I love the inclusions!! I like getting a good discussion going, and getting my brain working in areas I never thought of. Sometimes our own perspective is just that, our own. Each person comes from a different place, has heard different stories, and has info others may not have.
Thora -----Original Message----- From: Norman Cameron [mailto:daddyk...@sympatico.ca] Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:51 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CS>Evidence of mineral depletion hi Thora hope you don't mind my inclusions... Some of the many reason for added health benefits of 1904 include ... Breast feeding was almost always necessary for survival Going to school was an exercise in exercise Wood burning for heat warmed people four times Transportation was usually more than just turning a key Food was almost always locally grown or shot from the trees and there was a chance no one lived upstream ----- Original Message ----- From: Thora Rasmussen <mugg...@rockies.net> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 12:10 PM Subject: RE: CS>Evidence of mineral depletion > At one time in our history, the average age was 40 years old. But at the > same time, there were people who lived well into their 80's. That is double > the age. The fact that today there are extremely few people who live over > 90 tells us that something is out of whack. Is it possible that the > conditions were in place back then to allow some people to be twice as > healthy because of what they ate (good vitamin/mineral rich food)? Is it > possible that those conditions do not apply today (depleted food) so that > that can no longer occur? Anyone read any info on the old timers of long > ago? > > Thora > > -----Original Message----- > From: Terry Chamberlin [mailto:tcj...@yahoo.ca] > Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 5:30 PM > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Subject: CS>Evidence of mineral depletion > > > Garnett said: > > If this were true [re mineral depleated soil] there > should be more evidence in the general population of > deficiency syndromes. I would like to see data that > supports your statement.< > > The following are quotes from U.S. Senate Report #264, > published in the Congressional Record in 1936: > > "Laboratory tests prove that the fruits, the > vegetables, the grains, the eggs, and even the milk > and the meats of today are not what they were a few > generations ago (which doubtless explains why our > forefathers thrived on a selection of foods that would > starve us!)." > > "It is bad news to learn from our leading authorities > that 99% of the American people are deficient in these > minerals, and that a marked deficiency in any one of > the more important minerals actually results in > disease. Any upset of the balance, any considerable > lack of one or another element, however microscopic > the body requirement may be, and we sicken, suffer, > shorten our lives." > > "We know that vitamins are complex chemical substances > which are indispensable to nutrition, and that each of > them is of importance for normal function of some > special structure in the body. Disorder and disease > result from any vitamin deficiency. It is not commonly > realized, however, that vitamins control the body's > appropriation of minerals, and in the absence of > mineral's they have no function to perform. Lacking > vitamins, the system can make some use of minerals, > but lacking minerals, vitamins are useless." > > >..there should be more evidence in the general > population of deficiency syndromes.< > > I consider 50%+ of the population getting heart > disease and 50% of the population getting cancer > evidence enough. Plus the sharply increasing incidence > of diabetes, arthritis, etc., convinces me. > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> >
