Posted on 07/08/2008 6:58:14 PM PDT by GraniteStateConservative
Our inability to produce a chemical present in every other primate may be linked to a series of chronic diseases. Roger Highfield explains more
What does it mean to be human? For most people, it all comes down to that extraordinary object between our ears, and how it blesses us with language, laughter and logic. But not for Ajit Varki, a doctor-cum-scientist who works in California.
Not so rare: a molecule absorbed by eating red meat has been linked to inflammation and auto-immune illnesses Not so rare: a molecule absorbed by eating red meat has been linked to inflammation and auto-immune illnesses
For him, being human is also about a single chemical that separates us from our closest relatives, and which could be linked to many of our most debilitating illnesses.
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By studying the mutations in the enzyme that makes this molecular difference between apes and humans, Prof Varki, along with Prof Naoyuki Takahata of the Graduate University for Advanced Studies in Kanagawa, Japan, estimates that the genetic change first appeared up to three million years ago, which coincides with the emergence of Homo erectus, the first of our ancestors to venture out of Africa.
At the time, life was nasty, brutish and short: any subtle but chronic effects of this foreign sugar would not be felt until old age, and Homo erectus did not survive that long.
If the mutation that kept us producing Neu5Ac rather than Neu5Gc helped shrug off a particular disease, it would have spread rapidly through the population. It is ironic that what may have protected our ancestors then could be responsible for much of the pain of their long-lived descendants.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
She’s an 80 year old widow. Interested?
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On that “note,” it’s time for sleep!
It's lonely when there's only one set of teeth in the jar next to the bed.
/johnny
Let your mailbox fill up with uncollected mail and they’ll check on you or have the cops do it.
It's a lot. Pounds of stuff.
/johnny
I had hives a long time ago and the doc told me to have one teaspoon of cod liver oil everyday for six months. Results; Hives gone and they never came back. Now I have the oil in the cold months only.
Maybe it’s because our mailman is an older man that he notices stuff like that.
There are several other foods unrelated to this article that are known to cause inflammatory response including Gluten, which comes from wheat and other grains.
Since you mentioned that a low-carb diet seemed to help, maybe it is the gluten you are avoiding. Some people are sensative to it, and it even causes problems with people who aren’t but have preexisting arthritis etc. I know they had my mom avoid gluten and a few other things like sugar to help her knee arthritis pain.
I use a P.O. box at the post office for mail. They could care less if I even exist, so long as I keep the payments up for the box.
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The Neandertal EnigmaFrayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]
by James Shreeve
Big brains arose twice in higher primates
American Museum of Natural History | Jul 9, 2008 | Unknown
Posted on 07/09/2008 9:12:45 AM PDT by decimon
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Something genetic in half the caucasians causes them to metabolize TB medication of some kind very slowly, which means they can take much lower doses for the same result.
No wonder the Communists hated Biology, all that competition, unequal outcomes and trade offs. ;)
You have the % for Reindeer and Seal?
Actually I started taking 400 IU Vitamin D daily 1 1/2 years before this started. The hives and angioedema started at the end of January 08 and is still going on. The hives come out any place they feel like. They may come out on my upper torso and then come out on lower torso, or both. The angioedema effects my feet, hands, and arms mainly. The angioedema stays in my left arm most of the time. (My left arm swells up and down several times a day, but it never goes down all the way).
I have been tested for Celiac, Lupus, Thyroid, Allergies (both the 72+ scratch allergens and 50+ blood allergens tests done), Elevated Tryptase levels, Rheumatoid Arthritis, ANA Levels, etc. Everything came back normal or negative.
They do know that what is causing them is internal and not external (meaning it has nothing to do soaps, or contact allergens). My histamine levels are high and I have to watch out for foods very high in histamine (fermented foods mainly), because these foods just add to my already high levels of histamine.
no I don’t, sorry.
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