About the only regimen that is guaranteed to give you longer life is to continuously deprive yourself of enough to eat?at least it works for mice and fruit flies. People are now beginning to try this diet as well, although we will have to wait to see if it works for humans. Now scientists have discovered a hermit in India who says he hasn’t eaten or drunk anything for 20 years. He’s lived to be 70 and is in perfect health.
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We think of fresh vegetables as something that’s always good to eat, but they can be dangerous. Scallions imported from Mexico recently killed three people and made hundreds more sick. Grow your own? Research shows that vegetables grown in urban gardens can be contaminated with lead.
Marian Burros writes in The New York Times that in 2000, there were as many cases of food poisoning caused by fruits and vegetables as there were from meat, fish and eggs combined. This is due to an increase in imports from countries with lower sanitary standards, where fields are often irrigated with contaminated water.
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Christopher Reeve is pushing for research that will allow paraplegics like himself to regain bodily movement. But if this isn’t possible, it might be better to let the mind do the moving instead. Reseachers are having success teaching monkeys?and people?how to move computer cursors and even machines using only their brain waves.
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The 700 mile Okefenokee Swamp contains many of the same effects that have been noted in crop circles. Electrical devices go haywire inside it and residents have seen glowing orbs and UFOs nearby. “I’ve only seen [the orbs] a few times in my life, but that’s enough,” says swamp guide Milford Simpson. “Even though you rationally know there’s a natural explanation for them, it just doesn’t seem natural when a glowing glob is following you down the road.
“Your technology can’t be counted on in the swamp. Signals get scrambled, electronics go screwy. Mother Nature kicks technology’s butt in here.” Bigfoot and other mysterious crypto-creatures, such as the Skunk Ape, have been seen in the swamp as well.
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