At 10:33 PM 02/04/2001 +0900, you wrote:
>Paleolisters,
>
>I am reading every day more and more about Mad Cow's disease.  I am really
>worried, and I don't think it's all just a "scare."  I plan to undertake a
>big study on the disease soon, but am just overwhelmed with work and have no
>time.
>
>We eat a lot of meat, sometimes raw (does this matter in Mad Cow's?) and we
>are very scared that in 10-20 years from now that we will start to have the
>disease and die.
.....
>Paleolithically yours,
>
>Judith

        Viruses cause disease as about as much as vultures kill carrion. Do rats
cause garbage? Maggots must kill cats because I once saw a bunch of
writhing maggots in a dead cat, right? Sounds ridiculous, I know, but this
is the same twisted thought that is used to make people live in fear. And
guess what, only the pharmaceutical companies can make you whole again?!
There is not a drug available(nor will there ever be) that kills the guest
without killing the host.
        Germs DO NOT cause disease but rather only take advantage of the
environment. Each "germ" requires a specific environment in which to
survive. To make your internal environment an unwelcome place for an
imbalance in flora you must have complete communication between the brain
and the body and vice versa. Do you find e-coli in the brain, hepatitis in
the ear, or rabies in the gallbladder? Each requires a specific organ,
temperature, oxygen level, pH, etc. to thrive out of balance. The nervous
system controls the internal environment. Tissues become diseased when they
lack the full control of the nervous system in regulating their functions.
Your body has already encountered and dealt with more "germs" in the last
24 hours than you could learn about in a lifetime.
        If the germ theory of disease were correct there would be no one alive to
prove it.

Dave