July 31, 2026


Hello healers,

I think you'll find this issue especially engaging. It is full of fascinating research and history and help us look at familiar subjects in new ways.

Jacob Schor begins with his amazing journey to Egypt and a chance encounter with khella, a traditional herbal medicine. What follows is a captivating story that weaves together ancient healing traditions, the history of cardiovascular medicine, and the birth of placebo-controlled clinical trials.

Donnie Yance takes on another important and controversial topic: cholesterol, longevity, and the widespread use of statins. Drawing on research involving centenarians and older adults from around the world, he challenges some of the assumptions that have shaped cardiovascular medicine for decades. It's an in-depth examination of a subject that affects millions of people.

The other articles in this issue are equally thought provoking, exploring how botanicals interact with complex biological systems, how our habits and emotional patterns shape our lives, how emerging technologies may influence weight loss care, and how we might better understand the health effects of our increasingly electrified environment.

Thank you to our contributors for sharing their research, experience, and curiosity, and to you, our readers, for supporting thoughtful discussion across the full spectrum of health and healing.

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Best wishes for good health and healing,

Ben


By Jacob Schor, ND - In 1772, William Heberden invented the term angina pectoris to describe its symptoms of chest pain. Angina was an invented name, a cross between words used to describe sore throat, anger, and anguish, so that angina pectoris meant something like...

By Donnie Yance, CN, MH, RH(AHG) - I've seen countless patients improve their health not through aggressive pharmaceutical intervention, but through fundamental lifestyle changes: eating real food, moving their bodies, managing stress, cultivating relationships, and finding purpose. These interventions work with our biology, not against...

by Gary Null, PhD - What do we normally use to overcome obstacles? Fear, anger, uncertainty, envy, jealousy. Think of how many times you have been motivated by jealousy. What if, instead, you simply had love? Do you know what love can do to a...

By Rob Lamberton, BSc, FNTP, FDN-P(c) - One of the most practically important observations in nutritional science is that most compounds influence multiple signaling axes simultaneously — and that this multi-axis influence is not a pharmacological complication but an intrinsic feature of how botanical compounds...

Review by Patricia S. Lemer, MEd. LPC - Plant, animal, and human biology use electromagnetic radiation as light to survive, through photosynthesis, circadian rhythms, and the production of life-sustaining substances such as melatonin and Vitamin D. An over-abundance of ionizing radiation from higher frequencies of...

By Matthew Melnick, Founder, Thinnr Weight Loss - I want to walk through what we actually observed, be honest about what the data is and is not, make the case for why the delivery mechanism matters as much as the intervention itself, and argue that...

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