Blogging About the Paleo Diet Can Get You Shut Down in North Carolina

Reason.com ^ | 4/23/12 | Brian Doherty

[blackpacific]

Morgellan’s syndrome.

[Durus]

That's a fantastic example! A completely made up disease because people don't want to believe they are delusional.

[blackpacific]

The label of “delusional parasitosis” is an attempt by the AMA to shut the door on further research into this strange condition. The fibers that extrude from the skin of these victims is a mystery that requires more research.

[Durus]

That simply isn't true. The label of “Morgellans syndrome” was made up by a woman (with no medical/psychological training of any type) who objected to being called delusional. Instead of seeking the psychological help she needed she made up a name for her nonexistent disease and created a online support group. Getting a group of delusional people together doesn't suddenly make all of their hypochondria real.

[blackpacific]

Lots of folks with compromised immune systems also have mental conditions that are the result of poor nutrition, large peptides in the blood, and overgrowth of flora throughout the body. That is, the brain is often the first organ affected by these underlying causal conditions. The skin is the largest organ, and it too is affected by all of the above conditions. Therefore, if some victims of Durus Syndrome also have a mental condition, it is not surprising, as they are not mutually exclusive, in fact, they are to some degree correlated. Now you may take the position that mentally deficient people do not deserve the same level of concern or care as those of sound mind, and I think you will find yourself in the company of Hitler and Margaret Sangar. Jesus heals on both levels in Mark 9, which is an indication that physiological and psychological abnormalities can share a high degree of correlation. There seem to be many “normal” people with Durus Syndrome, as if normality must be present before thorough research is conducted. I find the desire to shut the door on this mystery by political forces emanating from vested interests in GMO experimentation, disturbing. My brief search on this subject, which was covered fairly extensively several years ago by medical journals and the media, found that a lot of the information about the connection between GMO plant DNA, bacteria, and human tissue has been scrubbed from the Internet. Bayer and Monsanto have billions of reasons to suppress any negative results from their manipulation of nature

[Durus]

I'm pretty sure you meant “Morgellons syndrome” the made up disease we were talking about.

Simply assuming that a group of people with delusional parasitosis who made up a disease name and started a support group (those are the facts) actually have a disease doesn't help them in any effective way. In fact by coddling their delusion their underlying problem goes untreated. Why any rational person would want this to happen is beyond me.

The “manipulation of nature” as you put it has been going on since humans first cultivated crops and raised livestock. Simply assuming that “big farming” is involved in some conspiracy and or cover up of a disease that we know was made up by a group of people with delusional parasitosis makes you sound a bit delusional. Especially when you can't even remember the name of the disease in question.

[blackpacific]

There are none so blind as those who will not see.

[Durus]

I agree. You believe because you believe and the facts simply will not sway you. You are halfway to being a liberal if you aren’t one already.

[Yardstick]

Your brain runs on glucose like the rest of your body doesn’t it? And your body is pretty good at turning fat and protein into glucose. So I’m not seeing why a high fat and protein diet would be harmful to your brain long term.

[blackpacific]

You don’t know where I stand because you don’t listen.

Also, drinking and typing are not a good combination.

[Durus]

I know exactly where you stand because you have stated it clearly. "Also, drinking and typing are not a good combination."

Obviously. I suggest you stop drinking, as there are actual harmul effects to driking that are scientifically valid, unlike what hippies say about "genetically modified" foods.

[RegulatorCountry]

The diet recommended sounds remarkably similar to Atkins, and I can vouch for the ability of the Atkins diet to improve and eliminate gout in my particular instance, as well as shedding quite a few pounds. This is of course my personal opinion and speaking only for myself, just in case the infamous food nazis encounter my reply here and note my location.

With Atkins or variants, there appears to come a wall of sorts, a crash that happens, when you're hit with an overwhelming desire for carbs. In my case, I was driving home from my office one evening, and it hit me like withdrawal my hands were shaking. A new KFC had just opened along the route, I wheeled into the drive through and ordered mashed potatoes with gravy. Wow, they were good.

So, it works well and is no trouble to maintain up to a poi t, then your body kicks in and takes over, lol. Low carb diets only can only go so far, imho. They're very successful up to then, though.