Re: Re: supplements every day?

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Sounds "natural". What I want is unnatural stuff proven to extend life or improve health.

I'm not sure what we evolved on or adapted to because it (the theory) seems to change from year to year. One said we evolved at the equator. That implies that they had dark skin, but we adapted to higher latitudes and "got" light skin. If the body can change skin color it can adapt to a better (or less better) diet.

Ergo, although the thoughts of evolution are interesting they have no real meaning for me in an age where we commonly do coronary bypasses, kidney transplants, stomach stapling, etc.

I guess I could use the idea of variation, which I do. I almost never eat the same thing each day. But the kcals are usually very close to 1800.

Regards.

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From: loganruns73

Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 9:33 AM

Subject: [ ] Re: supplements every day?

Many of the old natural healers observed that taking herbs 6 days/1 day off, 6 weeks on/6 weeks off, 6 months on/6 months off, etc.. proved more efficacious than continually. In nature, there are natural variations over each season of the chemicals in plants and herbs (and animals as a byproduct), so in this age of standardized herbal extracts, nutritional supplementation and factory farming, it's seems prudent to try and stick to the natural cycles our species evolved on.Logan> Al, my own personal belief is that I can't know the exact amount I need each > day. So some days I must get more than I need, and other days I lay off so my > body can rest from having too much. I figure that earth's history has humans > eating seasonally anway, so maybe it's even a good thing that supplements come > in waves, too. That's my intuitive approach, as it is.> > Comments from anybody on that?

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In a message dated 10/15/04 11:16:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time, perspect1111@... writes:

Have you considered the possibility that the "broad" spectrum of

allergies from which you apparently suffer

If you or anybody would be kind enough to give me a jump start on further research (since I think I might have developed an allergy to casein) by critiquing what I *think* I know about it thus far:

- exposure to substances that cause an allergic reaction cause stress that ages the body

- an allergic reaction is an immune reaction that occurs when the body, rightly or wrongly, identifies a bacteria, virus or protein as a harmful invader

- the immune system does not operate within the gut, so large molecules that can't be absorbed can't cause an allergy?

- once an allergy is acquired, it can't be reversed?*

*some are psychological allergy: I once hypnotized a girlfriend into getting over an allergy to lilacs. But that allergy was, to my mind, almost certainly induced from some bad childhood experiences. BUT, if an allergy can be psychological, how does this interact with physiological allergies?

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Ken