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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I understand your point, bill.  But, I've never seen tobacco make anyone 
healthy or happy.  I've never seen alcohol make anyone truly healthy or 
happy.  The 'eating right' part 'is' harder........bobford

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--- On Fri, 11/28/08, william Eggers <wce1482 AT yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: william Eggers <wce1482 AT yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Living the good life on 5000 a year
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Friday, November 28, 2008, 8:16 AM
> The problem with not smoking, not drinking and eating right
> is that no one actually knows what is bad and what
> isn't.  For instance butter was considered very bad
> several years ago and not is not bad.  Same with eggs. 
> Also drinking red wine is now suppose to be good for you. 
> You are relying on scientists to tell you what is bad and
> what is not and they don't know themselves
> 
> --- On Thu, 11/27/08, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com
> <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Clansgian AT wmconnect.com
> <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Living the good life on 5000 a
> year
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008, 6:45 PM
> 
> > >Don't smoke,
> > don't drink, eat right and maybe 70 percent of
> illnesses will pass you
> > by.
> > 
> 
> Or   maybe 97%  or maybe more.
> 
> It is a function of our diverse philosophies.  Some see
> genetics as much more 
> mechanical than it is.  Emerging research, and especially
> emerging 
> enlightenment, shows that our experiences and our attitudes
> actually change our
> genes as 
> much if not more so than vice versa.
> 
> For example, new idenitcal twin studies show that although
> they are more or 
> less genetically identical at birth, by the time they are
> adults, they have 
> begun to genetically diversify and are no longer
> genetically identical.
> 
> In our modern world there are those who are invested in
> being sick no matter 
> what.  It is a part of their identity and personality. 
> Likewise there are 
> those who are invested in being well no matter what.  It is
> part of their 
> identity and personality.  To those with a mechanistic view
> of the universe and
> a 
> mechanistic view of the human being, these people are just
> "lucky". 
> But to those 
> with a different focus on reality, those people are
> creating the atmosphere 
> and probability of their own health.
> 
> James (The most worderful thing about James's is
> I'm the only one!)
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