Guest guest Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 Check out www.realhealthnews.com. Dr. s is writing a book about possible health benefits of smoking. For those not familiar with him, he wrote The Milk Book that Sally Fallon quotes so much in her book. I did order the book and it's supposed to be shipped as soon as it's ready. >On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 21:29:43 -0800 > " Berg " <bberg@...> wrote: > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <slethnobotanist@...> > >> > > >> >First, glad to hear from you! Have missed the two of you. > >> > >> Nice to know I was missed by somebody! > > > >I second that. I don't know if you got the mail, but I pinged you > >off-list a month or so ago to see if you were still alive. > > >Hey well thanks! No I did not receive the email. > > > > > >> At any rate, to answer your question, no I am not quite done. It is > >> actually a rewrite of an article I did a few years back where I > >> basically said the normally stated " dogma " against smoking as being > >> unhealthy was pure baloney. That such a stance was not nearly as cut > >and > >> dried as its proponents would have you believe. > > > >I can believe that it may not be as bad as the anti-smoking lobby would > >have us believe, but from an intuitive perspective, at least, it seems > >as though inhaling large quantities of smoke should cause some > >substantial oxidative damage. Is this wrong? > >As I argue in my article it is dependent on a number of factors. The >type of tobacco, how it was cured, the fertility of the soil the tobacco >was grown in, how it was processed, the amount smoked, the type of diet >consumed by the smoker, etc. > >What got me started on this was years ago when I read that certain >cultures in the East considered smoking mildly healthful and not necessarily >a poison in the diet. > >I will post some articles/studies in the near future, but is very >difficult to get some real science on this topic. It is a lot like the >cholesterol issue was/is, much of the mainstream is very opposed to any >evidence that might contradict the current mantra. > > > >Stupid Vogue ><http://tinyurl.com/39juj>http://tinyurl.com/39juj > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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