributes to creating bacteria that are resistant to anti-biotics. I have heard this many years ago, and have stopped using the antibacterial soaps altogether.

How does using antibacterial soaps create germs that are resistant to antibiotics?

I just found out the answer. I read the article "The Soaps You Should Never Use - But 75% of Households Do" by Mercola.com that has the information.

1. When you wash your hands with the antibacterial soap, the antibacterial agent (usually Triclosan) goes down the drain - however the Triclosan is not strong enough to kill all the bacteria living in your drain - so the weak ones die and the stronger ones live on and become more resistant.


2. The bacteria that survives  goes into the water system, and therefore can contaminate waterways and wildlife! The bacteria that survives include strains that are resistant to antibiotics used in hospitals.  See article "Scientists Discover that Antimicrobial Wipes and Soaps may be making You and Society Sick" by Scientific American.


3. The antimicrobial Triclosan goes into the water system as well, and will also contaminate our waterways and wildlife! Triclosan has been accumulating in wildlife, such as dolphins and may disrupt their growth and development.  See article "Are Germ Killing Soaps Affecting Dolphin Development?" by Scientific American.

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What Can We Do?

Non antibacterial regular soap and water will kill germs well enough, so that is what I use. I do also use a liquid soap that does not contain any anti-microbials - the one I usually get just says Milk and Honey.

Why is Coconut Oil Good For You and Its Uses

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Coconut oil is good for you.  It is more easily digested by the body than other vegetable oils.  It has good fatty acids and vitamins, like Vitamin E, Choline and Vitamin K (which is good for healthy bones and is a vitamin needed to make your blood clot - a good thing).

Why is Coconut oil good for you?

Coconut oil has medium chain fatty acids (MCFA’s).  These fatty acids are more water soluble and more easily digested by the body than the long chain fatty acids (LCFA’s) found in other vegetable oils.  This is because they don‘t require bile to break them down, enter the bloodstream quicker and go to the liver faster where they are used as an immediate source of energy.  Also, less MCFA’s are converted into fat than LCFA’s.



What is a Medium Chain Fatty Acid and a Medium Chain Triglyceride?

Fats in food are composed of fat molecules called fatty acids, which are grouped in a structure call a triglyceride which has 3 fatty acids linked with a glycerol carbon atom.

Triglycerides and fatty acids are both classified as saturated, monounsaturated or polyunsaturated. Plus they have a further classification on whether the fatty acid chain of carbon atoms are short, medium or long.

So there are short chain fatty acids (SCFA) and short chain triglycerides (SCT), medium chain fatty acids (MCFA) and medium chain triglycerides (MCT), and long chain fatty acids (LCFA) and long chain triglycerides (LCT).

How to Use Coconut Oil as a Body Cream

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I love Virgin or Extra Virgin Coconut Oil. I mainly use if for my body cream.

It has to be virgin or extra virgin coconut oil to retain its smell and taste.  I also like to use organic oil so it is free of chemicals and pesticides.

Benefits

Easy Coconut Lip Balm Recipe

This coconut lip balm helps keep your lips smooth and soft.   It is very easy to make too!

• I only use Organic Virgin Coconut Oil because organic is free of chemicals and pesticides.


• You must use virgin coconut oil as this is the only type of coconut oil that has a coconut flavor.

You will like it if you like your lip balm to be a little bit glossy and have a natural coconut flavor.

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You will need:

Extra Virgin Olive Oil is the Best Moisturizer for Very Dry Skin

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After menopause, there is a natural decline in the amount of oils produced for the skin. So, my once oily skin is now so very dry. My latest discovery for mature dry skin, or for any dry skin, is to apply extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) straight on my skin. After I tried many different body lotions (some even with Alpha-lipoic acid which will slough off dead dry skin to help reveal a newer skin layer beneath) I still couldn’t get rid of that shriveled up dry feeling in my skin.

I found that straight extra virgin olive oil works the best. I apply it to damp skin, or if my skin is already dry - I wet my hands and apply some water to my skin, and then apply the olive oil.

The Best Safe and Natural Aluminum-Free Deodorants

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After living to be middle aged (and maybe a little past that), I finally discovered that the best safe and natural deodorants are natural products that you can obtain right from your kitchen pantry and bathroom closet.  I wanted a product that worked, a safe product, and one that was also aluminum free as some research links aluminum to breast cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease.  For me, the product that works the best is white vinegar!

I have been using this method now for about 5 years.  Let me tell you my story....