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#86832 - 11/13/02 09:07 AM hormesis
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	Same issue DISCOVER, p 74 "Poisons that kill or injure at high doses , can have the opposite effect at low doses, he says, and the paradox holds true for every conceivable measure of health - growth, fertility, life span, and immune and mental function. The effect is known as hormesis from the Greek word for excite."
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#86833 - 11/13/02 09:53 AM Re: hormesis
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653	Poisons that kill or injure at high doses , can have the opposite effect at low doses Sounds perilously close to homeopathy.
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#86834 - 11/13/02 10:11 AM Re: hormesis
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	Dear Faldage: that is one thing the hecklers bring up. However, the homeopathic doses are far, far lower than the doses the author is talking about. The one thing I wish he had discussed was for how long you can be exposed to the low doses before cumulative errects show up. For instance, I was expsed to cousin who had tuberculosis when I was about four years old. I have had many, many Xrays since. At what point might cululative effect show up? Nobody knows. I doubt very much that the Xrays had any hormetic effect on me.
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