Has Anyone Seen this Report? Thoughts?

LHurlburt · Post by **LHurlburt** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 9:38 am

I was reading around on the internet today and stumbled across this report in the WSJ. Fascinating. Makes me want to swallow a couple of worms to test it out. Would love to hear your thoughts.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... lenews_wsj

All the best.
Laura

Joefnh · Post by **Joefnh** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:07 am

Hi Laura, I have seen this article and I believe over the past couple of years there has been a couple of threads on this topic. I'm not sure but I would be a bit squeamish about a parasite like that in my system, but we should remember that a high percentage of the worlds population does have these worms normally, mostly in underdeveloped parts of the world and these populations tend not to have IBD issues, that does make one think

Joe

Post by **tex** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:35 pm

Hi Laura,

The helminths don't "rebalance" the immune system, as is suggested in the article - IMO, they capture the attention of the immune system, so that it simply ignores what it perceives to be less serious events, such as IBDs and most other autoimmune diseases. Someone posts about helminths at least once or twice a year, on the average. Yes, it works, it's just not very appealing to most people.

Here are some past discussions about the subject:

http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7438

http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10601

http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=12757

http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15687

Tex

LHurlburt · Post by **LHurlburt** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 3:22 pm

Thanks for the info, Wayne. Was the first I'd heard of it. I'm squeamish, too, but one can get desperate...