PARASITES in our Body

  

Billions of people are harboring parasites in their bodies without any knowledge.  The notion that parasitic infections can only occur in poor, undeveloped or developing countries is a fallacy.  In USA, a random check showed eight out of ten people are unwilling hosts to one or more of the 1000-plus species of parasites.

Parasites live in and upon other organisms, from which they rob the host’s nutrition and secretes toxins into the body causing tissue damage, diseases, infections, pains and a vast number of other symptoms that are commonly blamed on other illnesses even medical experts are unable to explain.  The symptoms can be chronic fatigue, loss of appetite, depression, allergies, anemia, constipation, diarrhea, gas and stomach bloating, teeth grinding, cyst lumps, abnormal weight, joint and muscle pain, vaginal irritation and immune dysfunction.

For health reason, more people are eating raw foods such as vegetables, fish and oysters without realising the danger lurking.  Parasites find their way into the body through food, water, insects such as mosquito, pets and in some cases person-to-person contact.

To avoid contamination, wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly and cook meat and fish before eating.  Purified water should only be taken as small parasites can pass through the filtration process and/or resistant to chemicals used for water treatment.

To avoid exposing to this menace is impossible. Adopt good hygiene practices like washing hands before eating, after going to the bathroom and contact with pets. Note that parasites can survive up to 2 months beneath our fingernails. Animals are known to transmit 240 diseases to humans through these agents. Do not walk with bare feet on soil because a handful of it contains thousands of microscopic parasites.

A parasite is capable of producing up to 200,000 eggs daily.  Some are so tough to live up to 20 years in the body before causing any problem.  Hence, we can also cleanse our body internally for prevention and elimination.

Parasites can be categorised into 4 types:

+  Protozoa (single-cell parasite such as amoebae, cryptosporidum and giardia)

+  Trematoda (roundworm, hookworm, whipworm and pinworm)

+  Cestoda (tapeworm)

+  Nematoda (flukes)

Each parasite has its own characteristics, habitats and life cycle, which may have 3 stages -  eggs, larvae and adults. Drugs administered on different kinds of parasites at different stage is difficult without causing side effects in the human body.

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VIVA Biogarlic has sulfur compounds like Allicin and Ajuene in garlic extracts that are effective in resisting bacteria, fungus and parasitic growth.  It works by strengthening our body’s T cell and Macrophage, thus enhancing the bioactivity of natural killer cells, to combat a wide spectrum of parasites.

VIVA Cleanse Tea helps to remove the waste and toxins accumulated from the breeding of the parasites and

VIVA Floraguard to re-colonise the gastrointestinal tract with friendly bacteria to prevent further attacks.

Adapted from The Worm Crisis by Dr Hazel Cheng, VIVA Life Science.