Quote Originally Posted by The Grim Reefer
"Scientists at Wageningen Center for Food Sciences in the Netherlands have found that men on a calcium-rich diet have greater resistance to salmonella and E. coli infections.
I'd be interested to see the reference but.. karmaxel was trying to explain the anti-VIRAL ability of calcium - obviously we know coli and salmonella are baceria.

Do you have a scientific reference for that article? sounds scientifically competant (unlike some people). But anyway, as I said the original disagreement was concerning the anti-viral properties of calcium. Thanks for your logical input.

Oh and also karmaxel, I forgot to mention fundamental innaccuracy in one of your points:

Quote Originally Posted by karmaxel
Prokaryote A bacterial cell lacking a true nucleus; its DNA is usually in one long strand
Ever heard of Archae? extremophiles? methanogens? No archae are bacteria but they are prokaryotic. Therefore your definition of a prokaryote is also wrong.