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Letters

past thirty-four years and have noticed have heard of ancient farming prac- tried to explain how Americans tried
subtle but pronounced changes in stu- tices that can increase yields tenfold on to eat lowfat, lean meat and lots of
dents’ attitudes, abilities, focus, drive, crops. salads. The Russians were astounded.
general stamina and well being. These Unfortunately, our culture believes One of them shook his head and said,
articles are amazing and shed some light in lack or not enough. What would hap- “If Russians ate like that we would all
on these conditions and my concerns. pen if we had inexpensive food that was be hungry, cold and drunk!” I always
Please keep up the good work—we have truly healthy? People would be healthy, thought that was a great line.
to help these young people—and the rest they would be free, and they wouldn’t Interestingly enough, my husband
of the world. need to work all the time. The world had a great aunt who lived to the age of
Patty Corwin would be totally different. 102. She was very robust until the age of
Fargo, North Dakota Rami Nagel 100, and even during the last two years
San Jose, California when her health was failing, she was
PASTURE LANDS still able to walk and get around
According to one source I found, on her own. When asked the secret
we slaughter five million cattle per of long life, her answer was—you
year in the U.S. Let’s make the gener- guessed it—eat lots of butter! She
ous assumption that each cow needs was a huge fan of butter her whole
ten acres of pasture. That’s fifty mil- life. As a kid she would get into
lion acres to pasture all the cattle we trouble for stealing it out of the
eat for meat. churn. Once her sisters tried
The U.S. has about 2.3 billion to break her of the habit by giving
acres. Raw milk for 300,000,000 her tons of butter, thinking that
people at four cups of milk per day she would get sick of it. It didn’t
would require nineteen million work. Anyway, her sisters died in
Jersey cows producing four gallons their 80s. Maybe that explains why
of milk per day. Again assuming a my husband didn’t dump me when
generous ten acres per cow, 180 mil- we first started dating and I went
lion acres would support raw milk through his refrigerator and threw
production for everyone. That’s only out all his margarine!
eight percent of U.S. land space. Irene Musiol, Chapter Leader
Also, grazing animals improve Lancaster, California
soil fertility. The ecosystem was
designed to have animals eat the FLUORIDE REVISITED
grass and then put their waste and Regarding your review of The
all its bacteria back into the soil. Aunt Lyde on her 100th birthday. Devil’s Poison (Winter, 2008),
We make our land sterile without She loved butter! some clarifications about fluoride
land animals pasturing on it. and fluorine are in order. Broadly speak-
I don’t know how accurate all those LONGEVITY WITH BUTTER ing the element fluorine exists in three
estimates are, but it seems to me that Years ago, before we met, my hus- forms. While the fluorine atom does
we could probably produce enough raw band travelled frequently to Russia for have a small radius for its atomic weight,
milk and beef for half of the planet with his job. Once the Russians asked about that fact is only the part of the story re-
our open land space just in the U.S. I what the American diet was like. He garding its reactivity and appearance in
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