| Re: Hofmann, LSD, and Modern Medicine |
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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: turtoniturtoni Date: May 1, 2008 21:26
>> I seem to learn much more about health and
>> disease when talking with people that work at
>> health food stores.
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> That is because profiteers plagiarize  scientific descriptions of  the
> role of biochemicals in the order/disorder of metabolism. They advance
> (for profit) the sometimes harmful  view that if a little is
> essential, then a lot is  better!
> Most individuals prosper on a balanced affordable diet. The
> availability of an adequate protein diet is responsible for the
> increased stature of modern Asian and Western populations. A diet of
> protein without carbohydrate is 'handled' by carnivores but not by
> humans. Why? Because  humans have lost the capability to synthesize
> vitamin C. Why? Because their evolution on an omniverous diet allowed
> it! The hunter/gatherer  diet is probably adequate for the average
> individual. But then, most believe that they are special and so
> indulge themselves.
> Take as much vitamin C as you wish. Almost all of it is money down the
> drain!
> Support the profits of your local health store!
> Zinnic
"In 2002, the Journal of the American Medical Association acknowledged
that "it appears prudent for all adults to take vitamin supplements."
In this article, which examined the clinical applications of vitamins
for the prevention of chronic diseases in adults, the authors, Robert
H. Fletcher and Kathleen M. Fairfield from the Harvard School of
Medicine, examined English-language articles about vitamins in
relation to chronic diseases published between 1966 and 2002, and
concluded that inadequate intake of several vitamins has been linked
to the development of diseases including coronary heart disease,
cancer, and osteoporosis. [6] Similarly, the April 9, 1998 issue of
the New England Journal of Medicine featured an editorial entitled
"Eat Right and Take a Multivitamin" that was based on a succession of
positive studies showing the disease-prevention benefits resulting
from the consumption of nutritional supplements. [7] Bruce Ames,
professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of
California, Berkeley, and a senior scientist at Children's Hospital
Oakland Research Institute (CHORI), suggests that "to maximize human
health and lifespan, scientists must abandon outdated models of
micronutrients" and that "a metabolic tune-up through an improved
supply of micronutrients is likely to have great health benefits."
Why waste your time reading other peoples crap. Think you're special?
Support the profits of your local bookstore!
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