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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]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Drugs and You >Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 12:57:41 -0700 > >Date sent: Sun, 14 May 2000 17:25:33 IST >Send reply to: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >From: Sinead Aungier <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Drugs and You >To: [log in to unmask] > > > 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 > > >********************************************** >Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S., P. C. >2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 >Berkeley, California 94704-2636 >Telephone: 510-849-2555 FAX: 510-849-2557 >WWW: http://www.dovecom.com/rafink/ > >mailto:[log in to unmask] > >"Ex Tristitia Virtus" > >********************************************* ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com