[AGL] Important pod cast...

[Frances Morey]

Sales at Gabriel's antique store had been brisk, but fell to Zero after
that fateful day. We had to go out of business.   I'll never forget it.
Best,
Frances

On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 4:38 PM Margaret Martone <maggiemartone at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Frances...hope you are well and happy. When they were reading names of
> the “9/11” dead, I wanted to scream “How about the almost 200K dead from
> our country’s inaction!” Another form of terrorism in “Merica.”
>
> Stay safe and happy 😜
>
> Best to All,
> Margaret
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 11, 2020, at 3:33 PM, Frances Morey <frances.morey at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 
> I watched 9-11 unfold from the beginning. I was at home at the no longer
> extent Ambassador Apartments on 18th and San Antonio Sts. in Austin. I was
> in bed on the phone to Julia Gunter watching morning television when I saw
> the first Tower go up in smoke in real time.  That's up close and personal!
> I have followed documentaries for every shred of circumstantial evidence
> that could be found since then. I have my opinions yet what's happening now
> is three times 9-11 per day so where's the common sense. Where is the
> unadulterated outrage now over COVID-19!
>
> Best,
> Frances
>
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 5:48 AM L E W. via Austin-ghetto-list <
> austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net> wrote:
>
>> Frances, I read the podcast. It was spot on for me. Thanks for sharing it
>> with Ghettoites.
>> Marilyn
>>
>>
>> On Sep 9, 2020, at 3:02 PM, Frances Morey <frances.morey at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Dear Michael and all the Ghettonians,
>> He did write a book about it, his new book, "Fiber Fueled" is brilliant,
>> science based and going viral in the food world. Doctor's denigrate the
>> value of food when it comes to health. One point he makes in the book is
>> this, We eat some 8,000 pounds of food in our lifetime and a miniscule
>> amount of a drug. So the food obviously has more impact on our health than
>> taking medication. That sure makes sense to me, the Home Ec. with my
>> food/nutrition credentials.
>>
>> The talk was easier for me to understand than the written book which has
>> a bit too much scientific jargon for my layman's ear.  It underscores
>> everything I already knew and added layers to it. My health, and Mike's too
>> since he and I eat alike, is great. No problems, normal labs and no
>> prescription meds. It can't get much better than that.  People, including
>> doctors denigrate the food service function in society. The Help makes the
>> food. Polite society doesn't use their time in the preparation of food.
>> They are above that.
>>
>> A while back I was at a social event. I was visiting with this friend who
>> happens to be a doctor. I told him how my arthritis and periodontal disease
>> went away when I had been on an all plant based diet for a few years. (Now
>> more than 6 years.) He said that was very interesting and being my age said
>> he would try it. I asked if incidentally he might mention this to his
>> patients. He said, "Hell no, I don't slice and dice their vegetables, I
>> write prescriptions." Never has anyone explained why doctors don't
>> recommend healthful plant based food as a way to prevent illnesses more
>> succinctly. This doctor is a genius.
>> Best,
>> Frances
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 2:13 PM Michael Eisenstadt <eisenstadt0 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 9/9/2020 1:04 PM, Frances Morey wrote:
>>> > This is an enlightening pod cast by a young, smart gastroenterologist:
>>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EABZqi3HtRM
>>>
>>> No it isn't. It is a 2 hour long podcast repeatedly interrupted by ads.
>>> This podcast like podcasts in general has all the earmarks of a crank
>>> session for shutaways. Nothing can be learned from a podcast because it
>>> is improvised speech. If the young doc had anything worthwhile to say,
>>> he would have sat down and wrote it out.
>>>
>>> Scientific findings since antiquity going back to Hippocratic medical
>>> writings are conveyed by the pen. Oral presentations are as it were
>>> written in water.
>>>
>>> Take a look at this page
>>>
>>> http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/collection?collection=Perseus:collection:Greco-Roman
>>> - and you will see that medical science has always been conveyed in
>>> writing, not orally in podcasts.
>>>
>>>
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