Saliva contains bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, hormones, enzymes, immune cells, and minerals.

“so it has um bacteria viruses Fung fungi like all kind protozoa hopefully in the right ratios um so we want beneficial bacteria you we all have about 5% pathological bacteria however at that ratio it may those may not be pathological like they they're symbiotic at that point we are still unpack talking and learning more about the oral microbiome but essentially you'll have bacteria um there's hormones there's free cortisol hormones cortisol is in our spit folks yes absolutely there are enzymes to aid in digestion there are immune cells and there are minerals floating around too”