Don, my husband, 64/14 is leaving this week for Nigeria. This will be his 8th visit in the last 10 years. It takes about 20 hours of travel time and 20 hours of airport time. I am worried, but he is looking forward to the trip. In the past he has been employed as a consultant to an individual to improve his cattle through nutrition, health and genetics. He raised the conception rate about 700%. This trip is to meet the new Secretary of Agriculture and see if his services are needed in other areas. Two other men will be going with him. He is also hand carrying cattle semen to sell when he get there. I found this in some of my literature about magnetism. It makes sense to me. As many of you know I am a firm believe for healthy ,as well as not so healthy people. "During most of our existence on earth we have lived close to the land and the earth's natural magnetic field. Today this natural magnetic field in in decline and is presently at its lowest level since humans have inhabited the planet. Additionally, as we have modernized we have further reduced our exposure to the already weakened field through the proliferation of energy absorbing roadways and steel frames for automobiles, building, etc. In recent years, scientists have come to realize that there is a definitive relationship between the earth's magnetic field and the magnetic properties of our bodies. Since we now realize that the human race has always been dependent on the influence of the earth's magnetic field, and change in this field is likely to cause functional disorder in the body. To further complicate the situation today humans are surrounded by "alternating current" electrical appliances...we now have man-made 60 Hz signals beating against our bodies' much lower frequency natural bio-rhythms. Could it be that we have created too much interference with nature's source of energy and well-being, and have impaired our connection to this energy? Perhaps this explains why the United States - the most modern country in the world - has the unenviable distinction of ranking number one in the world in degenerative diseases." Dr. Kyoichi Nakagawa, the Director of Tokyo's Isuzu Hospital, wrote an article entitled "Magnetic Field Deficiency Syndrome" in 1976. the articles states that because of the decreasing magnetic field of the earth, many people do not get adequate magnetic field exposure which their bodies need to function optimally. He goes on to state that by simply providing a natural magnetic field for the body, many discomfort may be lessened or vanish completely. -----Original Message----- From: Ken Becker <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sunday, March 29, 1998 8:14 PM Subject: Re: Sv: Re: Calf pain >The phenomenon of magnetism affecting the body sounded like some kind of >nonsense when I first heard it, using the "common sense" facts we "KNOW" about >magnetism, such as the attraction between steel and iron and magnets, and >magnets and other magnets. Then I remembered that in the "old days" of >television, there was a magnet on the glass neck of every CRT (Cathode Ray >Tube) that we call the picture tube. This magnet was called an "ion trap" and >had the job of attracting ions and directing them away from the front of the >CRT, while allowing electrons to continue to the front where they lit up the >phosphors. The details I speak of are not important, and may not be 100% >accurate, the point is that electrical "charges" can be influenced by >magnetism and the body has an electrical system, using nerves as electrical >conductors. The brain receives and sends signals like microprocessors do in >a computer. Therefore it is logical that magnetism can affect the travel of >these signals, and modify the pain signals. If anyone doubts that nerves >transmit pain to the brain, have your dentist make contact with the nerve in a >tooth...I have done that recently during root canal treatment, and still have >flashbacks! Do we have anyone hear who has studied medicine and electronics, >who can tell me how accurate my theories are? (Or not! [log in to unmask] ,HWD >FL. USA >