Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site psivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!psivax!friesen From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: Folk Medicine (long) Message-ID: <656@psivax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 16:20:00 EDT Article-I.D.: psivax.656 Posted: Thu Aug 15 16:20:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 22:34:40 EDT References: <651@gitpyr.UUCP> Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA Lines: 44 Summary: In article <651@gitpyr.UUCP> dts@gitpyr.UUCP (Danny Sharpe) writes: > >From what I've seen, there seems to be a large and widespread body of belief >that is composed of old ideas (like from Middle Ages and Greek science) passed >down through time, mystical/pagan/shamanistic ideas about nature, and >misunderstood modern scientific ideas. All these notions are combined to make >a model of the world that is fairly coherent (if you don't question it *too* >closely). Good analysis! > > On eating proteins and starches together: > > "Take for example, the hamburger -- the meat is a protein and the > bread is a starch. It takes a series of ACID digestive juices to > digest the protein (pepsin, hydrochloric acid, etc.) and a series > of ALKALINE digestive juices to digest the starch (ptyalin, maltase, > etc.). Remember in chemistry class when you burned yourself with > some acid, you were told to put an alkaline such as lemon or > vinegar, etc., to neutralize the acid! Well, the same result > happens when you eat a protein and a starch together. They > neutralize themselves and absolutely NO DIGESTION IS THE RESULT. > Then, as we have learned, when your food doesn't digest, it ROTS." > > Well, if I remember my old reading on digestion correctly, the acidic digestion occurs in the stomach, and the alkaline in the intestines, so ther is *no* possibility of neutralization. > > On sunbathing: > > "Don't overdo your sunbathing as it WILL be harmful -- DO NOT sunbathe > between 11AM & 2PM. The HOT infra-red burning rays are too strong > and you can't tan then. > Hmm, well at least half right. Too much sun-bathing *is* dangerous, it can cause skin cancer! -- Sarima (Stanley Friesen) {trwrb|allegra|cbosgd|hplabs|ihnp4|aero!uscvax!akgua}!sdcrdcf!psivax!friesen or {ttdica|quad1|bellcore|scgvaxd}!psivax!friesen