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To: Bill who wrote (96155)	2/18/2005 3:50:53 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

What I believe Dr. Campbell is saying is that people can dramatically improve their own health by adapting a plant-based diet when he makes this statement. That is the main thesis of his belief, supported by decades of research: "The hope that genetic research will eventually lead to drug cures for diseases ignores more powerful solutions that can be employed today." Why is it self-serving and gratuitous? Do you have any understanding of what you are (mis)quoting? Like what is even being discussed?

To: Bill who wrote (96155)	2/18/2005 4:11:42 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Quote 1: Probably true. It is thought that dozens of cancer cells pop up in a normal person every year. The immune system is charged with clean up. Immunosuppressants and inflammatory disease may work to distract your body from this work. Quote 2: I don't completely disagree, but that is our baseline. In one corner we have Down's syndrome. Totally genetic. In the other corner we have Dengue Fever, nearly always lethal with no genetic component. So, if you have a tendency for metabolic disease, your genes will be less forgiving of a poor diet and lack of exercise. The problem is that you may be playing a loaded game. Fatty foods may inordinately attract you and exercise may inordinately repel you. IF (and that's a big IF) you could overcome these and eat right and run 3 miles 4 times a week, then you'd probably not die of heart disease. Quote 3: I agree that biotech has been promising much and delivering little. If you wait for the magic bullet to treat diseases that ONLY exist in the United States it seems you might die young. We should look for the root causes (no pun intended, well maybe a little one ...) I disagree that any of this is directly self-serving. He's not saying "Buy my ideas or you will die." That would be self-serving. Self-serving is like the "Stay the course (despite the fact we were wrong)" line we're fed by the administration about the war in Iraq.