[LMB] OT: Diet/Health
Mark Allums
mark at allums.com
Mon Jun 8 11:52:58 BST 2009
James M. BRYANT G4CLF wrote:
> Mandos observes that:-
>
> >We also have no real idea what the various chemicals going
> >into modern food does to our brain chemistry.
>
> We also have no real idea what the various chemicals going
> into traditional food does to our brain chemistry.
>
> Ergot, anyone? Or several types of preservation which are
> not as benign as once imagined. And it's not just BRAIN
> chemistry.
>
> Fact is, there is still a LOT not known about how what we
> eat affects us.
>
> Ane we're all different. (It really irritates me when
> people with a known bad response to something try to
> persuade everyone else that they should avoid that
> something too.)
>
> James - who has NO problem with gluten
>
What gets me is when people (who otherwise seem intelligent) preach
against a (relatively) new thing, e.g., vaccines, because they are just
old enough to have forgotten the alternative, e.g., polio.
Pesticides are better than famine, in my opinion.
Mark Allums
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