I am not saying that infectious diseases and parasites should not be there.
I am precisely saying they are all there in an HEALTHY environment . And
wanting to eradicate them can only create an unhealthy environment of
greater impact on the health of the individuals.
You are the one who say that being infected is a PROBLEM ,i don't it that
way at all , specially when the symptoms are not putting the life of the
individuals in danger as it is the NORM in a balanced ecosystem.
In regard of plants parasiting , farmers are ready to point out the finger
to the culprits. This insect eat my crop so it must be bad, the insect
eating that insect must be good, but the one eating the 2nd  must be bad and
on and on When you went thru the whole food chain , you must see that it
doesnt make sens at all this kind of reasonning, specially when you realise
that you deal with a complex web of interrelationships between species that
renew themselves in cycles>
 And yes i maintain that cooking,  by altering the place that we have in the
food chain , had a tremendous effect on the whole environment creating
unbalances that precisely Parasites and bacterias contribuate to
reestablish.and maintain.
We just opened a nich for them to proliferate  in , and wanting to eradicate
them because of it , will bring bigger and more complex problems To deal
with .
That denial tactict is still diverting us to the real issues.
I didn't say what the real issues were in that [post ,because is up to us
collectively to realise  (paleo , instinctos frutarian , or whatever..) But
i can say that the real issue have a lot to do with our interconnectedness
with ALL forms of life.
jean-claude





>jean-claude:..
>
>>I am surpised that paleo peoples who want to adress the real issues still
>>buy into this old model .
>
>Infectious disease and parasites are a big problem for lots of
>hunter-gatherer cultures. And before you say they wouldn't be if they
>weren't cooking, wild animal populations also have trouble with
>pathagens--not to mention instinctos. ;)
>
>Cheers,
>Kirt
>
>Secola  /\  Nieft
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