Guest guest Posted July 5, 2002 Report Share Posted July 5, 2002 Is there anywhere online where I can find articles about the ill affects of soy. - " Linda Jones " <lindaj Friday, July 05, 2002 10:49 AM Re: garlic good or bad?? > Lets look at it another way. Garlic may be toxic, but it's benefits are that > it is toxic enough to kill off pathogens that are even more toxic. For > example, staphylococcus can produce toxins that can cause all kinds of > problems, from toxic shock syndrome, to food poisoning, to septicemia, to > flesh eating infections, to all kinds of neurological problems, etc. The > toxic effects of garlic according to the article are certainly not as > serious as the toxic effects of staphylococcus. And garlic is toxic to > staphylococcus. Which would you rather get rid of, the garlic, or the > staphylococcus? An additional benefit of garlic is that it can penetrate > into places that staphylococcus can be hiding that are even inaccessible to > antibiotics. Because garlic is toxic to a wide variety of harmful pathogens, > it seems like it's benefits outweigh it's deficits. > > Certainly if you apply enough garlic to your rose bush, it will kill the > rose bush. However, apply the right amount and you rid the rose bush of > aphids, and the rose bush flourishes. Whether or not garlic is toxic to rose > bushes, it certainly has beneficial effects. I think the same applies to > people. > > One additional thought - many people do not metabolize sulfur based amino > acids very well, and garlic is loaded with them. I think this may be one of > the reasons why their " studies " showed that it caused problems for some > people. Some of those sulfur based amino acids can become neurotoxins if not > properly broken down by the body; for example, cysteine. However, it isn't > the sulfur based amino acids that's the problem, it's other heavy metals and > toxins that interfere with the bodies enzymes necessary to utilize the > sulfur based amino acids. Clear the heavy metals and toxins, and then the > body actually benefits from the sulfur based amino acids like cysteine, > which is used by the body to manufacture glutithione, which is one of the > most beneficial antioxidants. On the other hand, excess cysteine can cause > the very same symptoms that the article mentions. And garlic is loaded with > sulfur based amino acids. > > But rather than getting rid of the garlic, it seems more prudent to get rid > of the heavy metals and other toxins. It's a matter of figuring out what the > actual cause of a symptom is, and resolving that, rather than just blaming > the trigger. For example, just because some people are allergic to certain > things doesn't mean we should eliminate those things for everyone. It would > be far preferable to eliminate the allergies in the people who have them > with some form of meridian therapy, such as NAET or Bioset, then to > eliminate those allergens from everyone. > > Linda Jones > lindaj > > - > " Sally Andrews " <topmoggie > > Thursday, July 04, 2002 6:15 AM > garlic good or bad?? > > > > The more I read the more confused I am. > > Source: From a lecture by Dr. Robert C Beck, DSc, given at the Whole Life > Expo, Seattle, WA, US > > > > GARLIC - TOXIC SHOCK! Reprinted from Nexus Feb/Mar 2001 > > > > > > The reason garlic is so toxic, the sulphone hydroxyl ion penetrates the > blood-brain barrier, just like DMSO, and is a specific poison for > higher-life forms and brain cells. We discovered this, much to our horror, > when I (Bob Beck, DSc) was the world's largest manufacturer of ethical EEG > feedback equipment. > > > > We'd have people come back from lunch that looked clinically dead on an > encephalograph, which we used to calibrate their progress. " Well, what > happened? " " Well, I went to an Italian restaurant and there was some garlic > in my salad dressing! " So we had them sign things that they wouldn't touch > garlic before classes or we were wasting their time, their money and my > time. > > > > I guess some of you who are pilots or have been in flight tests...I was in > flight test engineering in Doc Hallan's group in the 1950's. The flight > surgeon would come around every month and remind all of us: " Don't you dare > touch any garlic 72 hours before you fly one of our airplanes, because it'll > double or triple your reaction time. You're three times slower than you > would be if you'd not had a few drops of garlic. " > > > > Well, we didn't know why for 20 years later, until I owned the > Alpha-Metrics Corporation. We were building biofeed-back equipment and found > out that garlic usually desynchronises your brain waves. > > > > So I funded a study at Stanford and, sure enough, they found that it's a > poison. You can rub a clove of garlic on your foot - a you can smell it > shortly later on your wrists. So it penetrates the body. This is why DMSO > smells a lot like garlic: that sulphone hydroxyl ion penetrates all the > barriers including the corpus callosum in the brain. > > > > Any of you who are organic gardeners know that if you don't want to use > DDT, garlic will kill anything in the way of insects. > > > > Now, most people have heard most of their lives garlic is good for you, > and we put those people in the same class of ignorance as the mothers who at > the turn of the century would buy morphine sulphate in the drugstore and > give it to their babies to put'em to sleep. > > > > If you have any patients who have low-grade headaches or attention deficit > disorder, they can't quite focus on the computer in the after-noon, just do > an experiment - you owe it to yourselves. Take these people off garlic and > see how much better they get, very very shortly. And then let them eat a > little garlic after about three weeks. They'll say " My God, I had no idea > that this was the cause of our problems. " And this includes the de-skunked > garlic's, Kyolic, some of the other products. > > > > Very unpopular, but I've got to tell you the truth. > > > > and then I read an article by Dr. Robert C Atkins (who runs the Atkins > Center for Complementary Medicine in New York City) extolling garlic and > recommends taking 2,300-2,400 mg every day. > > > > So am I doing the right thing or not.???? I'll probably wish I had not > asked but has anyone got any further comments? > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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