Re: A more probable cause of Mad Cow...

[Guest guest]

Yesterday in one of my health newsletters someone mentioned that there is a

doctor/researcher who is looking into the possibility that fertilization of

our food crops and livestock food crops are causing an overabundance of

?potassium? (not sure which mineral) is causing ?copper? to not be absorbed

and it is turning proteins into prions, and that that may be the cause of

these kind of diseases, not contagions. That may explain why there " Seems "

to be more prevalence of these diseases. Is there actually more cases now?

Or is this ONLY a media blitz? If that turned out to be the case, just

imagine the fight that the chemical companies will put up!! We thought they

were mad now with the vitamin craze, just imagine the dollars involved if it

was found out that fertilizer should be banned!!!! If it is, how many

DECADES do you think it will take to stop using fertilizer?!!?

Thora

Re: A more probable cause of Mad Cow...

Dear Alan,

I have come to agree with the position that disease is caused by bacteria

and

parasites. Can you give me some reading material on this position?

SUsan

[Guest guest]

RE: Re: A more probable cause of Mad Cow...

the possibility that fertilization of

> our food crops and livestock food crops are causing an overabundance of >

?potassium? (not sure which mineral) is causing ?copper? to not be absorbed

Could this be phosphatees (as in superphosphates?)

http://phosadd.com/support%20evidence/weston.htm

http://phosadd.com/diet/diet.htm (Hafer)

Rowena

[Guest guest]

I can't find the article now, sorry. But what it said was that either

potassium or phosphorus (I don't remember which) as used in fertilizer for

food and animal food crops was too high thus making copper not be absorbed.

It made reference to the fact that animals that were grass fed (not grain

fed) in unfertilized fields did not have this imbalance of minerals. It

made a light reference that there is some kind of evidence that this

imbalance causes protein molecules to mutate to prions. It was talking

about regular fertilizer (whatever that is) that would be used on the

majority of livestock.

I did not double check this, due to the fact that I have SO MUCH email that

I read, but I filed it away in my head, so if I see reference to it in the

future, I will remember, and read. I read so much stuff that I often don't

double check things until I hear about them a few times (unless it is

something I am very interested in right now). So, I wouldn't flat out take

this to heart, but it may be of interest to see if any more work is done in

this area. I suspect that if fertilizer is the cause, it may be many

decades before we hear about any true info.

Re: Re: A more probable cause of Mad Cow...

RE: Re: A more probable cause of Mad Cow...

the possibility that fertilization of

> our food crops and livestock food crops are causing an overabundance of

>

?potassium? (not sure which mineral) is causing ?copper? to not be

absorbed

Could this be phosphatees (as in superphosphates?)

http://phosadd.com/support%20evidence/weston.htm

http://phosadd.com/diet/diet.htm (Hafer)

Rowena

[Guest guest]

The following website has interesting articles that from a quick glance may

have more information on chemicals and BSE.

http://www.purdeyenvironment.com/

Thora

Re: Re: A more probable cause of Mad Cow...

RE: Re: A more probable cause of Mad Cow...

the possibility that fertilization of

> our food crops and livestock food crops are causing an overabundance of

>

?potassium? (not sure which mineral) is causing ?copper? to not be

absorbed

Could this be phosphatees (as in superphosphates?)

http://phosadd.com/support%20evidence/weston.htm

http://phosadd.com/diet/diet.htm (Hafer)

Rowena