I'm Not in the Mood: What Every Woman Should Know About Improving Her Libido Book

In trying to live a healthier lifestyle, I've been highly encouraged by many people to take a second look at vaccination. For a few years I disregarded their claims. But in trying to find a solution my youngest son's intestinal issues, I've come across interesting data in quite a few reputable sources regarding vaccines, their 'stabilizers' and the increase of bowel diseases in the US. And he doesn't need any more troubles right now with his bowels.

What made this book an interesting read was the amount of source data that came from reputable sources regarding vaccines. Hi information was not just the ranting and ravings of a fanatic, but highly factual.

What made me the most upset/mad was the following:

In 1948, during the height of the polio epidemics, Dr. Benjamin Sandler, a nutritional expert at the Oteen Veterans Hospital, detailed a relationship between polio and an excessive consumption of sugars and starches. He compiled records showing that countries with the highest per capita consumption of sugar had the greatest incidence of polio. He claimed that such 'foods' dehydrate the cells and leech calcium from the nerves, muscles, bones and teeth. A serious deficency precedes polio.

Researches have always known that polio strikes with its greatest intensity during the hot summer months. Dr. Sandler observed that children consume greater amounts of ice cream, soda pop, and artificially sweetened products in hot weather. In 1949, before the polio season began, he warned the residents of North Carolina (through the newspapers and radio) to decrease their consumption of these products. During that summer North Carolinans reduced their intake of sugar by 90 percent and polio decreased in that state in 1949 by the same amount. (The North Carolina Health Department reported 2,498 cases of polio in 1948 and 229 in 1949.)

Note: On manufacturer shipped one million less gallons of ice cream during the first week alone following the publication of Dr. Sandler's anti-polio diet. Coca Cola sales were down as well. But the powerful Rockefeller Milk Trust, which sold frozen products to North Carolinans, combined forces with the Coca Cola merchants and convinced the people that Sandler's findings were a myth and the polio figures a fluke. By the summer of 1950 sales were back to ordinary levels and polio cases returned to 'normal' during that year.

What makes me mad are a few things. Did no other doctors pick up on this? Even if it was a 'fluke', were there other researches that at least tried to duplicate this? Why is it that people ignore the simplest solutions? Also that the all-mighty dollar won out over common sense. That's what makes me mad.