Posted on 06/02/2012 7:05:57 PM PDT by neverdem
I swam and played in polluted water as a child. My husband claims that that is responsible for my relative longevity lol.
It is all those vaccines governments require, they’ve damaged the genetic strenth of people in industrialized nations.
It is the germophobic nature of our culture and all the chemicals we use trying to protect ourselves/children.
It is all the chemicals used in our food both to protect us and to make us thinner...
It is not affluence.
FReepmail me if you want on or off my combined microbiology/immunology ping list.
Stay healthy: Eat more Dirt
Or at least that's how the papers summarized it.
We do not accept the infant mortality rate of the Third World. The kids in the article are survivors.
“Your tag line is a pretty frightening thought.”
Maybe this was Carter’s response to Romney calling Obama worse than Carter. Carter had to say something to damage Romney - hard to think of anything nastier.
“He soon became a specialist, specializing in diseases of the rich. He was therefore able to retire at an early age.” - Tom Lehrer
What doesn’t kill ya makes ya stronger!
From my understanding, the theory is that our immune system is so primed to attack infection, that, lacking what was a normal barrage of infectious enemies to attack, the immune system becomes hyper sensitive, and over reacts, or even begins attacking the bodies own cells (autoimmune diseases, which are becoming rampant).
So, at a certain age, should we all be exposed to a low-level variety of infectious agents in order to give our immune system a good workout, on a similar principle to the flu shot?
Interesting, but I’m not going to voluntêr to be infected by parasites.
In nutrition literature, there is currently extensive discussion of various foods which are purported to cause inflammatory responses. This is viewed as a negative. Should this be reconsidered?
I’m skeptical.
Only one in three kids survives past the age of 5? There were no adults over the age of 52 to test?
There may be less chronic inflammation, but maybe that’s because they don’t live long enough to get it. Or it could be a result of their diets—there probably aren’t a lot of fast food places down there. Or maybe it’s a result of more active lifestyles.
I really detest studies that show correlations, and then run with them on the assumption that correlation = causation. It doesn’t! Sorry, but showing a correlation only identifies an area that warrants more study.
"But sometimes the process goes awry, as when obesity, periodontal disease, stress, or a chronic infection such as herpes continuously stimulates the immune system, causing chronic, low-grade inflammation. This can eventually interfere with the body's healthy tissues, increasing the risk of heart attacks, stroke, diabetes, cancer, and autoimmune disease. In the West, chronic inflammation is known as a 'silent killer.'"
I was born in 1951. The only vaccination I had was against polio before I joined the Army, IIRC.
Most people usually don't have heart attacks, strokes and cancer until well into middle age or elderly. If they do get those diagnoses before then, there's usually something going on, e.g. genetics, drug abuse, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc.
Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule -- United States, 1995
It was just the oral attenuated polio virus, MMR, Hepatitis B, Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Pertussis Vaccine, Tetanus and Diphtheria Toxoids, Adsorbed, For Adult Use (Td), and Haemophilus influenzae type b.
Bingo! We have a winner!
Hope Romney is smart enough to rid his Gov’t of the Michael Taylor’s of Monsanto, the Ed Markey’s and John McQueeg’s who want to control our access to non GMO foods, herbals and supplements!
Plastics, vaccines, antibiotics for no good reason... and then there are all of those coverups by the fda/cdc/etc.
We are in trouble... Agenda 21.. anyone?
I don't know. Which foods and how is the inflammatory response being measured?
My son was born in the spring of 94 and they made me sign off on a hep B shot, which we did not want or need, before they would release him from the hospital.
He was near death at 13 days, again at 21 months cause.. “unknown Virus”,
Puhleeze, chronic sinusitis, ear infections etc till aged 5 when I had to INSIST that they take his adenoids out after countless 105 fevers and trips to ER.
Aged 12 mrsa like infection twice. again “unknown bacteria”
Aged 13 Chronic Neurolgical Migraines.. diagnosed as “stress”, otherwise healthy.
Aged 14 Brain Scan reveals abnormalities from crisis migraine cause unknown.
Aged 15 develops nuerological stress ..wtf?
16 ...one leg longer than the other putting pressure on the spine?
Nope, now he has a torn labrum and that’s the dx du jour... that’s a shoulder injury fyi.
At 14 I quit the flu vaccines etc. He takes what he has to to go to school, none of this extraneous crap. he is on supplements and herbals , takes no drugs ( unless he gets whacked with a bad migraine, which are thankfully very infrequent)
He is now 18, eats only organic/non GMO food, drinks filtered water, sleeps the requisite 8 hours per night and doing well in spite of his alleged physical injuries.
Show me a shot and i will show you a side effect, we have made ourselves chemically sensitive!
/rant off
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