Miljø- og Fødevareudvalget 2016-17
MOF Alm.del Bilag 298
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Til formandskabet i Sundhedsudvalget og Fødevareudvalget,
cc: Udvalgene
Se venligst notat til arbejdsgruppen for Tg, samt vedhæftede PDF med ny og vigtig information
vedr. relation til Diabetes Mellitus.
Med venlig hilsen
Bo Hembæk Svensson
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From:
Bo Hembaek Svensson
<[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 8:59 PM
Subject:
Til Arbejdsgruppen for Toxoplasma gondii,
Minister Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister
Ellen Trane Nørby, direktør Karen Hækkerup m.fl
To: DEP Sundheds- og Ældreministeriet <[email protected]>,
[email protected], [email protected],
Camilla
Tanghøj <[email protected]>,
[email protected], [email protected]
Cc:
[email protected],
Lars Henrik Aagaard <[email protected]>, Maria Vang Johansen
<[email protected]>,
[email protected]
Til Arbejdsgruppen for Toxoplasma gondii,
cc: Minister Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister Ellen Trane Nørby, ledelsen i FVST m.fl
Gruppen har nu eksisteret i mere end et år, og det antages at man er blevet gjort bekendt med det
omfattende Tg materiale der henover de seneste 24 måneder er tilsendt bla. FVST, LF, SUM,
MFVM mfl. Det vigtigste af dette material er sammenfattet nederst i dette dokument - på engelsk,
idet der er en hurtig eskalerende process i gang i USA involverende den nye regering/administration
og alternative medier - og skal hermed formidle en "heads-up" desangående.
Vi forstår at arbejdsgruppen har begrænset sit arbejdsfelt til at se på prævalens i svinekød, og Tg's
mulige sygdomsbyrde i Danmark og vil gerne byde ind med følgende;
Om sygdomsbyrde i Danmark.
* De ledende forskere anslår at
Tg kan være dødelig for 1/2000 inficerede/år.
I Danmark svarer
dette til 700-750 personer pr år.
* I op til 20 % af skizofreni tilfældene menes Tg at være kausal, svarende til 100 personer/år i
Danmark (500 skizofreni tilfælde/år)
* Herudover forbindes Tg med en lang række sygdomme - se appendix.
Om sygdomsbyrde siger eksperterne bla.: Toxoplasmosis –
A Global Threat.
Correlation of Latent
Toxoplasmosis with Specific Disease Burden in a Set of 88 Countries
WHO (2015):
"The disease burden due to most foodborne parasites is highly focal and results in
significant morbidity
and mortality among vulnerable populations."
Flegr et al.
(2016)
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"Results of the present cohort study, along with the previous data from many case-control studies or ecological
studies
suggest that latent toxoplasmosis represents a large and so far underrated public health problem."
WHO
(2013):
"Our estimates of the incidence and burden of CT point to a
very large global burden of toxoplasmosis.
The burden is even greater when various conditions and problems related to toxoplasmosis are
considered.
For example, toxoplasmosis is known to cause chorioretinitis in healthy adults and especially in
people who have immunosuppression. (..) There are also
increasing reports of neurological, psychiatric
or psychomotor disorders related to “latent” toxoplasmosis, and of a higher frequency of road traffic
accidents among seropositive individuals.
Even if toxoplasmosis accounts for only a small fraction of
these problems in the population,
the global burden of disease attributable to toxoplasmosis is
considerably greater than suggested by our CT data.
In addition,
since much toxoplasmosis can be
prevented,
at least in theory,
by observing appropriate food hygiene,
the disease deserves a higher
profile in GDB studies and should not be subsumed into other disease categories, such as “congenital
disorders”.
Om seroprævalens i Danmark
Vi antager at alle er bekendt med Serumsintituttets tal - bla. at 27% af de gravide er inficerede og at
infektions-risiko i det store hele følger alderen.
Om infektion via svinekød og andre kødprodukter
Nyeste rapport fra International Journal of Food Microbiology, 2017:
"Under the best and the worst scenarios, the probability of
a single portion of fresh pork meat
containing at least 1 viable cyst resulted 1.14% and 9.97%
indicating that the uncertainty and
lack of data surrounding key input parameters of the model preclude accurate estimation of T.
gondii exposure through consumption of meat products. "
I Danmark
anslås
at 3% af svinekødet indeholder cyster.
I en
sammenfattende
rapport siges det at:
"There is,however, general agreement that the costs of the relatively small proportion of cases with
severe disease
make toxoplasmosis one of the most costly of gastro-intestinal infections."
Af
samme rapport fremgår det at økologiske svin i Tyskland har en prævalens på 12% mens
industrisvin har ca. 3,5%
Om infektion via grøntsager og andre kilder
I
denne
rapport er 10% af de testede grøntsager/frugter inficerede;
"A total number of 216 fruits and vegetables samples were taken...... Toxoplasma DNA was found
in 21 samples." Dette er konsistent med andre analyser fra andre lande. Der findes et omfattende
udvalg af papirer der beskriver Tg udbredelse via drikkevand og fødevarer.
DESUDEN er der konstateret Tg i sæd hos
kaniner, hunde, får.
Hertil er der lavet forsøg med
svin/får og kontamineret sæd der viser
at Tg kan overføres seksuelt......ved
arbejdsgruppen det?
Det må antages at dette også gælder for mennesker indtil det modsatte er bevist. Det er kendt at
Tg - via amygdala - påvirker sin værts seksualadfærd.
Som nævnt indledningsvist er der en proces igang i USA (analog til processen i Danmark) og vi
udarbejder derfor løbende materiale hertil, som f.eks nedenfor.
Vi stiller os til rådighed i enhver sammenhæng der kan adressere dette problem, og deler vores
viden og materiale med alle der er interesserede heri.
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Vi er af den opfattelse at der er mange måder at løse problemet på, og at der, muligvis, findes
én
general løsning.
Med venlig hilsen
Bo Hembæk Svensson et al.
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Toxoplasma gondii - short overview. Facts and science.
February 2017. Work-in-progress.
How can I self-assess if I have Toxoplasma gondii?:
A way to self-assess if you are affected by Toxoplasma - is to measure your ability to deal with the subject itself;
If you condemn it without investigation or experience medium to strong resentment to the idea of a brain-parasite, if your
consciousness seeks to induces abrupt change in subject when Tg is discussed, or if you find it very difficult/fear-provoking to
contemplate .....then you probably have Tg.
Your doctor can test you, the testing procedure is a simple blood sample and -analysis. In USA and most of Europe the
infection-rate lies in the range of 20-25%. Age reflects probability of infection as a rule of thumb (i.e 20 y/o=20% probability,
50 y/o=50% probability).
Tg's possible behaviouristic symptoms as described in scientific litterature includes; reduction in novelty seeking (reduced
Curiosity), proneness to dogma, aggressiveness, conformity, conscientiousness, jealousy, trust in authority, amplified
anxieties/fear. Driven by emotion more than fact. Prone to buy into fear-based narratives (and -isms).
Overview of known solutions/remedies/methods.
(Work in progress.)
Background:
1. Tg in evolutionary context.
To understand and decode the workings of Toxoplasma gondii, we must first look into its ontology;
Parasitism.
Classified in biology in the
triune;
{Predator, Symbiote, Parasite}
- thus being an
evolutionary quality.
Works
from
molecular
level (virus) and up. This
triune
lies in the natural fabric of physicality, biology and psyche, and
its
manifestation within species
is observable in
all
of the many life forms we know of. These qualities also lies at the
foundation of how we organize society. In this light parasitism is a
strategy.
This is why science refers to
intelligence
in
parasitism.
It is not only a set of biological rules. Parasitism is also a part of our psychic fabric, and as such an
archetype
-
that according
to
Jung
et al. has
agency.
It has a place in our consciousness, and its basic pattern is printed into the collective sub-conscious -
and here lies the root cause to the hardship in getting this on the public agenda as an important health issue (and a very
positive one too). Parasitism prefer the shadows, the less the host is aware the better.
Parasitism is expert in stealth.
The U-set {Predator, Symbiote, Parasite} is in a constant interactive process and never in perfect equilibrium, however as the
central dynamic
is
equilibrium corrections must happen.
The overall raison d'etre for Parasitism seems to be to challenge status quo, to probe and test the hosts defenses:
"The parasite is an
exciter.
Far from transforming a system, changing its nature, its form, its elements, its relations and its
pathways the parasite makes it change states differentially. It inclines it.
It makes the equilibrium of the energetic
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distribution fluctuate.
It dopes it. It
irritates
it. It
inflames
it. Often this inclination has no effect. But it can produce gigantic
ones by chain reactions or reproduction." (
Michel Serres,
The Parasite)
Parasitism takes advantage of the blind sides and the weak defenses. It is a constant challenge and has a very important role in
keeping the societal immune-system (i.e the political- and institutional system) on its toes and in perpetual development.
It is easy to see the natural algorithms behind the triune elements, where Individualism favors
aggregation,
Collectivism
favors
replication
and Parasitism favors
intrusion
and/or attachment.
Anyone observing society, humans, nature and our various modes of interaction will easily be able to see and distinct these
qualities, but less so in terms of Parasitism that rather remains unseen - and that is why the scientific facts presented here (or
contemplation hereof) will be novel to most people.
2. Biological overview of Toxoplasma gondii
The below are facts. Any information below is either well established biology or is from peer-reviewed scientific reports and
articles.
* It is
the most successful parasite we know of.
It has infected a large number of mammalian spices, from humans over
livestock to beluga whales and sea otters
* It is the
most researched parasite
(being a "model protozoan") and more than 10.000 peer reviewed articles has been
published on the subject of Tg
* Is called a "Global
Threat"
in
several
scientific
reports
* Can control its hosts behavior, especially related to
amygdala
and the Paleomammalian brain (Limbic system)
* It has
developed its functionality and modus operandi for at least 10
million
years,
and other parasitic fungus-species
even managed "host-control" some 40 million years ago.
* Creates a huge boost in T-cells when it enters a body and confuses the immune system - that is suspected to trigger auto-
immune conditions
* Traverses the blod-brain-barrier in a very sophisticated way
* Creates cysts (bradyzoiter) in muscle tissue (for instance the heart) and in the brain
* Has a preference for the area around Amygdala (fear, emotion, reward)
* Is able to influence the synthesis of Dopamine (and Serotonin and Testosterone)
* Can be removed using a - surprisingly large - array of remedies and methods
* Hosts can be immunized and prophylactic action can reduce its effects
2.1 Disease with Tg as recognized causal factor:
* Toxoplasmosis in immune-compromised hosts
* Congenital Toxoplasmosis (rare but severe)
* Influenza-like symptoms at time of infection, due to boost in T-cells
2.2 Disease with Tg as suggested causal factor (full, in part or accentuating/amplifying)
* Various forms of cancer, with emphasis on
brain
cancer (Tg is mimicking the iron metabolism of cancer)
* Diabetes
I
&
II
* Cystic
Fibrosis
*
Cardiovascular
disorders/Cardiac diseases
*
Epilepsy
* Long-term
wear-down of immune defense
*
Schizophrenia
*
Bi-polar
disorder (manio-depressive)
*
OCD
* Onset of various dementia related conditions
*...etc
2.3 Suggested influence on behavior/psyche
*
Reduction
in "Novelty seeking"
(i.e elimination of healthy Curiosity....the most dangerous aspect of Tg)
* Aggressive, "explosive
anger syndrome"
*
Self directed
agressiveness,
suicide
* Lowered capacity of learning -
especially in
children
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*
Conformity and dogmatism
*
Extreme PMS
and deeper
postnatal
depression
* Amplification of fear and subtle anxiety
*
Wetiko
*...etc.
2.4 Suggested influence on the collective
* Massive reduction in "novelty seeking" on a
societal
level
* Amplification of fear-based agendas/collective fear inducing events
* Causal disturbances