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Letters

AGENDA 21 facts on hand. People’s mind can be newspaper reported a murder. A young
It would not be surprising if a small changed―just remember the sea change man raped and killed a girl with count-
beleaguered organization as WAPF we witnessed in the use of tobacco. less stabs of a penknife. He walked to his
would be prone to believe in conspiracy Truth will prevail. apartment, leaving a trail of blood that
theories like the UN Agenda 21. Heike M. Eubanks the police followed to arrest him. He had
Obviously there are plenty of people Myrtle Point, Oregon not thrown away the bloody penknife
out there who believe that vegetarian- and the coroner reported that it was
ism and decrease of consumption are HIGH CALORIE MALNUTRITION “the most vicious murder he had ever
necessary to feed the billions of people AND THE BRAIN encountered.” There was no attempt at
in this world. The UN, being a global I spent twenty years at Cleveland evasion. A large number of empty pop
organization, would take up this concern Clinic Foundation as a pediatrician bottles were found in his car when it was
and make plans and propose treaties. and between May of 1975 and August inspected by police. Of course, the pop
But as far as I know, Agenda 21 is of 1976, I kept a diary of “interesting bottles were reported simply as a kind
not the law in this land. It would have to patients.” Because of my fascination of signature of a wastrel personality and
be ratified by both Houses of Congress and experiences with what I have come never thought of as being of potential
and signed by the President to be so. to call “dietary mayhem,” I recorded importance in loss of civilized control.
In our democracy there are many some of the amazing diet histories and I have often wondered whether O. J.
ways to prevent this, and I don’t be- the nature of the associated symptoms. really did commit the infamous mur-
lieve there is any chance it would pass I will mention two as examples. A der unconsciously and in a blind rage
Congress anyway. I would be more young adolescent was seen because of because of consumption of the “soft”
concerned over the numerous Free “nervousness and change of personal- drink that he enthusiastically advertised.
Trade Agreements which are already ity.” He had consumed ninety-five gal- Could it be that President Clinton’s lack
law. Their global ruling body, the World lons (calculated) of a popular cola over of judgment in office was related to his
Trade Organization (WTO), has the a two-month period and was severely well-known predilection for junk food?
power to declare our laws contrary to deficient in vitamin B (thiamine). The There has been recent interest in
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the trade agreement and demand that other was a seventeen-year-old girl who coffee and dark chocolate as “exemplary
they be eliminated or there would be a presented with “nervousness” and obe- foods” for their antioxidant content. Dr.
heavy fine. To mind comes a California sity. She had widespread bleeding into Weil wrote an article in Time Magazine
law banning MTBE, a gasoline addi- the skin of her thighs, numbness in one advocating the consumption of seven or
tive which contaminates groundwater. leg below the knee and a history of years eight cups of coffee for everyone. There
The three judges of the WTO panel of swelling in one knee joint. Her diet is a fundamental flaw in this reasoning.
demanded the law be dropped. The history was appalling. She consumed Yes, they do indeed provide antioxi-
National Animal Identification System a half grapefruit for breakfast and five dants, but this benefit is overwhelmed in
(NAIS) on the contrary would be a law to six cups of coffee; twelve cups on chocolate by the added sugar (the choco-
that facilitates free trade and probably a Saturday. For lunch, she had half a late bean is bitter and it is the addition
to their liking. grapefruit and sixteen ounces of pop. of sugar that provides its characteristic
If we want to have restrictive laws For dinner she had up to four candy bars, taste and makes it addictive) and the
that prevent access to raw milk and other two cups of coffee before “dinner” and caffeine in coffee. For this reason, they
nutrient-dense foods off the books we two cups after. She claimed that she con- are not the best sources of antioxidants.
necessarily have to work in the politi- sumed twenty-eight gallons (calculated) Caffeine excites brain cells to
cal arena. But first and foremost there of cola in a two-month period. function and consumes cellular energy,
should be education and sticking to the At about this time in the 1970s, a thus giving a false impression of “more
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