Health Man:  Question on your comment.  Most often I see reference to people who have ceased smoking for 10 years and comments related to their risk.  What about those of us who quit 25 years ago or longer?  My position has been that I smoked and quit, prior to the tobacco industry "fooling" around with "real tobacco" in order to make it more addictive.  I have always thought the difficulty in people quiting in this day and the higher incidences of lung cancer now, might well be a result of whatever "ethyl methyl bad shi_" they put into cigarettes to increase their sales.   ????????

Thanks Health Man - I will look up Epigenics.

What?? Baking Soda and Maple Syrup??

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Remember Dr. Tullio Simoncini and his treatment of cancer as a fungus? If not, you can

reread an article called "Cancer Is A Fungus" in my August 2, 2007 newsletter.

It's at:

www.Beating-Cancer-Gently.com/nl108.html

If you recall, I quoted several holistic physicians in that article including Dr. Mark

Sircus. I interviewed Dr. Sircus for my web talk radio show a couple of weeks ago. We got

to comparing notes. It seems we had both received a copy of the same magazine article

from one of my readers. The article was entitled "Country Doctor Cures Cancer --

With Baking Soda & Maple Syrup!" There was no date on the article, but it was a

syndicated article from Weekly World News written by George Sanford. The location (of all

places) was Asheville, North Carolina, where I live.

The story told of Jim Kelmun, a 75-year old former truck driver and his success in

helping people heal cancer using -- you guessed it -- baking soda and maple syrup. Seein'

as how I'm a 76-year old former airplane driver who has helped a couple thousand people

recover from cancer, I figured ol' Jim from Asheville and I had a lot in common and I

better pass on his story (and Dr. Mark's reaction to it) to you, my loyal readers, and

see what you think.

First, here's a short quote from the story, so you get the drift.

"'There's not a tumor on God's green Earth that can't be licked with a little baking

soda and maple syrup!'

That's the astonishing claim of controversial folk healer Jim Kelmun -- who says his

simple home remedy can stop and reverse the growth of deadly cancers.

[Kelmun]...has no medical degree and authorities are demanding that he stop dispensing

his 'wonder drug' -- or face a prison sentence.

But his loyal patients swear by the man they fondly call 'Dr. Jim' -- and say he's a

miracle worker.

'Dr Jim cured me of lung cancer,' declares farmer Ian Rodhouse, 64. 'Those other doctors

told me I was a

smoking is not the only cause of lung cancer...frying free radicals ie hydrogenated grease will cause it too..just in case you ask those who havent smoked...then there are also other causes...radon gas etc...so bottom line is not you have lung cancer the you smoke(d)...

Yes I also find that some comments get deleted if considered (by whom?) too critical. It's a pity since I think Dr Mercola's website is one of the best around. But differing or critical opinions should not be censored.

Some may agree with you....I do.  Best Wishes!

Palacie - In a past post on cell phone usage, someone made a slur to the effect that Dr. Mercola just wanted to sell his headsets.  I defended him with a statement that I thought his head set sales made up for little of his costs in keeping this website current.   Loh and behold (AND AGAIN, I WAS DEFENDING HIM) I got MINUS 30 points.....go figure....

Personally, the biggst issue I have with this site is not what most have complained about, i.e. promoting his products with links (although that is true).  It is understood that it costs money to keep a site such as this up and running, and something has to fund it.  My issue is - this so called "inner-circle".  Not everyone can afford an on-going $24.95 per month to be in-the-in!!!  It implies that those of you out there who can, are somehow "special".  This is in no way intended to be a "slam" against those of you who have manifested such funds and choose to use them in this manner, but.....the image it presents is not good, in my opinion!!    So, bring on the MINUS points.  I can handle them.  I have big shoulders - teehee.    

Palacle, who gives these ratings? Your fellow posters!

I have been complaining about the points system for a year, but I just gave you three for your statement!

Palacie, I wouldn't say that anyone criticising the Good Doc gets negative points for it - that's not what I've observed. What I HAVE noticed is that there are some 'favourite' users in here and you get slammed if you disagree with anything THEY say - or even just ask questions about one of their posts; it's happened to me a lot.

Islander, I had no idea that you've been complaining about the points system! I'm a little surprised. I do see the reasoning behind it but recently I've lost my hard-won 'Apprentice' (yellow) status by someone, or a couple of someones, obviously targeting me (no matter what I say). It hurt, especially because as a student nutritionist I've tried to help a lot on here.

Some points-givers are, I carefully suggest, rather shallow: one line posts saying things like "woo-hoo, way to go!" often get masses of points, while carefully considered, well-researched pieces that actually contribute something are ignored or even shot down! Sometimes I disagree strongly with someone's conclusion but don't 'ding' them if they've given solid info.  However, sometimes I will give negatives to those with high status and (e.g.) 30 points for a one-liner, only to balance things and give the actual informative posts the chance to 'move up' and actually get seen.

One thing that's frustrating: if you make a mistake and accidentally 'ding' when you meant to praise or realise you've misunderstood, you cannot take it back!

MROSE, I remember that about the headsets. I'm afraid there are perhaps too many users here who take it upon themselves to judge without first actually reading what's been written (it happens to me when I ask questions; apparently some think I'm being rhetorical). I gave you positives then. And I agree about the Inner Circle, including NOT condemning those who join it: I'm another who cannot possibly afford it. I know you're supposed to get it back later but for now, we have to eat. The 'in crowd' who get these articles a couple of weeks earlier than us lesser mortals don't even get to see our posts.

Every time I stand up for myself and other autistics on here by stating the facts (i.e. the very, very vast majority of autism is inherited and genetic, it isn't 'brain damage', very few cases have anything to do with vaccines etc) or point out that a lot of the language thrown around on here is offensive and uncalled for, I get negative points... just one of the pitfalls of the site. Don't take it too personally.

I only tend to give positive points to people who make good points, same as LadyPam. I don't give negatives to people I don't agree with; only to those who state something that isn't true which can cause confusion and people taking things that are incorrect as truth.