Looking at replacing the unhealthy habit of smoking with exercise-based habits, or other interventions, to improve health and reduce tobacco dependence.
Healthy Living
Helicobactor Pylori… Friend AND Foe?
Given how long H. pylori has been associated with humans as a gastric commensal microbe, it is likely that colonization confers some benefit and is pathogenic only in specific settings.
The Power of the Small
Research and knowledge about the microbiome is showing that Bacteria are not all bad – will we continue trying to control it, or learn to work with it in a more biodynamic manner?
The High Cost of Pharma Bias
When COVID-19 first hit the US, I was surprised and happy to see the corporate news stories about the use of high-dose intravenous vitamin C as a treatment. But it soon became clear that NIH and CDC officials were more interested in finding pharmaceutical answers. The US Biomedical Advanced Research […]
Looking Past the Headlines
Corporate news media tends to oversell some aspects of a topic, and undersell, or ignore others completely, leading to a need to ignore second-hand research, and do your own.
What is Health?
Is health the absence of disease, or is there more to it? Jule Klotter asks the question ‘what is health?’, in this timely post.
Placebo Effect on Plants?
Have you ever tried an experiment that produced results beyond your wildest expectations? Late in March, I noticed that my little Meyer lemon tree, which had lived happily in its pot for a couple years, had developed a red rust (a fungus) on its leaves. I tried wiping it off, […]
Bread, the Staff of Life?
The hybridized wheat produced in the US has different protiens than ‘traditional’ strains of wheat, and is treated with chemicals banned in other countries.
Hydrotherapy
Hydrotherapy increases immune response, promotes relaxation, improves digestion, and reduces inflammation.
The Hazy View of Environmental Protection
…Monsanto has long known that the herbicide and its active ingredient glyphosate are not as safe as the company claims…