school closes down-- what great health today

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In a town in MA somewhat near me, a whole school just shut down for three

days because so many people were sick. I've never heard of that before. And

no one will realize it is as much a function of the people's health as the

microbes' ambition.

Chris

____

" What can one say of a soul, of a heart, filled with compassion? It is a

heart which burns with love for every creature: for human beings, birds, and

animals, for serpents and for demons. The thought of them and the sight of

them make the tears of the saint flow. And this immense and intense

compassion, which flows from the heart of the saints, makes them unable to

bear the sight of the smallest, most insignificant wound in any creature.

Thus they pray ceaselessly, with tears, even for animals, for enemies of the

truth, and for those who do them wrong. "

--Saint Isaac the Syrian

[Guest guest]

At 05:20 AM 2/7/03 -0500, you wrote:

>In a town in MA somewhat near me, a whole school just shut down for three

>days because so many people were sick.  I've never heard of that before. 

And

>no one will realize it is as much a function of the people's health as the

>microbes' ambition.

>

>Chris

Probably looking at it as an air quality issue, especially as this is

sick building season. School lunches don't help with their high carbs and

processing. Did notice I'd highlighted this in the faq chapter of MTD.

In one study where viruses were implanted in the mucous membranes of test

subjects, some became ill while others did not! This demonstrates that

wheather

or not you get sick depends more on you than on the virus. Like all living

entities, viruses need a suitable environment in which to flourish..

Typically,

cold and flu viruses take hold when your body chemistry is too alkaline. Cold

temperatures result in an alkaline shift in your body. And the most powerful

alkalinizing substances are alcohol, sugar, salt, caffeine and nicotine.

Wanita

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Hi Wanita,

you wrote -- <<<Typically, cold and flu viruses take hold when your body

chemistry is too alkaline. Cold temperatures result in an alkaline shift in your

body. And the most powerful alkalinizing substances are alcohol, sugar, salt,

caffeine and nicotine.>>>

I'm intrigued...can you expand on that or point me in a direction where I can

get more info?

TIA

Dedy

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At 01:16 PM 2/7/03 +0000, you wrote:

>Hi Wanita,

>you wrote   --   <<<Typically, cold and flu viruses take hold when your body

chemistry is too alkaline. Cold temperatures result in an alkaline shift in

your body. And the most powerful alkalinizing substances are alcohol, sugar,

salt, caffeine and nicotine.>>>

>

>I'm intrigued...can you expand on that or point me in a direction where I can

get more info?

>

>TIA

>

>Dedy

Hi Dedy,

As this came from the Metabolic Typing Diet book I'm assuming the " Cold

temperatures result in an alkaline shift in the body. " sentence is what they

have found to happen beyond the study in all metabolic types in northern

latitudes when cold weather begins and the person is keeping with eating to

type. Mentions holidays, getting together, temps cold and more availability of

the alkalinizing foods. It then tells the questioner that eating to your type

then and all through the cold season will boost your resistance or reduce the

symptoms if you do get anything.

The alkalinizers mentioned create the most alkalinity in protein types, those

most likely to originate in the northern latitudes. If you're not eating to

type you could be adding more alkalinity from other foods not here that you're

eating. Like a protein type on anything but a protein diet. Immunity luckily

was not a problem with me ever. Maybe its nature's way of saying ok, time to

stop the warm weather more carbs in preparation for the cold or you'll get a

cold to detox them out.

Wanita

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<<<<<<Typically,

cold and flu viruses take hold when your body chemistry is too alkaline. Cold

temperatures result in an alkaline shift in your body. And the most powerful

alkalinizing substances are alcohol, sugar, salt, caffeine and nicotine.

>>>>>>>>>>>

OK I found this interesting but it doesn't fit my practical experience.

My family and I have just gotten over a nasty GI bug, a respiratory bug, etc.

We spent the last 3 weeks being sick. I am so tired of cleaning up body fluids.

I have being beating the healthy drum for about a year now and made all sorts of

changes which my family has gone along with. Now, get this. My dh is healthy as

a horse. He eats Wheaties for breakfast drinks at least 2 cups of coffee and

tons of Mt. Dew during the day, eats a nasty lunch at a restaurant or

convenience store, loves peanut butter and thinks we're out of food if we don't

have pb in the house, and chews tobacco. I think he's a health disaster waiting

to happen, the only time he eats healthy is at supper. So why didn't he get

sick with us? He has been teasing me unmercifully about it.

Kim Brenneman

btw there are always school closings around here (rural Iowa) in the winter due

to illness.

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Kim-

>I think he's a health disaster waiting to happen, the only time he eats

>healthy is at supper. So why didn't he get sick with us? He has been

>teasing me unmercifully about it.

He may well be a health disaster waiting to happen, but apparently his

starting position was much, much better than yours. At the moment his

constitution is obviously really solid, and who knows, it might even last

all the way into his old age, but that sort of thing unfortunately

dissipates through the generations. Perhaps his parents ate really well

and yours didn't, and maybe he ate well in his early childhood. But sooner

or later the chickens will come home to roost. It can take several

generations for health to fully decline, so it can also take several

generations to fully repair it.

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