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Health & Medicine · Suppressed treatments & alternative medicine
Some wellness, chiropractic, nutrition, and functional-medicine outlets present terrain theory as an alternative or corrective to germ-focused public health approaches. Terrain-theory advocates frequently attribute to Antoine Béchamp the claim that germs seek diseased tissue rather than causing diseased tissue.
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Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
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Aiello Family Health
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Ancaster Family Chiropractic
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Antoine Béchamp
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Deni Blaisch
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Dr. Jockers
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Earthley Wellness
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Germ theory
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Joshua Mirrer
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Justin Marchegiani
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Popular Science
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Terrain theory
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