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Why only 10% of science makes you healthier

Actually it’s probably less than 10% but we’ll never know exactly.

The problem with most science is that it is based on these ideas that we consider false:

  1. that one can only be sure of facts that are measurable
  2. that one can measure everything with existing equipment
  3. that one can only be sure of facts that are repeatable
  4. that ultimate truth exists
  5. that material and spirit are two different things
  6. that one gets objective, genuine results from industry sponsored research
  7. that something is impossible if it doesn’t fit in known theories
  8. that one can fool nature without understanding holistic laws
  9. that making disappear symptoms is curing desease
  10. that the doctor knows best and the patient be patient, shut their mouth and just obey
  11. that food should be different from medication
  12. that using chemicals that are isolated from their natural context will not destroy the body and health
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I’ll never forget the argument of a philosopher, called Etienne Vermeersch, in a discussion about metaphysics on a national TV channel. He stated:

It cannot be true because it is impossible.

That is how a lot of scientists think. Isn’t this arrogant? It is costing a lot of lives, because therefore many good therapies are banned from hospitals and insurance, while they have proved to work. (more…)


Macrobiotic diet: is it still relevant?

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Many years ago I used to deal a lot with the macrobiotic diet, once introduced by Georges Ohsawa from Japan, who died of a heart attack. The big question is whether it is beneficial for our health. Nowadays a lot of these points turned out to be not so healthy in my opinion. The main points that are at least food for discussion:

  1. Drink less and drink only when you are thirsty <— recent studies show that a lot of people don’t drink enough, elderly in particular, and drinking more (good) water is beneficial in general.
  2. Eat mostly grains <— it turns out that these grains, and particularly wheat, have foodstuffs in them as a defense by nature, to slow down digestion and lots of people have difficulties digesting the gluten in the grains.
  3. Use a lot of sea salt <— sea salt contains much more minerals than “kitchen salt”, but at the same time it is important to keep the work of the kidneys within moderate levels, without too much sea salt.
  4. Every kind of food can be put on a scale of yin and yang and used accordingly <— well, the world appears to be much more complicated than yin and yang. You can’t say this condition or that food is more yin or yang, because they are very complicated combinations and this simplistic yin-yang taxonomy just isn’t enough to be useful.

So after all, we learned a lot about healthy diets and personally dismissed this macrobiotic diet. Judge for yourself though. Nevertheless it’s quite possible that people increased their health with macrobiotics, because if you are living the average way of life with heaps of refined sugar, unhealthy fats, coke, beer, additives, meat, non-organic food, etc., any change in diet will be an improvement.

What are your experiences with macrobiotics? Your comments are much appreciated.


GMO test field destroyed by protesters

On May 30th 2011, a group of activists destroyed a field with genetically modified potatoes in Belgium. The university of Ghent was testing modified plants with permission of the Belgian government.

Potato plants on a field
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A few days later a scientist of another university K.U.L. was fired, just for explaining motives of the action to the press. This triggered a new protest action and petition against these university measures.

One can ask the question though if this is the best way to try to stop GMO experiments, because the university now has decided to go on and to even take measurements for doing these experiments in secret in the future. Of course some farmers (more…)


Poison in disguise: Aspartame upgraded to Neotame

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Neotame is also used (as Sweetos) to camouflage the taste of “less fresh” animal food, so that cattle is eating it nevertheless. (more…)


Shortest road to solve hunger: agro-ecology?


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Just say no to GMO’s



All objective comments welcome.

Spread the word in any possible way. Thanks. (more…)


The Blue Buddha: Lost Secrets of Tibetan Medicine – documentary

“Twelve hundred years ago the people of Tibet developed a comprehensive medical system. They understood how the mind affects the body. They knew subtle ways of changing the body’s chemistry with medicines made from plants and minerals. They blessed their medicines in lengthy rituals. And they encoded this knowledge in a series of elaborate paintings called thangkas. Blue Buddha: Lost Secrets of Tibetan Medicine traces the odyssey of traditional Tibetan medicine from it’s roots in ancient Tibet, to a worldwide interest in it’s traditional medical wisdom. (more…)


Is GM food slipping in from the back door?



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