Re: Sad news - helminth hormesis

[epirad@mchsi.com]

Gary,



The paper really does not address sterilaztion of food.  The first author 

mentioned it (made the link to sterilization) to me at a meeting a while 

back.  I would be glad to send you the full article if you do not have it.  It 

is an interesting theory, but I would like to see more data. For example, 

perhaps we get our daily supplement of bacteria etc. from other sources other 

than meat.   



Regards, Bill Field

bill-field@uiowa.edu

> Bill,

> 

> I'm totally guessing, so let me know if I'm way off:

> The article says that ingesting a few bacteria stimulates your immune system?

> 

> If that's the nature of the article, then they would seem to be using hormesis 

> to argue 

> against irradiating food.  That would be pretty ironic.

> 

> 

> On 4 Mar 2003 at 17:00, epirad@mchsi.com wrote:

> 

> Dr. Cohen,

> 

> There are a growing group of scientists that believe that irradiation of meat 

> may actually reduce immune function.  

> 

> For example, see:

> 

> The possible link between de-worming and the emergence of immunological 

> disease,Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, Volume 139, Issue 6, 

> Pages 334-338 (June 2002)Joel V. Weinstock, Robert W. Summers, David E. 

> Elliott, Khurram Qadir, Joseph F. Urban, Jr  and Robin Thompson

> 

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