He will live to eat those words. Just save the email and resend it to him in
5 years :-)
Ben Balzer
"Sometimes in life your only consolation is the knowledge that you have been
morally superior, but that's a consolation worth having"


----- Original Message -----
From: Dori Zook <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 12:53 PM
Subject: [P-F] sad, sad response


> Sigh!  I'm sure many of you have read the Dr. Loren Cordain interview
at...
>
> http://www.lifeservices.com/cordain.htm
>
> Chock full of fascinating facts and figures, I sent it to an
endocrinologist
> friend of mine.  I was truly saddened by his response:
>
>
> "Thanks for the information.  It takes all kinds to make the world go
> around, but often times these people with such ideas are not able to
> see the forest for the trees.   Grains have been found to be very
> healthy and reduce the incidence of cancer in all populations.  They
> are rarely associated with causing autoimmune diseases with the
> exception of gluten enteropathy which is a very rare disease.
>
> Secondly, to make assumptions about populations which barely lived
> longer than 30 years is hard to apply to present day populations who
> have evolved to adapt to grains, cereals and meats.  Milk has always
> been a part of the diet in many countries and cultures.  Therefore,
> man has learned to live longer than in any other time in history.
> Beware of tooth sayers who need to publish to avoid parish.
>
> However, the discussion is interesting and stimulating which keeps
> these individuals in circulation."
>
>
> I can't decide if this is sad, laughable or both.
>
> Dori Zook
> Denver CO
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