celiac, IBS, and ...um...bugs.

[Guest guest]

from an ap story i saw on salon:

" And in the spring, University of Iowa researchers reported early evidence

that drinking whipworm eggs, which causes a temporary, harmless infection,

might soothe inflammatory bowel disease by diverting the overactive immune

reaction that causes it.

"

so hold on, let me get this straight: people would rather drink *whipworm

eggs* and get sick rather than just give up freakin gluten, which was

causing your bloody IBS to begin with?????!!???!!?!?!!?!!?!!!

http://www.salon.com/mwt/wire/2004/08/02/maggots/index.html

in another quote, they mention that they're trying these alternative

procedures (i actually am fully in favor of maggots and leeches, though i

don't personally practice with them) when " where conventional therapy alone

isn't enough. " ... and " technology has failed " so wait - we're turning to

the totally cheap - really practically FREE - natural cure AFTER all the

chemicals fail? huh? i mean, if he'd said they're trying them when kloss's

liniment (goldenseal, myrrh, and cayenne tinctured in alcohol) fails to

cleanse a wound gone septic, then sure, i'd understand...

-katja, shaking head...

[Guest guest]

At 11:09 AM 8/3/04 -0400, katja wrote:

>in another quote, they mention that they're trying these alternative

>procedures (i actually am fully in favor of maggots and leeches, though i

>don't personally practice with them) when " where conventional therapy alone

>isn't enough. " ... and " technology has failed " so wait - we're turning to

>the totally cheap - really practically FREE - natural cure AFTER all the

>chemicals fail? huh? i mean, if he'd said they're trying them when kloss's

>liniment (goldenseal, myrrh, and cayenne tinctured in alcohol) fails to

>cleanse a wound gone septic, then sure, i'd understand...

>

You know, that reminds me. Did I miss a post somewhere about a Great

Cicada Feast from some guy in SE Pennsylvania?

MFJ

If I have to be a grownup, can I at least be telekinetic too?

[Guest guest]

>so hold on, let me get this straight: people would rather drink *whipworm

>eggs* and get sick rather than just give up freakin gluten, which was

>causing your bloody IBS to begin with?????!!???!!?!?!!?!!?!!!

>

><http://www.salon.com/mwt/wire/2004/08/02/maggots/index.html>http://www.salon.c\

om/mwt/wire/2004/08/02/maggots/index.html

>

>

>-katja, shaking head...

Wow, yeah, that's a hard aesthetic choice, give up gluten or drink whipworms? Of

course

IBS is probably linked to fructose too so you'd have to give up Coke. Maybe

they'll

sell Coke with whipworm eggs.

-- Heidi Jean

[Guest guest]

> ?????!!???!!?!?!!?!!?!!!

Welcome to the real world...I'm sorry the red pill is not approved for consumers

by the FDA.

Now please join the line to your left to recieve your chemical drug consumer ID

tracking

implant,

and have a nice day.

Bruce

http://hardware.silicon.com/storage/0,39024649,39122659,00.htm

[Guest guest]

>>>Maybe they'll sell Coke with whipworm eggs<<<

The eggs wouldn't survive :-(

Cheers,

Tas'.

[Guest guest]

> You know, that reminds me. Did I miss a post somewhere about a

Great

> Cicada Feast from some guy in SE Pennsylvania?

> MFJ

@@@@@@@@@@

Hi ,

Nope, you didn't miss any such post... To make a long story short, I

didn't get any cicadas at all here! [the rest of story omitted due to

lack of interest in telling it!] Anyway, the crickets and

grasshoppers are teeming all over the place right now, so I've been

enjoying them once or twice a week. And corn earworms are in season

too--haven't made it over to my local organic corn farmer yet, but

certainly will any day now...

Mike

SE Pennsylvania

The best way to predict the future is to invent it. --Alan Kay

[Guest guest]

At 04:07 AM 8/4/04 -0000, you wrote:

>Hi ,

>Nope, you didn't miss any such post... To make a long story short, I

>didn't get any cicadas at all here! [the rest of story omitted due to

>lack of interest in telling it!]

Awwwwwwwwww.

> Anyway, the crickets and grasshoppers are teeming all over the place

right now, so I've been

>enjoying them once or twice a week.

Heh. You should have been at my " place of employment " a while back. I

stopped counting grasshopper flavors at 20.

>And corn earworms are in season too--haven't made it over to my local

organic corn farmer yet, but

>certainly will any day now...

Yep, they certainly are. He's graciously provided me with some over the

last few weeks. Sorry, I didn't save 'em for ye.

MFJ

If I have to be a grownup, can I at least be telekinetic too?