re vitamin bible
bob
god forbid that we try to eliminate steak  AND sex
coffee? ..maybe alcohol....... well/  but steak and sex in australia
i think our nation would implode
thanks for the wise council on material which can be quite harmful if not
tempered by medical of proper dietary advice
who wrote the bible ?
who stands to gain from its publication?
thanks
judy


>From: "Robert A. Fink, M. D." <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: Drugs and You
>Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 12:57:41 -0700
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> > More Excerpts from The Vitamin Bible:
> >
>
> > The release of stored sugar places heavy stress on the endocrine
> > system.
>
>
>Who says so?  Not at all true, actually.  What kind of "stress" on what
>part of the endocrine system?
>
>
>Heavy coffee drinkers often develop nervousness or become
> > jittery. Coffee-drinking housewives demonstrated symptoms typical of
> > drug withdrawal when switched to a decaffeinated beverage.
>
>This is true, but only when large doses are ingested.
>
>
>
> >
> > People who drink five cups of coffee daily have a 50 percent greater
> > chance of having heart attacks than non-coffee drinkers, according to
> > the British Medical Journal.
>
>
>Please let me have the citation.
>
>
>
> >
> > Scientists at John Hopkins University have shown that caffeine can
> > interfere with DNA replication.
>
>
>Also, a citation, please.
>
>
>
> >
> > The Centre for Science in the Public Interest advises pregnant women
> > to stay away from caffeine, since studies have shown that the amount
> > contained in about four cups of coffee per day causes birth defects in
> > test animals.
>
>
>And a few years ago, caffeine also caused heart attacks, hypertension,
>breast cysts and a few other nasty things and recent data has
>contradicted this allegation.
>
>
>
> >
> > High doses of caffeine will cause laboratory animals to go into
> > convulsions and then die.
> >
> > Caffeine can be highly toxic [the lethal dose estimated to be around
> > 10g] new research shows that the one quart of coffee consumed in three
> > hours can destroy much of the body's thiamine.
>
>Huge doses of caffeine will indeed cause convulsions.  The dose
>mentioned above (10 grams) is about the equivalent of a *thousand
>cups* of very strong coffee!  There is probably enough water in a
>thousand cups of coffee to throw someone into fatal heart failure!
>
>
>
> >
> > Regular tea is not the answer either, since that has nearly as much
> > caffeine.  But herb teas can be quite invigorating.
>
>Right.  There are a few which contain poisonous substances such as
>strychnine (in small doses).
>
>
>
> >
> >
> > What Alcohol Does to Your Body
> >
> > Alcohol is the most widely used drug in our society, and because it is
> > so available, most people don't think of it as a drug.  But it is; and
> > if misused, it can cause a lot of damage to your body.
> >
> > Alcohol is not a stimulant, but actually a sedative-depressant of the
> > central nervous system.
> >
> > It is capable of rupturing veins.
>
>
>Tell me how.  Maybe if it (alcohol) is injected directly into veins.
>
>
>Postings such as this, filled with half-truths (and an occasional truth),
>can cause fear, guilt, and worse, if people in power are influenced, can
>lead to abridgement of individual rights.  We tried to ban alcohol in
>this country and we got Al Capone; now we are working on
>cigarettes; who knows, maybe steak and sex will be next?
>
>
>Best,
>
>Bob
>
>
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