>Dean Esmay wrote (on the list [log in to unmask]):

>> Although I think it is probably the case that the vast majority of humans
>> need some meat in their diet, I'm about convinced that there are some
>> humans who need far more of it than others, and that others won't feel
>> right if they're eating too much meat.  I suspect that some people will be
>> happier and healthier eating meat 2-3 times a week, and others will be
>> happier and healthier eating meat 3-4 times a day (like me).

Sharon M. responded:

>Something's got this lurker wound up tonite.
>Dr. William Kelly wrote a book in the 70s called, "One Man's Answer to
>Cancer". He described how he cured himself of pancreatic cancer by
>determining the kind of diet his metabolism required (greatly simplified
>review by this non-typist who hasn't read the book in 15 or more years)
>accompanied by other measures including large amts of pancreatic
>enzymes. For him it was a vegetarian regime in which his wife
>enthusiastically joined. As he got better she got sicker. Bottom line:
>years of research and experience with many patients, Kelly came up with
>10 metabolic types, 2 of which (type 2 and type 5) needed meat and could
>not achieve health  without it. Type 2, as I recall, had a need for
>large daily quantities, type 5 needed meat at least 3-4 times a week. He
>told of a patient, a man who worked in a butcher shop, shamefacedly
>confessing that he would sneak into the freezer and eat large chunks of
>raw meat, that he absolutely craved it. Type 2! For anyone who knows
>anything about the autonomic nervous system, the meat needers are
>*generally* parasympathetic dominant. One hint on determining your
>dominance is that parasymps are more prone to inflammatory
>problems---conditions that end in "itis" and also allergies,
>hypoglycemia.

Sharon has also written to me:

>Just rummaged through the dust of yesteryear: Correct title is "One
>Answer to Cancer" by Doctor William Donald Kelley. Revised edition,
>1974. That's how the cover reads. On the inside cover: This booklet is
>distributed by the

>International Association of Cancer Victims and Friends, Inc
>Box 3718
>Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Frederick Mann