At one time in our history, the average age was 40 years old. But at the same time, there were people who lived well into their 80's. That is double the age. The fact that today there are extremely few people who live over 90 tells us that something is out of whack. Is it possible that the conditions were in place back then to allow some people to be twice as healthy because of what they ate (good vitamin/mineral rich food)? Is it possible that those conditions do not apply today (depleted food) so that that can no longer occur? Anyone read any info on the old timers of long ago?
Thora -----Original Message----- From: Terry Chamberlin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 5:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: CS>Evidence of mineral depletion Garnett said: > If this were true [re mineral depleated soil] there should be more evidence in the general population of deficiency syndromes. I would like to see data that supports your statement.< The following are quotes from U.S. Senate Report #264, published in the Congressional Record in 1936: "Laboratory tests prove that the fruits, the vegetables, the grains, the eggs, and even the milk and the meats of today are not what they were a few generations ago (which doubtless explains why our forefathers thrived on a selection of foods that would starve us!)." "It is bad news to learn from our leading authorities that 99% of the American people are deficient in these minerals, and that a marked deficiency in any one of the more important minerals actually results in disease. Any upset of the balance, any considerable lack of one or another element, however microscopic the body requirement may be, and we sicken, suffer, shorten our lives." "We know that vitamins are complex chemical substances which are indispensable to nutrition, and that each of them is of importance for normal function of some special structure in the body. Disorder and disease result from any vitamin deficiency. It is not commonly realized, however, that vitamins control the body's appropriation of minerals, and in the absence of mineral's they have no function to perform. Lacking vitamins, the system can make some use of minerals, but lacking minerals, vitamins are useless." >..there should be more evidence in the general population of deficiency syndromes.< I consider 50%+ of the population getting heart disease and 50% of the population getting cancer evidence enough. Plus the sharply increasing incidence of diabetes, arthritis, etc., convinces me. -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
