To Michael Varney and Uncle Al:

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If you look at societies whose primary caloric and protein inputs are
grains absent animal protein, they are a sicky lot.

Not only that, but simply looking at the paleoentological record of
hominids
at the cusp of grain based society, one is struck by how robust and tall
pre-agrarian people were. Strong bones, average height of around 5'9''
for
the male. That is nearly the average height of 20th century Americans.
Strong teeth with little decay. Death was usually by being eaten or
killed
in a gruesome manner by animal or war, or old age.
Along came grains and the average height dropped down to 5'4'' with
terrible
bones, rotten teeth, deformities and deficiencies.
Add to that the increased population density and you get plagues and
diseases.
Agrarian was good for culture, but not health.

I would ask the following question:
Given that ingestion of bromine is documented to depress mammal size, and
given that plants tend to concentrate heavy metals, is it possible that the
grains, etc. were concentrating bromine compounds?

I've got a woody for bromine, in case you haven't figured it out...

David A. Smith

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I've got a woody for bromine, in case you haven't figured it out...

Does the bromine decrease its size?

Dear Richard Henry:

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I've got a woody for bromine, in case you haven't figured it out...

Does the bromine decrease its size?

Hah! ;)

Actually no. It frustrates those of us that make their living getting
ozone into water. Or more correctly, its presence causes politicians to
cause such frustration.

And the "woody" appears to not be affected by physcial size of the mammal.
If you wish to feel inadequate, check out a tapir near a female in heat
sometime...

David A. Smith

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To Michael Varney and Uncle Al:

"Michael Varney" wrote in message
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"Uncle Al" wrote in message
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If you look at societies whose primary caloric and protein inputs are
grains absent animal protein, they are a sicky lot.

Not only that, but simply looking at the paleoentological record of
hominids
at the cusp of grain based society, one is struck by how robust and tall
pre-agrarian people were. Strong bones, average height of around 5'9''
for
the male. That is nearly the average height of 20th century Americans.
Strong teeth with little decay. Death was usually by being eaten or
killed
in a gruesome manner by animal or war, or old age.
Along came grains and the average height dropped down to 5'4'' with
terrible
bones, rotten teeth, deformities and deficiencies.
Add to that the increased population density and you get plagues and
diseases.
Agrarian was good for culture, but not health.

I would ask the following question:
Given that ingestion of bromine is documented to depress mammal size, and
given that plants tend to concentrate heavy metals, is it possible that
the
grains, etc. were concentrating bromine compounds?

I've got a woody for bromine, in case you haven't figured it out...

David A. Smith

I point the finger at phytic acid. That chem is a mean bitch. Leads to
certain malnutrition and totaly destroys vitamin-d production. Which isnt a
vitamin at all, but a hormone. But grains can be used... after conversion.


Rob

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Dear Richard Henry:

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"N:dlzc D:aol T:com (dlzc)" N: dlzc1 D:cox wrote in
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I've got a woody for bromine, in case you haven't figured it out...

Does the bromine decrease its size?

Hah! ;)

Actually no. It frustrates those of us that make their living getting
ozone into water. Or more correctly, its presence causes politicians to
cause such frustration.

And the "woody" appears to not be affected by physcial size of the mammal.
If you wish to feel inadequate, check out a tapir near a female in heat
sometime...

The first high school I attended was in a small town way out in the country.
In a lot which faced 2 wings of the T-shaped building, a mated pair of
horses were penned. One fine spring day, several hundred hormone-saturated
teenagers were completely distracted from their studies...

Dear Richard Henry:

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Dear Richard Henry:

"Richard Henry" wrote in message
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"N:dlzc D:aol T:com (dlzc)" N: dlzc1 D:cox wrote
in
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I've got a woody for bromine, in case you haven't figured it out...

Does the bromine decrease its size?

Hah! ;)

Actually no. It frustrates those of us that make their living getting
ozone into water. Or more correctly, its presence causes politicians
to
cause such frustration.

And the "woody" appears to not be affected by physcial size of the
mammal.
If you wish to feel inadequate, check out a tapir near a female in heat
sometime...

The first high school I attended was in a small town way out in the
country.
In a lot which faced 2 wings of the T-shaped building, a mated pair of
horses were penned. One fine spring day, several hundred
hormone-saturated
teenagers were completely distracted from their studies...

Sex education! ;)

David A. Smith