Re: immunity in other environments

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I doubt it too. When Europeans colonised other continents and took

their typical infections with them, many of the native occupants were

wiped out by them, this would be similar scenario.

I spent half my childhood years living in hotter countries with poor

santisation, there were problems with food and water, and insect

borne infections, brucella were common. we had the nasty pesticides

used abundanly. The local food stuff was grown in untreated human

excrement. Like other non patriots I suffered form a mulitude of

infections, the indigenous population did not and only suffered from

then occassionlly. Throw in the dodgy zaccines they used then and

with what we know now and it so wonder during my second time abroad

thigs started ot go more worng. I was not under emotional stress,

other than the heat and these factors, the second was propably the

happiest time of my life.

Ken will not be surprised to learn thats when ISAC

bemame first became obvious, of course I knew noting it about

everyone eho knew me was foxed by it.

Mine was by no means a one off case, other old school chums who lived

there too were sick then and now as well, as are some of their

parents.

Cheers Tansy

> > > I have been watching an interesting documentary

> > > serious about the

> > > problems and challenges of the Amazon rain forest.

> > > It showed some

> > > indigenous tribes that have no contact outside the

> > > forest, these people

> > > seemed to look very well built and animal like in

> > > physique. Then there

> > > was one episode where they talked about babies being

> > > stolen from other

> > > races (white and black) and brought up as natives.

> > > They found a

> > > Scandinavian looking blond that was apparently the

> > > child of a western

> > > prospector who was stolen as a child by the natives

> > > and brought up as

> > > one of their own. These native people have great

> > > knowledge of plants

> > > and medicine. They all looked healthy, though the

> > > white blond looked

> > > like he was suffering with some disease like Crohn's

> > > or some other

> > > disease that resulted in weight loss. He was very

> > > skinny. I suspect

> > > that his immune system was in some way unable to

> > > naturally protect it

> > > self from the parasites and bacteria of the

> > > forest....

> > >

> > > I though it interesting.

> > >

> > >

> > > bleu

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> > >

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[Guest guest]

I came from a very poor family. We didn't have an

indoor bathroom so the children took turns bathing in

a large was wash tub. The first one to get in the tub

was lucky. LOL.It was inconvenient so needless to say

we did not get a daily bath. Later we got an indoor

bathroom and by the time I was a teen I was enjoying

daily baths. My father used to tell me I bathed too

much and I would ruin my immune system, my body

wouldn't be used to germs and wouldn't be able to

fight them. Maybe he knew what he was talking about.

We really have become a very clean culture. Marie

--- tansyap <tansyap@...> wrote:

>

> I doubt it too. When Europeans colonised other

> continents and took

> their typical infections with them, many of the

> native occupants were

> wiped out by them, this would be similar scenario.

>

> I spent half my childhood years living in hotter

> countries with poor

> santisation, there were problems with food and

> water, and insect

> borne infections, brucella were common. we had the

> nasty pesticides

> used abundanly. The local food stuff was grown in

> untreated human

> excrement. Like other non patriots I suffered form a

> mulitude of

> infections, the indigenous population did not and

> only suffered from

> then occassionlly. Throw in the dodgy zaccines they

> used then and

> with what we know now and it so wonder during my

> second time abroad

> thigs started ot go more worng. I was not under

> emotional stress,

> other than the heat and these factors, the second

> was propably the

> happiest time of my life.

>

> Ken will not be surprised to learn thats when ISAC

> bemame first became obvious, of course I knew noting

> it about

> everyone eho knew me was foxed by it.

>

> Mine was by no means a one off case, other old

> school chums who lived

> there too were sick then and now as well, as are

> some of their

> parents.

>

> Cheers Tansy

>

>

> > > > I have been watching an interesting

> documentary

> > > > serious about the

> > > > problems and challenges of the Amazon rain

> forest.

> > > > It showed some

> > > > indigenous tribes that have no contact

> outside the

> > > > forest, these people

> > > > seemed to look very well built and animal

> like in

> > > > physique. Then there

> > > > was one episode where they talked about

> babies being

> > > > stolen from other

> > > > races (white and black) and brought up as

> natives.

> > > > They found a

> > > > Scandinavian looking blond that was

> apparently the

> > > > child of a western

> > > > prospector who was stolen as a child by the

> natives

> > > > and brought up as

> > > > one of their own. These native people have

> great

> > > > knowledge of plants

> > > > and medicine. They all looked healthy, though

> the

> > > > white blond looked

> > > > like he was suffering with some disease like

> Crohn's

> > > > or some other

> > > > disease that resulted in weight loss. He was

> very

> > > > skinny. I suspect

> > > > that his immune system was in some way unable

> to

> > > > naturally protect it

> > > > self from the parasites and bacteria of the

> > > > forest....

> > > >

> > > > I though it interesting.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > bleu

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

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