To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] Getting Sick from Wild Mushrooms
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:15:53 -0500
Mushroom experts tend to talk about mushrooms not being very digestible. As
we age we tend to make less stomach acid for digesting protein, and so the
pH meter on the pancreas doesn't tell it to dump as much of it's
enzyme-containing buffering solution. In general Americans seem to be aging
and developing degenerative diseases earlier than they should, probably due
to the diet being so poor in minerals and vitamins. At work we have a place
on the intake form for people to list their medications, illnesses or rather
more like their degenerative conditions as they aren't contagious. I have
celiac disease, which causes malabsorption, so I used to be a lot more like
these people before I quit eating wheat. It was like I was on a very poor
diet! Donna