It should also be noted that the downside of using microbes is that the Nematodes in the tea can cause harm to a person, specially if you are using the "compost", its true that it does offer you a diversity of more than 28, 000 types of Nematodes, apart from protozoa and beneficial bacteria but with some nematodes if they comes in contact with your skin (specially wet skin) for those of us that have to deal with reservoirs. You should know that 16,000 of that 28000 are parasitic, Things like Tapeworm roundworm, hookworm are all part of the Nematode family and once inside of humans will show little to no severe symptoms but, the symptoms that do show up is feeling fatigue, nausea,coughing, lack of appetite,(which could be offset by consuming MJ but keep in mind that just because you have an appetite after smoking, it doesnt mean you dont have a tape worm and it doesnt mean u do have it but be a ware of what comes with using it. Before I take this deeper let me say that in MOST cases these worms that form,...as long as they are in your intestines, or stomach can be eradicated with treatment from a doctor or if you choose to use home remedies, Consuming Pumpkin Seeds, Almonds, pineapple juice, pomegranate and/ or raw Garlic on a regular basis, are key items I'd add to my diet as a preventative measure and also to expel the worm if you have it in your system. But with that being said I DONT THINK THAT MUCH emphasis has been given to the amount of care we need to take when administering or dealing with microbes. And of course as you know I have to provide you links to back these things up; Please feel free to give input.
Please look at the Diagram at the bottom of this link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taenia_saginata, also you'll see that nematodes are in the same family as these worms.
***1 Key thing that i notice with my tea was that, all though you cant see bacteria, YOU CAN SEE SOME NEMATODES, I first thought that you needed a microscope to see them but no not all require a microscope to see. Nematodes are nonsegmented blind worms with lengths averaging 2 millimeters(not micrometers) so and these attach themselves to each other and once they've attached thousands upon thousands you begin to notice in your tea that you see small hair-like moving particles in the tea, THOSE ARE NEMATODES. If you do not believe this or need further proof please read the section Nematodes in the "Teaming with Microbes" book
People may say "Oh you only get tapeworm from eating food that hasnt been cooked" If we take it back just a tad, I'll make the connection for you,...The food that has been partially cook say..a hamburger...which comes from cows,...and the cows eat's grass that has been on a pasture (microbes being ubiquitous) thats either has or hasnt been treated by a farmer, So now that COW carries it, then that cow takes a dump and in that dump is the eggs of the Tapeworm, which goes un noticed because hey...it is compost. With microbes being ubiquitous, even if the farmer didnt treat his soil this can still happen. My thinkin on that is Farmers probably give their farm's soil a lot of diversity by amending it with things like good quality compost,. Now think like this...if the farmers are gettting quality compost that comes from other places around the world just to give their soil diversity, and then they are adding it to their soil, one can only imagine what species have been taking out of their own habitat and injected somewhere else for the sake of diversity. But not taking the time to find out if the new environment has defenses for these "newly-added" species, MJ is more of a tropical loving plant...find out where your strain comes from and research THOSE microbes that are most likely to be found in that region, and add them.
I didnt make this post to bash the tea, but I did make this post because I noticed I was losing weigh and things werent right with me and this all started after I carelessly added tea...stirr'd water with my bare hands as if it couldnt cause any harm.
