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Franz - 24 Mar 2005 18:49 GMT
Could anyone be so kind as to give me an idea as to how much coffee is TOO
much coffee for a 45 year old male who had a heart attack a year ago. What
are the possible effects on a cardiac patient with regards to cafine
consumption?

Thanks in Advance
GaryG - 24 Mar 2005 20:11 GMT
> Could anyone be so kind as to give me an idea as to how much coffee is TOO
> much coffee for a 45 year old male who had a heart attack a year ago. What
> are the possible effects on a cardiac patient with regards to cafine
> consumption?
>
> Thanks in Advance

You'd rather take the advice of unqualified, anonymous internet posters than
your cardiologist?

BTW, were you aware that the word "gullible" is actually not in the
dictionary?

GG
William Wagner - 24 Mar 2005 20:31 GMT
> > Could anyone be so kind as to give me an idea as to how much coffee is TOO
> > much coffee for a 45 year old male who had a heart attack a year ago. What
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>
> GG

Gullible \Gul"li*ble\, a.
  Easily gulled; that may be duped. -- {Gul"li*bii`i*ty}, n.
  --Burke.
  [1913 Webster]

Bill

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GaryG - 24 Mar 2005 21:35 GMT
> > > Could anyone be so kind as to give me an idea as to how much coffee is TOO
> > > much coffee for a 45 year old male who had a heart attack a year ago. What
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
>    --Burke.
>    [1913 Webster]

Hook, line and sinker.

> Bill
menu boy - 24 Mar 2005 23:09 GMT
> > > Could anyone be so kind as to give me an idea as to how much coffee is TOO
> > > much coffee for a 45 year old male who had a heart attack a year ago. What
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
>    --Burke.
>    [1913 Webster]

O-M-G......
Juhana Harju - 24 Mar 2005 22:00 GMT
:: Could anyone be so kind as to give me an idea as to how much coffee
:: is TOO much coffee for a 45 year old male who had a heart attack a
:: year ago. What are the possible effects on a cardiac patient with
:: regards to cafine consumption?

Anything over two cups a day is too much. High coffee consumption raises
the risk of acute cardiac events and it also increases harmful
homocysteine concentration.

But this is just my personal opinion. Check with your doctor.

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Juhana

Owen Lowe - 28 Mar 2005 05:35 GMT
> Anything over two cups a day is too much. High coffee consumption raises
> the risk of acute cardiac events and it also increases harmful
> homocysteine concentration.

Also keep in mind that the 2 cup recommendation is for 8 oz cups - not
whatever fits in your mug, travel cup, grande, venti or whatever
container you most often use.

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Jim Chinnis - 28 Mar 2005 06:02 GMT
Owen Lowe <please_no_emails@myaddy.com> wrote in part:

>> Anything over two cups a day is too much. High coffee consumption raises
>> the risk of acute cardiac events and it also increases harmful
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>whatever fits in your mug, travel cup, grande, venti or whatever
>container you most often use.

I don't believe anyone has ever shown that reducing coffee
consumption reduces heart disease.
--
Jim Chinnis   Warrenton, Virginia, USA
zee - 28 Mar 2005 06:16 GMT
> Owen Lowe <please_no_emails@myaddy.com> wrote in part:
>
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> --
> Jim Chinnis   Warrenton, Virginia, USA

Oh gawd I love logic! <slurp>

Zee
Juhana Harju - 28 Mar 2005 06:40 GMT
:: Owen Lowe <please_no_emails@myaddy.com> wrote in part:
::
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
:: I don't believe anyone has ever shown that reducing coffee
:: consumption reduces heart disease.

Perhaps not, but coffee consumption is one of those things which give a
J-shape of curve. The risk is lowest around one cup a day.

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Juhana

Jim Chinnis - 28 Mar 2005 17:40 GMT
"Juhana Harju" <shantigiri@despammed.com> wrote in part:

>:: Owen Lowe <please_no_emails@myaddy.com> wrote in part:
>::
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>Perhaps not, but coffee consumption is one of those things which give a
>J-shape of curve. The risk is lowest around one cup a day.

Juhana, do you have a citation? I'm asking because I may have
missed something. The studies I'm familiar with have not even
shown an *association* between coffee consumption and heart
disease, much less demonstration of causality. But I'm too lazy to
dig in PubMed right now...
--
Jim Chinnis   Warrenton, Virginia, USA
Juhana Harju - 28 Mar 2005 18:04 GMT
:: "Juhana Harju" <shantigiri@despammed.com> wrote in part:
::
[quoted text clipped - 23 lines]
:: disease, much less demonstration of causality. But I'm too lazy to
:: dig in PubMed right now...

I am not sure if it is possible to show clear causality but there is at
least clear association. Coffee raises cholesterol, homocysteine and
inflammatory markers and increases the risk of acute coronary
events.These might not be the best studies about the subject but I think
that you get a good over all picture from them.

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/72/5/1107

http://www.nutrition.org/cgi/content/abstract/134/9/2381

http://www.healthandage.com/PHome/gid2=1168

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/80/4/862

Green tea would be a healthier alternative to coffee consumption.

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Juhana

Jim Chinnis - 28 Mar 2005 19:05 GMT
"Juhana Harju" <shantigiri@despammed.com> wrote in part:

>:: "Juhana Harju" <shantigiri@despammed.com> wrote in part:
>::
[quoted text clipped - 31 lines]
>
>http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/72/5/1107

"Conclusion: Drinking large quantities of paper-filtered coffee
raises fasting plasma concentrations of total homocysteine in
healthy individuals."

No link to heart disease. And the data re changing homocystein
levels to reduce heart disease events are unclear.

>http://www.nutrition.org/cgi/content/abstract/134/9/2381

"Heavy coffee consumption has been associated with increased
coronary heart disease (CHD) risk although many studies have not
observed any relation."

They do conclude that they find a relationship, though its after a
lot of adjustments and its of course not at all clear if the
effect is from coffee consumption or from related activities.
Maybe people who drink lots of coffee work in offices and are more
sedentary or stressed? Who knows?

>http://www.healthandage.com/PHome/gid2=1168

This is a report of "Coffee consumption and serum lipids:
meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials." It shows
that boiled coffee appears to affect lipids, including increasing
LDL. That's of interest, but it looks like a very weal effect on
variables which themselves have a complex linkage to mortality and
morbidity.

>http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/80/4/862

"Compared with coffee nondrinkers, men who consumed >200 mL
coffee/d had 50% higher interleukin 6 (IL-6), 30% higher
C-reactive protein (CRP), 12% higher serum amyloid-A (SAA), and
28% higher tumor necrosis factor  (TNF-) concentrations and 3%
higher white blood cell (WBC) counts (all: P < 0.05). Women who
consumed >200 mL coffee/d had 54% higher IL-6, 38% higher CRP, 28%
higher SAA, and 28% higher TNF- concentrations and 4% higher WBC
counts (all: P < 0.05) than did coffee nondrinkers."

That's certainly a more sizable effect. Again, it's a
cross-sectional survey design, with no changes being looked at.
But with that large an effect on inflammatory components, I'm
surprised the attempts to link coffee consumption with
cardiovascular disease hasn't been more successful.

>Green tea would be a healthier alternative to coffee consumption.

Maybe. I don't think the data exist to make that claim, though.
One worry is that green tea contain a compound similar to
methotrexate: http://tinyurl.com/6emuj

It appears to interfere with folate activity. Folate helps in the
repair of DNA which is constantly being damaged by environmental
agents (radiation, chemical oxidants, etc.).

Coffee has been studied a lot more than green tea, and the
evidence is pretty inconclusive re its overall harm.

(I drink both, BTW: espresso, green tea, black tea.)
--
Jim Chinnis   Warrenton, Virginia, USA
GaryG - 28 Mar 2005 19:23 GMT
> "Juhana Harju" <shantigiri@despammed.com> wrote in part:
>
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> --
> Jim Chinnis   Warrenton, Virginia, USA

A more recent editorial (May, 2004) titled "A healthy lifestyle lowers
homocysteine, but should we care?"

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/79/5/713

GG
Juhana Harju - 28 Mar 2005 19:29 GMT
:: "Juhana Harju" <shantigiri@despammed.com> wrote in part:

::: Green tea would be a healthier alternative to coffee consumption.
::
:: Maybe. I don't think the data exist to make that claim, though.
:: One worry is that green tea contain a compound similar to
:: methotrexate: http://tinyurl.com/6emuj

There are also beneficial phenolic flavonoids in tea that are probably
more important. Actually there is some evidence but I don't have the
time and energy to search them at the moment. I have been reading one
brilliant new book about nutrition and heart disease where I saw
references about tea reducing heart disease risk.

:: It appears to interfere with folate activity. Folate helps in the
:: repair of DNA which is constantly being damaged by environmental
:: agents (radiation, chemical oxidants, etc.).
::
:: Coffee has been studied a lot more than green tea, and the
:: evidence is pretty inconclusive re its overall harm.

Well, the evidence is perhaps not watertight but I think that it is
reasonable to make a conclusion that high consumption of coffee is
likely to increase heart disease risk. However, the situation with green
tea is different. In a Norwegian study tea consumption was associated
with a 40 % reduction in heart disease risk (at the moment I don't
remember whether it was overall tea comsumption or green tea only). In
other studies the reductions has not been as great but the trend is
clear: high coffee consumption is likely to increase risks where as tea
consumption is likely to reduce risks.

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Juhana

Jim Chinnis - 28 Mar 2005 21:33 GMT
"Juhana Harju" <shantigiri@despammed.com> wrote in part:

>Well, the evidence is perhaps not watertight

It's inconsistent.

>but I think that it is
>reasonable to make a conclusion that high consumption of coffee is
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>clear: high coffee consumption is likely to increase risks where as tea
>consumption is likely to reduce risks.

Coffee, black tea and green tea all contain beneficial phenolic
flavonoids. So do cocoa and red wine.

I drink 'em all.
--
Jim Chinnis   Warrenton, Virginia, USA
William Wagner - 24 Mar 2005 22:03 GMT
> Could anyone be so kind as to give me an idea as to how much coffee is TOO
> much coffee for a 45 year old male who had a heart attack a year ago. What
> are the possible effects on a cardiac patient with regards to cafine
> consumption?
>
> Thanks in Advance

Never hurts to ask questions.  Sometime we all learn a bit.
This medium does not afford communication on a personal level.  Hence it
is REAL easy to be misunderstood.

My answer if you feel that coffee is questionable go with out.    
Otherwise buy and espresso machine and be in good contact with your
doctors.

I lean towards the latter but I?m a tantric  sort of guy.

Bill

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Ann Speakman - 24 Mar 2005 22:25 GMT
>>Could anyone be so kind as to give me an idea as to how much coffee is TOO
>>much coffee for a 45 year old male who had a heart attack a year ago. What
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>
> Bill

Recently I have had some irregular heartbeats and my cardiologist told
me that the caffeine content in tea and coffee is not good for any heart
condition and can be a cause of arrythmia.

Why don't you go to decaffinated coffee???

When you have heart problems, you have to compromise!!
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD - 24 Mar 2005 23:40 GMT
> Could anyone be so kind as to give me an idea as to how much coffee is TOO
> much coffee for a 45 year old male who had a heart attack a year ago. What
> are the possible effects on a cardiac patient with regards to cafine
> consumption?

There has been some concern that unfiltered coffee might raise
cholesterol.

> Thanks in Advance

You are welcome :-)

At His service,

Andrew

--
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Board-Certified Cardiologist

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Nel - 25 Mar 2005 00:46 GMT
I have Atrial Fibrillation and I can't have any caffeine. Coffee, tea,
colas and chocolate, all decaffeinated, but I cheat alittle with the
chocolate...:-)
Nel

> There has been some concern that unfiltered coffee might raise
> cholesterol.
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zee - 25 Mar 2005 01:30 GMT
> I have Atrial Fibrillation and I can't have any caffeine. Coffee, tea,
> colas and chocolate, all decaffeinated, but I cheat alittle with the
> chocolate...:-)
> Nel

I love espresso Nel. And I love dark chocolate too. They don't make my
palpitations worse even though I enjoy them both frequently. Of course
palpitations are not as serious as AFIB so you must take more care. But
why not enjoy your little cheat unless your doctor is adamant?  Having
to live with AFIB seems reason enough for a reward now and again.

Enjoy your contraband!

Zee

> > There has been some concern that unfiltered coffee might raise
> > cholesterol.
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> > (6) http://makeashorterlink.com/?I24E5151A
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Matt - 28 Mar 2005 09:49 GMT
> Could anyone be so kind as to give me an idea as to how much coffee is TOO
> much coffee for a 45 year old male who had a heart attack a year ago. What
> are the possible effects on a cardiac patient with regards to cafine
> consumption?

IMO it depends on whether you eat some food along with your coffee.  It
can't be good to stimulate your heart and body without giving them
plenty of fuel.
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD - 28 Mar 2005 11:40 GMT
> > Could anyone be so kind as to give me an idea as to how much coffee is TOO
> > much coffee for a 45 year old male who had a heart attack a year ago. What
> > are the possible effects on a cardiac patient with regards to cafine
> > consumption?
>
> IMO it depends on whether you eat some food along with your coffee.

That typically won't have a significant effect on the pharmacology of
caffeine.

> It
> can't be good to stimulate your heart and body without giving them
> plenty of fuel.

The plenty of fuel (food) can be detrimental over the time if someone is
heavier than "ideal."

At His service,

Andrew

--
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Board-Certified Cardiologist

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Matt - 28 Mar 2005 19:10 GMT
>>>Could anyone be so kind as to give me an idea as to how much coffee is TOO
>>>much coffee for a 45 year old male who had a heart attack a year ago. What
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> The plenty of fuel (food) can be detrimental over the time if someone is
> heavier than "ideal."

How about putting the OP on a diet of five 6 oz. cups of coffee and 2
oz. of cooked rice daily?
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD - 28 Mar 2005 19:36 GMT
> >>>Could anyone be so kind as to give me an idea as to how much coffee is TOO
> >>>much coffee for a 45 year old male who had a heart attack a year ago. What
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
> How about putting the OP on a diet of five 6 oz. cups of coffee and 2
> oz. of cooked rice daily?

I don't advocate dieting but the following lifestyle change:

http://www.heartmdphd.com/wtloss.asp

At His service,

Andrew

--
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Board-Certified Cardiologist

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Rich Murray - 08 Dec 2005 15:31 GMT
December 8, 2005  Thanks, Andrew.  I appreciate your detailed
helpful,
frankly Spirit-based sharings

I gave this advice to a lady who was concerned about a multipl
sclerosis
diagnosis

http://www.vrg.org/  The Vegetarian Resource Group   vrg@vrg.or

http://www.vegsource.com  extensive vegan informatio

http://www.drmcdougall.com    practical, delicious healthy die
guidanc

http://www.vegsource.com/articles/kradjian_milk.ht
Robert Kradjian MD Discusses Mil

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/97
Joel Fuhrman critique of Atkins diet in "Eat To Live"
Murray 2003.03.01 rmforal

http://www.hyp.ac.uk/cash/index.ht
Consensus Action on Salt and Healt

What Rich Murray eats

Avoid all products with aspartame and MSG
Substitute stevia (at health food stores)

Gradually reduce alcohol, caffeine (coffee, cocoa, and teas), meat
fish
eggs, milk, butter, and cheese,  hydrogenated oils, trans fats
white bread, food additives and colors, sugar, high fructose cor
syrup
fluoride, city water, salt and sodium (  < 1,000 mg daily )

Enjoy organic rice, potatoes, vegetables, fruits, beans, garlic
tumeric
with modest use of soy products, walnuts, almonds, flax seeds
almond butter, sprouted grain breads, flax seed and olive oils
chili sauce, 4-8 1,000 mg fish oil capsules
and fill your jugs with deionized or distilled water
******************************************************

Medical: limit medicines to the absolutely essential, and find helper
wh
are qualified, reputable, open-minded, happy, excellent listeners
knowledgeable about diet and health -- females are often the bes

Exercise: ordinary walking, swimming, movement classes, swimming
moderate
workouts at gym

Reduce stress: relationships, employment, obligations, financia

Fun: friends, movies, music, dancing, easy travel, vacations, reading
ar

Supportive networks: family, social, spiritual, support group

get plenty of slee

Sweats from hot tubs and sauna

Massag

Consider other toxins

mercury from dental amalgams and fis

carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and formaldehyde from faulty stove
and
furnaces, wood, coal, and natural gas, or local vehicle traffi
[ My wife and I replaced our three 50-year old gas furnaces with a ho
water
baseboard system with its furnace in the garage, venting through it
own
chimney.

household pesticide

fluoride in drinking water or toothpast

toxic molds in home or work spac

formaldehyde from dark wines and liquors, tobacco and wood smoke
degradation of pectins in fruits and vegetables by bacteria in th
colon
new furniture, drapes, carpets, particleboard
new mobile homes and buildings, cleansers, personal care product

Dr. John McDougall gives good advice on using an elimination die
for a few weeks to see if you have such common food allergies as milk
egg,
wheat, soy, corn, peanut, nut

make sure you don't have untreated dental infection

check for candida yeast infection

check for allergies to plants, dust mites, and so o

My wife has benefited enormously, treating her diabetic neuropath
with 48
sessions of hyperbaric oxygen therapy -- about $ 250 each

I hope this helps you consider many safe options

You may call me or email me

In mutual service,  Ric

Rich Murray, MA  Room For All  rmforall@comcast.ne
505-501-2298  1943 Otowi Road   Santa Fe, New Mexico 8750

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message
group with 149 members, 1,264 posts in a public, searchable archiv
http://RoomForAll.blogspot.com  http://AspartameNM.blogspot.co

Dark wines and liquors, as well as aspartame, provid
similar levels of methanol, above 100 mg daily, fo
long-term heavy users, 2 L daily, about 6 cans

Methanol is inevitably largely turned into formaldehyde
and thence largely into formic acid
It is the major cause of the dreaded symptoms of "nex
morning" hangover

Fully 11% of aspartame is methanol -- 1,120 mg aspartam
in 2 L diet soda, almost six 12-oz cans, gives 123 m
methanol (wood alcohol). If 30% of the methanol is turne
into formaldehyde, the amount of formaldehyde, 37 mg
is 18.5 times the USA EPA limit for daily formaldehyde in
drinking water, 2.0 mg in 2 L average daily drinking water,

185 times the New Jersey limit,
615 times the California and Maine limits.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1264
fructose in rats increases uric acid, obesity, insulin resistance,
endothelial damage -- RJ Johnson et al, U. Florida: Murray 2005.12.07
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"Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <andrew@heartmdphd.com> wrote in
message
news:439833B7.E126BC97@heartmdphd.com...

> Rich Murray wrote:
>
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
> Would be more than happy to "glow" and chat about this and other
things
> like cardiology, diabetes and nutrition that interest those
following
> this thread here during the next on-line chat today (12/08/05) from
6 to
> 7 pm EST:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/cpayh
>
> For those who are put off by the signature, my advance apologies for
how
> the LORD has reshaped me:
>
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> Andrew
> http://tinyurl.com/b6xwk
Pramesh Rutajit - 10 Dec 2005 18:12 GMT
Andrew B. Chung, the wild man wrote

> Pramesh Rutajit wrote
> Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD wrote
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>
> Actually, Mercury is a mythical god but less mythical than th
generi
> "Lord".  On the other hand, "fish" is a symbol for the mythica
"Lord
> and it is contaminated by the literalist
>
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> This is not a game for me.  Sorry

Then you lose

--

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Michael Gray - 21 Mar 2006 12:50 GMT
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:35:01 +0000, Les Hellawel
<myshredder@leswell.freeuk.com> wrote
 - Refer: <q8hv125b935n6ugjsqqog6s4rmgln57r3e@4ax.com
> On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:51:40 +1030, Michael Gra
> fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote
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>
> "Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <andrew@heartmdphd.com> wrote i
messag
> news:441E3FDB.B6D91EE9@heartmdphd.com..
> John wrote
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>
> Maybe you ought to consider that Dr. Chung's hecklers, you bein
one
> are responsible for FAR more abuse, including crossposting, of thes
> groups  than is Dr. Chung.  Maybe you ought to just shut up an
lear
> how to use your kill files if it bothers you so much
>
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> Is there a malevolent purpose for him to do this? Of course ther
> is. He wants to anger a group of people who he knows darn well hav

> bad reaction to his obvious "holier-than-thou" snobbery
> Is that another example of christian thinking? Call it "Teaching o
> the Lord." instead of what it really is? If you called it for wha
i
> is, you would have to qualify it as a sin IAW your bible
> The more you think about it, the more you should appreciate thi
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
> only lead to self-doubt and  imagined sin ridden despair can onl
> result in madness if taken to extreme

Good advice, but I am under the impression that the poor doctor wa
drawn to the irrational fantasies of Christianity because of hi
mental illness, and not that Christianity was the proximate cause o
his precipitous drop in rationality
(Although I know of too many cases where the mind-virus o
Christianity has been the major contributor to mental collapse.

> If only Chung could be persuaded that all this is just a fantasy an
> that in the real world he can achieve happiness and contentmen
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> once it reaches the depths poor Chung has sunk into. I fea
> he may eventually have to be locked up

I hope, for his sake, and for the sake of any of his potential futur
"patients" upon whom he may wield a scalpel, that he IS locked up, an
given appropriate treatment

> I do hope the authoritie
> that license him to practise medicine are aware of his illness

I believe that they are aware
It seems that this is the real reason that he was dismissed from hi
former employment as a medical professional

> Christ insanity is only to be pitied not hated or feared

Quite

It is the concomittant behaviour that is to be feared and hated
Ask any Iraqi mother, who has managed to survive the current Christia
Crusade
You may not be availed the opportunity of consulting her offspring..
Mark K. Bilbo - 26 Mar 2006 15:36 GMT
Previously, on alt.atheism, bob young in episod
<44261F6A.25D04885@netvigator.com>..

> "Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" wrote
>
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>
> My Great great grandpappy said god was....... "Just up thar abov
the
> thar clouds
>
> Since that is where we now fly commercial jets, where is He now
>
> And why do we need to keep modifying the religious stories and dogm
i
> step with the steady march of scientific progress

I've been amused for some time at the idea of being "drawn closer" t
a
allegedly *omnipresent being..

--
Mark K. Bilb
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"As hip as it is for outsiders to blame New Orleans
for everything bad that happened during and after
Hurricane Katrina, the truth is that the people
who lived here were much more prepared for a big
storm than the federal government that promised
us flood protection.

http://makeashorterlink.com/?V180525D

I just love this one..

"For those of us who grew up in Louisiana,
'The Wizard of Oz' was like a documentary.
Dorothy left Kansas and simply went to Mardi Gras.

http://makeashorterlink.com/?W2EA439B

"Everything New Orleans
http://www.nola.co
Robert Coe - 28 Mar 2006 06:15 GMT
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:49:42 -0500, "Khubla
<khubla@adelphia.net> wrote
: That nut case Andrew Chung, whom we all know, predicted the end o
the earth
: or some such nonsense regarding the sixth rubber seal rubbish tha
will
: happen on the 29th.  Now I know all of you are quacking in you
shoes,
: right?  OK, so you're not a brain-dead fundamentalist, good.  Now
want to
: be the first to tell that cross posting Chung, the poster boy fo
mental
: illness, the narcissist suffering fool who hears his LARD egging hi
on, to
: give him this simple message,  WE TOLD YOU SO! Nature knows nothin
of your
: LARD, or cares about rubber seals or ancient superstitions. You
belief is
: just as false as your predictions and the source it came from
:
: Khubla

The prevailing opinion in the newsgroup seems to be that Andrew ha
lost hi
mind. If it's true, I doubt that baiting him is going to help matter
much. I
he responds to every statement with gibberish, won't he just answe
eac
rejoinder with more gibberish
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Pulpitfire - 30 Mar 2006 12:04 GMT
That's your answer?  God changed His mind?  The correct answer is yo
were WRONG, and God did NOT guide you to predict or warn people abou
that earthquake.  You are whispering in your own ear, and claimin
it'
God
Edmond Dantes - 30 Mar 2006 12:04 GMT
GaryG wrote

> "Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <andrew@heartmdphd.com> wrote i
messag
> news:1143702301.051301.43460@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com..
> GaryG wrote
> "Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <andrew@heartmdphd.com> wrote i
messag

..
> Your reading them all suggests psychopathology
>
> Your posting them all is clear evidence of same
>
> If that were true, newspaper publishers would be afflicted wit
menta
> illness
>
> Newspaper publishers are professionals who report things tha
actuall
> happen, while you are a deluded failure whose warnings of globa
> catastrophe and death have been shown to be false
>
> Any newspaper publisher who filled his paper with bizarr
"advisories" o
> global destruction would be taken for a madman...especially if th
> predicted date came and went without incident
>
> G

What more can be said

it's always the same old arguments with these religious types. Nothin
ha
changed since I was a kid. I don't even bother with them anymore
Unless
have a perverse desire to watch bugs explode all over the pavement

--
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Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD - 30 Mar 2006 12:09 GMT
> GaryG wrote:
>
[quoted text clipped - 27 lines]
> >
> What more can be said?

"Prepare the way for the LORD, make straight paths for HIM." (Matthew
3:3 and Isaiah 40:3)

"Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the
rough ground shall become level, and the rugged places a plain."
(Isaiah 40:4)

Dear Friend,

Through many days of prayer seeking the LORD's guidance on how to
effectively call out as one of HIS lowly watchmen regarding the
catastrophic event (Revelation 6:14) that may possibly happen sometime
between now and the end of the year, the above verses which are from
both the OT and the NT came to mind.

This electronic message will be a feeble solitary voice calling out
into the desert that is the Internet ever hopeful that it will be heard
by all so that "the glory of the LORD will be revealed." (Isaiah 40:5)
Please help by conveying this message to everyone you know.  It will be
my fervent prayer, in Jesus' most precious and holy name, that all who
understand the essence of this message will be protected from all harm
in this time that may possibly be leading to "the great tribulation"
referenced in the 14th verse of Revelation 7.  Please join me in our
collectively praying for GOD's protection, HIS continued mercy and HIS
infinite grace for all those who are blessed by an understanding of
this message.

At 10:33 PM (Tokyo time) on 03/28/06, there was a strong earthquake
that impacted Tokyo:

http://tinyurl.com/oqrlz

Then on 03/29/06, an unusual total solar eclipse happened in Turkey at
2:00 PM (LT) that darkened the skies of the ancient cities where the 7
Churches of Christ reside in the same order as given **twice** in
Revelation (1:11 and then chapters 2 through 3).  A parallel solar
eclipse apparently happened on this same day (March 29th) in 70AD,
which is the year that Jerusalem was destroyed. This total solar
eclipse could very well be the same eclipse that was seen by John in
the prophetic vision given to him by LORD Jesus Christ as described in
the 12th verse of Revelation 6. A "great earthquake" did precede the
solar eclipse visualized by John as described in Revelation 6:12. And
now we face a possible nuclear showdown with Iran that may result in
the fulfillment of the rest of the elements seen by John for the
opening of the 6th seal (Revelation 6:12-17):

http://tinyurl.com/eb6xl

For more details including a link that has descriptions of recent
observed events that may possibly represent the elements in Revelation
6 that precede the catastrophic event heralded by the 14th verse,
please visit the following online article:

http://MabletonGA.OurLittle.net/SolarEclipse

You are invited to sign up for being notified about the next on-line
HeartMDPhD.com chat to ask questions and confirm the authenticity of
this message and its author:

http://www.HeartMDPhD.com/chat.asp

In the continued interest of making this message "on-topic" for the
USENET newsgroups ACC, SMC, AA, and RFC that are its initial
recipients, would be glad to also chat about LORD Jesus Christ,
cardiology, atheism, and/or cooking food.

Prayerfully in Christ's amazing love,

Andrew
--
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Cardiologist and Foundation Advisor
http://www.TheWellnessFoundation.com/
GaryG - 30 Mar 2006 16:41 GMT
"Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <andrew@heartmdphd.com> wrote i
messag
news:1143719624.838843.23560@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com..
> Masked Avenger wrote
> Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD wrote
[quoted text clipped - 99 lines]
>
> It's well and truly past the 29th Chung ..... no disaster of AN
kin
> has happened ....... looks like your God f.cked up big time......
>
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> ... may still be in the world's near future

Or, as is much more likely, the global destruction and death you're s
fascinated with may have nothing to do with reality or Biblica
prophecies
and everything to do with your mental condition

You wouldn't be the first lunatic to warn about the impending "end o
th
world"...over the last 2000 years, there have been many such warnings
Like
yours, all turned out to be false.

GG
Pulpitfire - 30 Mar 2006 20:02 GMT
Kumar wrote
> Pulpitfire wrote
> That's your answer?  God changed His mind?  The correct answer i
yo
> were WRONG, and God did NOT guide you to predict or warn peopl
abou
> that earthquake.  You are whispering in your own ear, and claimin
it'
> God
>
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> "LORD care the words of those who worship him and pray, still ma
no
> commonly make their words as GOD's words. HE is not so cruel to mak
> common people aware and tensed about tomorrow's destructiv
happenings

> today. HE may just indicates previously and give max. chances t
repen
> o
> correct.

When God changed His mind about Nineveh, it was because the entir
cit
repented in sackloth and ashes.  Are you telling me the entire worl
repented in sackloth and ashes, and that is why God changed His min
about sending this global earthquake?  GET OUT OF HERE
Vic Sagerquist - 01 Apr 2006 00:01 GMT
Once upon a time in alt.atheism,  dear sweet Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
(andrew@heartmdphd.com) made the light shine upon us with this

> "Yang, AthD (h.c), Kicking AWOL's Cocaine Snorting a.s" wrote
>
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Without the LORD, your opinion is meaningless (Ecclesiastes)

Yours is meaningless regardless

--
Uncle Vi
aa Atheist #201
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish departmen

It is fair to say the bible has equal amounts of fact, history, an
pizza.
    -Penn Jillett
 
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