This is sooo logical Malcom and makes such sound sense. I would like to add that a lot of studies are carried out about every single thing you can think of and also can be biased to reflect a point of view. I'm not saying that this one is, but often not all variables are thought of.
The famous cholesterol study springs to mind whereby they carried out a study to see if cholesterol was involved in heart attacks. Of course, they came up with the fact that there was high levels of cholesterol found where there had been heart disease. This started off the multi billion pound 'you must lower cholesterol' industry band wagon - including the dreadful statin revolution! The thing that those carrying out the studies didn't take into account at all, was all the other factors involved which caused the body to PRODUCE cholesterol in the first place! No-one mentioned that the poor body was trying to HEAL itself by producing cholesterol! And has lowering cholesterol produced less heart disease? NO it hasn't, in fact I believe cancer rates have rocketed with the introduction of so-called 'healthy' soy and hydrogenated vegetable fat. I have *never* eaten any of this stuff and am an omnivore but don't eat a lot of meat. I do eat eggs and cheese in abundance though, and (touch wood) at 67 years of age I am a healthy person--no arthritis and no allergies or sensitivities at all and quite agile although overweight. dee On 27 Dec 2010, at 21:00, Malcolm wrote: > Hi Marlene, > I hope your holidays were a joy to you as well, and I don't mean to be > contentious, but I must disagree not only with your premis but also with > your choice of sources. > > There's no doubt that some people, even populations, are allergic to > milk, and/or wheat, and/or animal protein, and/or various veggies, and > franken-foods like GMO peanuts, etc. > > Also I can hardly doubt your own experiences - why should I? > > But by a similar token there are others, such as myself who have > directly opposite experience to yours regarding food and allergies. > I'll give one or two examples; I am not allergic to milk nor to milk > products, nor to "dairy", in fact we kept a cow during my childhood and > my only allergy was to having to go get her from wherever she had > wandered during the day, to come home for milking in the evening. My > brother and I had our cups on a ledge in the barn and my dad would fill > them with fresh foamy milk right from the cow; we were enormously proud > of our new foam moustaches! I have continued to drink milk copiously > throughout my life and I'm now 76. No prob. with milk. > > During the 60's there was a great movement toward vegetarianism, soy, > brown rice, tofu; turns out I am allergic to soy and soy products, and I > don't mean just a little! I don't mind their taste at all, but as > idealism swept over our dietary habits in my - err, youth - and us > rebellious idealists expressed our desire for a better world through our > actions, I had enough soy dumped on my plate so that even through the > blur of "right thinking" it became real clear that soy was not good for > me. It was Bad for me. > > I have been approximately omnivorous throughout my life, with a strong > bias toward carnivory; partly you might argue I'd been brainwashed by my > society, after all "Beef; it's what's for dinner". But my dietary > preference was shaped in the relative absence of TV - it was shaped by > what tasted good and what was available during the year, living in > California; i.e., just about everything. > > I'd like to introduce another idea into this discussion, first time I > ran into it was reading a book - Eat Right For Your Type - by Dr. Peter > Adamso. The idea is that what your body does well with in the way of > food, depends - or is shown by - your blood type. For instance; if you > were from northern (cold) hunter-gatherer stock you'd be well adapted to > meat and milk since live animals were the primary storage device; if > from a sub-tropical temperate plains environment such as vast areas of > China, you'd be partial to cultivated and field crops, and so on. He > presents lots of good evidence to back up the history of blood types and > diet and also the presence and absence of allergies to this-n-that, all > based on blood types. > > So, if your examples are drawn from studies in China what could be more > obvious than that they would show allergic reaction to heavy meat > consumption? The vast majority of that population has historically > subsisted quite well on vegetation; That's "what's for dinner" there - > or was, until globalization. Globalization began with the migrations - > driven by past climate alterations - of formerly isolated populations, > perhaps ten or twenty or fifty thousand years ago. And Dr. Adamso > points out that these migrations, which are mapped by DNA tracing as > well as other anthropological evidence also show the development of the > various blood-types and intermixes that have occured. > > So, take it from there, > Malcolm > > -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]>
