Very well written.............. I agree totally. as for chickenpox,  all
my kids had it at the same time.  What a sight they were.   =o]  But no
scars,  I covered their little hands with sock puppets  hehehe

Trish

On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 19:02:23 +1100 Ben Balzer <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> With all the Neolithic poisons, the average Joe has an immune system
> that's
> as weak as a little old hunter-gatherer lady's (not that they're
> little as
> they don't get much osteoporosis). So illnesses are more common and
> hit
> harder. You don't even have to get technical about the effects on
> white
> blood cells. Just look in the mouth. the Neolithic diet lectins
> break down
> the protective linings of the mouth, and the starches feed the bugs.
> So,
> non-paleos have a mouth full of germs (and cavities and fillings).
> That's
> why a human's bite is usually regarded as more germ-ridden than an
> animal
> bite. This poor oral environment provides a great breeding ground
> for other
> bugs which is why people get throat infections and 'flu's so easily.
>
> Going paleo gives a natural boost to the immune system starting with
> oral
> hygeine, fortifying mucosaI barriers (normally eroded by lectins)
> and by
> boosting white cell control.  I haven't gotten anywhere near the
> number of
> bugs I usually get since going Paleo- and I kick them easily.
>
> For this reason, it should be obvious to you all that those poor
> sucks on
> the Neolithic diet need their vaccines to protect them from their
> weak
> immune systems. Just read about the history of diphtheria coming
> into Berlin
> last century and killing 100,000 children in one winter. if 100,000
> children
> got diphtheria in Sydney, we wouldn't have enough intensive care
> beds to
> care for them, them mortality would skyrocket above the modern
> figure of
> (what is it? 1%? 5%?). So, yes I'm as pro-vaccination as you can
> get. I have
> an open mind about the risks, but the benefits are far higher. Now,
> I know
> that will piss some of you off, but everyone's treading on eggshells
> about
> this issue. It's time for a bit of the other side. The flu nearly
> killed me
> in 1984- so I've had a shot every year since and never gotten it
> again.
>
> As for children with ADD, autism etc, I can only say 3 things:
> 1. The Paleoltihic diet is by far the best for them as it has the
> highest
> level of brain building blocks and brain food and vitamins
> antioxidants and
> other goodies. The brain has enormous nutritional requirements- the
> paleo
> diet surpasses all others in thsi regard. Especially if you make
> sure you're
> including liver and root vegetables.
> 2. I think their problems are more likely to be related to
> nutritional
> issues than vaccination reactions.
> 3. My heart goes out to them and their families and I wish them all
> well.
>
> I have my doubts about comfort vaccination eg chickenpox which is
> basically
> advocated because of both parents working, it's hard for someone to
> take a
> week off to look after young Spotty. (That is the basis of some of
> the
> cost-benefit analysis of this expensive vaccine). Still, the idea of
> my
> Little Fairy Princess getting a chickenpox scar on her snozzie will
> probably
> see me go for it if it comes out in Australia.
>
> Ben Balzer