Zephyr, Thanks for your long and inspiring message. It takes a lot of
courage to scrutinize oneself as much as you do, and it is good to see
you back in the saddle again.

Zephyr said:
>It seems to me that the immune system, my immune system can handle
>viruses, germs, bacteria pretty well.  I had a full case of staff for
>two weeks, four or five years ago, a "disease" that puts many people
>in the hospital, and most in bed.  I was only laid out for two half
>days.

Your are forgetting the skin fungus on your foot that you could not get
rid of.

>Where do you get this idea?  I feel I have a very strong immune
>system, relative to my first twenty years.  And I don't have
>cholesterol problems.  Maybe you are referring to some figure you
>heard while I was in the grips of the trichinosis about my
>cholesterol, I'm not sure, but this seems inaccurate to me

What about the belief that if your immune system was truly strong it
would be able to deal with parasites no matter where they came from
without you getting sick? Do you have any insight into what might have
caused you to have so little resistance to the parasites or do you
believe that the healthiest person will/can succumb to them if exposed?

>Then why is it that I go sick on about the smallest meal by weight
>that I've ever eaten of meat?  I certainly had less than a half a
>pound of mongoose, which is two to four times less than my usual meat

That half pound did that consist of only the liver or did you eat other
parts as well?

>To sum up my position on meat, instincto, parasites, and alopathy I
>need to say that 1.  I intend to keep eating meat.

My suspicion, as I am sure you are well aware of by now, is that your
consumption of fruits was too high and that it contributed to
imbalancing your body. Any thoughts on this? - are you planning any
changes in your diet? Apart from eating two pounds of meat three times
a week what did your instincto diet consist of during the six years
prior to your coming down with trichinosis?

Best, Peter
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