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Its good news for people with neurological conditions

Millennial Dragon james.teo at chch.ox.ac.uk
Mon May 31 08:57:04 EST 1999


On Mon, 31 May 1999 11:19:15 +0100, "Andrew Fletcher"
<gravitystudy at hotmail.com> wrote:
>"This is the first time in our 40 years experience that we have come across
>something which actually alters bodily systems to have an effect on MS."
>John Simkins, Information Executive, M.S.R.C., BBC Radio Devon, 27 October
>1997

Translation: Not a professional scientist nor doctor
Translation: Not peer reviewed

>When the first two people with complete spinal cord injuries raised their be
>ds and recovered an unprecedented amount of bodily functions, I thought I
>had done enough, and even when I helped another five people with the same
>condition to improve their lives, I was cofronted by the usual closed-shop
>stone wall attitude in Science and Medicine.

So what you're saying is that what you do is not science and medicine?

>You have not answered this simple question. Who told you to sleep on a flat
>bed? I will answer it for you.

>NO ONE! People sleep flat for no other reason than, because beds are made
>flat.

Sure, I can live with that: there is no reason, and that sleeping
upright might have positive effects to general wellbeing, but adding
pseudoscience does not legitimise it. If sleeping upright is good for
the health, why don't you just state the facts: "Sleeping upright is
good for the health, and so far we don't know why"

>Once it is realised that gravity plays the key roll in circulation of
>fluids, and that the circulation is a non-living physical force, it becomes
>apparent that this circulation has no respect for the vessel that contains
>it, be it the ocean or a single cell, the circulation exists.

speaks for itself, doesn't it?

>Next time you take a "P" observe the hot urine as it flows directly to the
>bottom of the toilet and ponder this.
>
>The urine flowes to the bottom of the toilet and in order to do so fresh
>water had to flow up to replace it. (Flow and Return). The urine reached the
>bottom of the pan because it contained heavy substances. Therefore it is
>logical that the urine flowed into the bladder under the same influence.
>
>Now ask yourself how the urine became concentrated in the first place?

The counter-current flow mechanism in the cortex and medulla of the
kidney. The epithelia on the loop of Henle contains all manner of
ATPases, channels and transporters to accomplish this. Also, the
aquaporin channels in the collecting duct is involved in regulating
the concentration of the urine. This is in ANY physiology
undergraduate textbook; methinks you haven't read any.




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