About 20 years ago good studies began to appear in leading journals noting that the real problem with arterial disease is not cholesterol, but sugar. This was at that time and probably still is now, a bit shocking to those who have unquestioningly accepted Big Pharma’s demonizing of c

The current issue of the National Geographic magazine (March 2015) has an article by Mr. Achenbach, a Washington Post staff writer. He opines that any questioning of “established scientific facts” demonstrates ignorance, denial, and even conspiratorial beliefs. He cites opposition to

Mr. X came in last week to tell me about his sad experience with a medical doctor–a scientist if you wish. Unfortunately, it represents that of many other patients through our country. According to Mr. X his doctor dismissed him from his practice because he refused to take a sta

“Entering” the New Year has renewed my cravings for new visions and new paradigms. This is singularly imperative since the old ones are not serving us well. Finishing the book ENTERING THE SHIFT AGE by David Houle about this time has helped me crystallize these ideas. Houle notes that

If you like milk it does not matter what science says; you will likely continue to drink it regardless of the harm you may be incurring.It’s also likely you will agree that any negative reports about milk is the equivalent of denigrating the American flag, apple pie, motherhood,

Surely you have noticed how suddenly generic drugs’ prices have gone up 5-10 times.[1] Given the history of lying and outright fraud associated with Big Pharma you and I suspect some sordid deal cooking in secretive corporate meeting rooms. Some will cynically maintain that this is ho

Soon there will be calorie counts on just about everything you consume, including concession stands at the movies. It won’t work. Sure, we all want to curve the obesity epidemic weighing down our society. But, this is an ill-conceived measure, little more than a PR move from Big

Despite previous examples of hyped-up viruses and bugs threatening to wipe put the entire human species, the media and the public yet again repeat this history, obviously having failed to learn from the past. This is not to say that Ebola is not a serious disease, but that ignoring so