"Scientists at Wageningen Center for Food Sciences in the Netherlands have found that men on a calcium-rich diet have greater resistance to salmonella and E. coli infections.

Researchers suggest that the positive effect of calcium is most likely due to the way the mineral boosts protective intestinal bacteria, especially lactobacilli.

Low-fat milk and calcium supplements may help bones, but the new study suggests calcium may also decrease the effects of traveler's diarrhea. Expect calcium to show up more often as an added ingredient in functional foods."


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"The influence of microbes on the precipitation and dissolution of minerals has been known for a long time. The case of calcium oxalate is particularly interesting because calcium-oxalate is present in many biological systems and plays an important role in biogeochemical cycles and in some humans diseases, such as kidney stones. Despite the poor solubility of metal-oxalate complexes and the high oxidation degree of oxalate, about 40 bacteria species are known to dissolve and use Ca-oxalate as a carbon source.

Aerobic degradation of oxalates leads to the formation of carbonate ions, which will react with calcium released during the consumption of calcium oxalate by bacteria. The transformation of oxalate into carbonate results in a pH increase which allows the calcium carbonate precipitation. During our study of the oxalate-carbonate cycle, we investigated the production of calcium carbonate by oxalate-degrading bacteria. Some strains produce mainly calcite, whereas other strains preferentially produce vaterite a polymorph of calcium carbonate. It seems that exopolysaccharides (EPS) and some types of homo- or hetero-polypeptides are strongly linked to the differential calcium carbonate crystallization.

Vaterite samples similar to those produced by our cultured bacteria have recently been found in nature for the first time. This recent discovery combined with our results emphasizes the critical role of microorganisms in carbonate precipitation by their direct influence on local pH and therefore by controlling the conditions underwhich carbonate precipitates"

Seems true enough. ::thumbsup:
The Grim Reefer Reviewed by The Grim Reefer on . Black Lights HMM well i noticed some mod deleted the threads about black lights. Have they even tried this technique themselves? No. They read in a book it doesnt work and thats that for them. Its always the same in the scientific community. :mad: Ive been growing houseplants with the aid of blacklights for years and have found that they produce some interesting results. In the future i want to see how they will effect cannabis, too. I dont care if your book says it doesnt work because I see that it Rating: 5