We can ask again; how did we get to this point of widespread chronic diseases and obesity? Didn’t our ancestors know how to eat and how to have healthy children? In order for the industrial food industry to have the much-needed authority, old ancestral knowledge of food use and preparation had to be depicted as […]
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Ok, before I get to a few deeply religious thinkers, let’s remind ourselves how this works: Official, powerful theories come from industry sanctioned positions of authority and big money. As stated in my previous blogs, an idea has to be subsidised in order to take root. We could say that we follow a “Diet
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Mr Cholesterol! Dr Keys or Mr Cholesterol recommended reducing saturated fat in one’s diet to only 4%, as the only way of lowering cholesterol and saving yourself from heart disease. He also believed that industrial seed oils would help prevent heart disease. It is, however, well-recorded (Times magazine 13Jan. 1961) that this man never followed
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I ended the last blog with comparing ideas with plants needing nourishment. In the world of science certain ideas are given plenty of nourishment, while others present themselves, and then, wither and die. Oils an’t Oils Industry made seed oil (should not be called vegetable oil) received plenty of nourishment from all the important places.
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Rereading the first few lines from a book published in 1928 got me thinking. If there is any truth in the passage below, how are we to know, then, what is knowledge and what is belief? Here it is: “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an
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Guasha and Bioptron Light Treatment Well, the title itself is a mouthful so we need some short definitions to start us off into another topic about health, with concentration on our faces and skin in general. Certainly not too much concentration as any excess may cause wrinkles. Facial: Care for the face that usually involves
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