Hi Karl,

In Chinese medicine, eating raw pumpkin seeds is supposed to help
against parasites.

Karl-W. Geitz wrote:

> ...... I am more concerned about
> the different kinds of parasites: worms,
> trichinoses, malaria and the like. These seem to
> be a more concrete thread although I have heard
> about Instinctos who cured worms by eating shrimps
> or papaya seeds.
>
> Anyway, we (the whole, current mankind) don't
> have much experience about the health risks
> with raw nutrition, so I tend to be on the
> careful side.

I often have that doubt in the back of my mind that I'll die of some
parasite from eating so much raw fish.  ....but what a way to go.....
:-)

regards

roberta