Side note about quinine...

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Post #181,002 by dmcarls 10/26/04 12:16:13 PM Reply	Side note about quinine... ..." Quinine, for instance, cures malaria, but that quality allowed temperate-climate peoples to exploit tropical areas. " (such as the British) From an interesting book called: Seeds of Change [link\|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060914408/002-5561363-0537661?v=glance&s=books#product-details\|http://www.amazon.co...s#product-details]
Post #181,006 by Andrew Grygus 10/26/04 12:54:18 PM Reply	Evolved resistance to malaria . . . . in the Medeterranian and Africa involves a thinning of the blood. Fava beans also thin the blood and the further thinning can be lethal as has been long known in the Medeterranian area where fava beans are popular and most fava deaths occurr. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #181,008 by jake123 10/26/04 12:56:53 PM Reply	This can be counteracted by eating it with the liver and a nice Chianti. --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------

Now this is just too obvious . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (4) - Oct. 15, 2004, 12:25:52 AM EDT

Blatantly -NT - (drewk) - Oct. 15, 2004, 12:38:28 AM EDT

Side note about quinine... - (dmcarls) - (2) - Oct. 26, 2004, 12:16:13 PM EDT

Evolved resistance to malaria . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Oct. 26, 2004, 12:54:18 PM EDT

This can be counteracted - (jake123) - Oct. 26, 2004, 12:56:53 PM EDT

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