About Lesson
- As we have said, we know that it is the best disinfectant known to date as it eliminates: fungi, parasites, viruses and bacteria (even multi-resistant ones) in a high pH range.
- But… how does it do it? Basically it works by oxidation, i.e. combustion. To put it simply: it burns those pathogenic microorganisms that are not in balance with the body’s pH, turning them into ashes that are harmless to the body.
- Chlorine dioxide is selective, and will react in those places where pathogens generate a more acidic pH than that of our organism and preferably with those microorganisms that live in anaerobic conditions (meaning they live in the absence of oxygen).
- Being selective, it discriminates, for example, against symbiotic bacteria (the so-called “good” bacteria) that are part of our organism, since they have a higher pH, in harmony with the body.
- In fact, oxidation is used in a similar and natural way by our defence cells, such as neutrophils (a type of white blood cell) in the process of phagocytosis (i.e. they eat the microorganism and digest it, oxidising it). Here is a diagram of what this process is like.
- Here you can see how it happens in fast motion, a neutrophil phagocytosing, i.e. eating some bacteria. I will leave a slower version in the annexes to see it in detail. Impressive, isn’t it?
- Chlorine dioxide does not act by intoxicating pathogens as medication usually does, but by “burning” them, thus preventing further toxicity in the organism.
- What’s more, chlorine dioxide does something that the pharmaceutical industry seems to have completely forgotten: it provides the body with energy! This is great. We will see how it provides that energy in detail in the next course.