Where The Holistic Rubber Meets The Scientific Road
The conventional mantra is “four minutes without oxygen and you’re dead”. I say hoohey! A particularly telling case was published in 2009 because the victim happened to be wearing a continuous heart-rate monitor, giving the investigators unusually good timing data. A healthy 48-year-old Norwegian man capsized while kayaking in 3.5°C seawater. He remained conscious for some time [ ]
Good nutrition, as I have always taught, comes through including the good and eliminating the bad! For this newsletter I’m side-stepping eliminating the bad (avoiding what I call “Bandit Foods”), which are inflammatory, and just looking at the positive qualities of a range of foods which help protect against cancer—or which will help fight it, [ ]
Many years ago (1995), when I was invited to present my work as a poster in St Petersburg, Russia, I introduced what became known as my Ten Levels of Healing. It was an exciting occasion. The ideas generated lively discussion among doctors, therapists and fellow scientists alike, and it even ran next day in several of [ ]
There probably isn t a more important subject in medicine than nutrition. Yet conventional colleagues continue to declaim that it s a waste of time and everything you need is in a balanced diet . A balance of what, exactly? A balance of ultra-processed foods? Refined flour? Added sugars? Artificial flavourings? Seed oils heated to destruction? Fruit and [ ]
This is another MASSIVE “I Told ‘Em!” Let me explain for those of you who are new subscribers: an “I Told ‘Em!” is my own jokey label for something I personally came across long before the fashion and current awareness. While folks today are congratulating themselves with their smart skills and up-to-dateness, I had been [ ]
We all fear it. Well, maybe not all, but we must honestly admit that, as elders, we are vulnerable, without knowing and understanding all the trigger factors. Certainly good living, regular activity, right eating and positive attitude are key to helping fend off disaster. But in my unique position I know of lots of individuals [ ]
Pretty darn hot, as you have probably read. In France temperatures soared to 110 degrees in parts. That s nothing to those of us who live in the desert southwest but in Europe almost nobody has air-conditioning! Most supermarkets and top hotels do. Virtually zero in small businesses and the homes. As a result of the [ ]
When most people think about getting older, they think about wrinkles. Grey hair. A few extra pounds around the waist. Perhaps stiff joints or failing eyesight. But scientists are increasingly pointing to something quite different. The real marker of ageing may not be your face at all. It may be your muscles. That might sound [ ]
I was watching a TV program about my favorite corner of England: the much celebrated Lake District. I had a home there for the final years, before I met Vivien and we went to live abroad (now naturalized Americans, as you know). The Lake District (aka. The Lakes or county Cumbria) is inspiringly beautiful, written [ ]
The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you. —Werner Heisenberg, one of the founders of quantum science. One of the strangest myths of the modern age is that science has somehow figured things out. People speak [ ]