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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Epilepsy / April 2004WALL STREET JOURNAL-MAY 17,1994
WALL STREET JOURNAL-MAY 17,1994 Since 1983, researchers have warned us to avoid supplements that contain iron may be a primary cause of free radical induced degenerative disease. In a study in the March 29,1994 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Japanese researchers found that iron caused tubular necrosis (kidney damage), leading to a high incidence of renal adenocarcinoma (kidney cancer). This is not an isolated study - just another of the multitude of studies showing that iron is a cause of the diseases that kill us. The FDA requires that food companies fortify many products with iron, which causes most Americans to get too much iron from their diet. Other toxic metals to avoid are germanium (causes kidney damage) and for some people, copper (too much can cause excessive free radical activity). Who loves ya. Tom  SignatureJesus Was A Vegetarian! http://jesuswasavegetarian.7h.com Man Is A Herbivore! http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/manisaherbivore DEAD PEOPLE WALKING http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/deadpeoplewalking I didn't realize that Epilepsy was a 'Disease'. When did that happen? G. > WALL STREET JOURNAL-MAY 17,1994 > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > This is not an isolated study - just another of the multitude of studies > showing that iron is a cause of the diseases that kill us. *************************************************************** > The FDA requires that food companies fortify many products with iron, which > causes most Americans to get too much iron from their diet. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Man Is A Herbivore! http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/manisaherbivore > DEAD PEOPLE WALKING http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/deadpeoplewalking > I didn't realize that Epilepsy was a 'Disease'. When did that happen? > G. Certainly! A disease is more than the flu or a virus or bacterial infection. See: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=disease dis·ease 1.A pathological condition of a part, organ, or system of an organism resulting from various causes, such as infection, genetic defect, or environmental stress, and characterized by an identifiable group of signs or symptoms. etc. > > WALL STREET JOURNAL-MAY 17,1994 > > > > Since 1983, researchers have warned us to avoid supplements that contain > iron > > may be a primary cause of free radical induced degenerative disease.<snip> I've come across this sort of discussion before. I've just visited four epilepsy support web sites and each has specifically stated that epilepsy is NOT a disease but is a disorder. The neurologists and scientists in our epilepsy research group also don't describe epilepsy as a disease and this was stressed in the epilepsy section of the neuropharmacology class I helped teach last year. I suppose the confusion might arise out of different definitions people are using for disease but I think they were making the distinction that a disease can cause epilepsy as a symptom but the epilepsy itself is not a disease. Maybe the term disorder carries a less negative connotation than disease and that's why they're making this distinction. > > I didn't realize that Epilepsy was a 'Disease'. When did that happen? > > G. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > iron > > > may be a primary cause of free radical induced degenerative disease.<snip> > I've come across this sort of discussion before. I've just visited four > epilepsy support web sites and each has specifically stated that epilepsy is > NOT a disease but is a disorder. If that's the way they stated it, then the website authors need to buy themselves a dictionary and use it. > The neurologists and scientists in our > epilepsy research group also don't describe epilepsy as a disease and this > was stressed in the epilepsy section of the neuropharmacology class I helped > teach last year. See above. > I suppose the confusion might arise out of different > definitions people are using for disease There is precedent for words having different meanings in different professions (an example escapes this poor memory at the moment), but the unqualified word "disease" is too common to be used that way. > but I think they were making the > distinction that a disease can cause epilepsy as a symptom but the epilepsy > itself is not a disease. Perhaps they mean "infectious disease" and should say so if that's what they mean. > Maybe the term disorder carries a less negative > connotation than disease and that's why they're making this distinction. That's called "denial" and they can't change definitions anyhow. Bob > > > I didn't realize that Epilepsy was a 'Disease'. When did that happen? > > > G. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > > > may be a primary cause of free radical induced degenerative > disease.<snip> Well, after looking through quite a few medical dictionaries epilepsy is almost universally described as a disorder and not a disease. I've come to realize that many dictionaries leave a lot to be desired with respect to their definitions but some were quite specific. A disorder can be caused by a disease or by things that aren't a disease like traumatic brain injury or poisoning. Therefore, it seems to me that epilepsy is much better described as a disorder which can be caused by many things with disease being one of them. That is, epilepsy is the symptom of the cause (disease, injury etc.). Actually, I'm glad I finally looked into this. As I said, I hear this distinction made at lease twice a year but never bothered to find out what it meant. > > I've come across this sort of discussion before. I've just visited four > > epilepsy support web sites and each has specifically stated that epilepsy is [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] > > > > > may be a primary cause of free radical induced degenerative > > disease.<snip> |
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