Re: bacterial theory of disease/book

[Guest guest]

Dear , Glad you are going to be here "in person" more this year.

This sounds like a very informative book. I might buy this one and put

it in the bathroom. This is one of those books one might be inclined

to say, "I don't have the time to read." but if it is in the bathroom,

it WILL be read. Love,

seg14 wrote:

Hi

all and to everyone happy new year with much peace, contentment,

and progress toward health. My

resolution (one of!) is to post more and read more. I've only been

reading once a month due to new job, move, etc.

Here's a book, I've wanted to tell

you all about for months. It's called "Plague Time" by Eward,

Free Press, $25. Yes, it's expensive; it's an academic type book.

It was wriiten by a virologist, and reviewed in Newsweek and he reasons

that "our genes shouldn't cause much heart disease, mental illness, cacner

or automimmune disease. Genes the impede survival tend to die out

over time, as their owners fail to reproduce. By contrast, parasites...are

the most likely to stay in the game." Ewald argues that we're missing

"an obvious lesson "It's the germs, stupid!" And they list four diseases

as evidence:Cardiac....Chamydia

pneumoniae, pophyromonas gingivalis; cytomeglovirusCervical

cancer...human papilloma virusLiver

cancer...hep B, hep CBreast

Cancer...Epstein-Barr virus, mouse mammary-tumor virusand

alsoAlzheimer's: chlamydia

pneumonaie.Sounds like an

incredible book, and if anyone needs more proof about the rheumatic diseases...Ahemm.Happy

reading, or at least happy "I told you so-ing" to any unsympathetic docs!

G.

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