When in doubt, try nettles. — David Hoffman, Fellow, National Institute of Medical Herbalists On February 29, I boarded a red eye in San Francisco after five joyful days worshiping at the majestic, chakric altar of Mount Shasta. Less than six hours later, I landed in a parallel universe in which grocery stores were being …
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It’s All About the Germs!
We’ve been arguing about germs for a long time. They first said germs do not exist Ignaz Semmelweis (1816-1865), a Hungarian physician, died in an insane asylum in 1865 at the age of 47. He was committed there for suggesting that childbed fever and deaths were being caused by germs; germs on the filthy hands of …
Infant Vaccine Schedule Endangers the Immune System
Over the past 30 years the vaccine schedule for infants has greatly increased. Babies born in 2017 can receive as many as 36 doses of 14 vaccines by 15 months of age starting with the Hepatitis B vaccine on the day of birth. Untested schedule, knowledge severely lacking The quantity and combination of vaccines in …
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Sperm Killers and Rising Male Infertility
The sperm density of American males may be declining at a rate of 1.5 percent per year. In my latest piece in The American Conservative I investigate what’s driving this alarming decline in sperm quality and why even amid an historic expansion of government’s role in health care, male infertility has merited little discussion in mainstream discourse. …
The Antidote to Electromagnetic Radiation? PEMF Therapy
It’s time for an electrosmog protection plan called PEMF or Pulsed Electromagnetic Field therapy or just plain “pulsed field.” The cell phone is the most adopted consumer technology ever. Just because these devices, and the requisite WiFi and cellular radiation that brings them to life, are indispensable, coveted, and omnipresent, however, doesn’t mean they’re safe. This …
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The Ethics of Eating Meat
Note: I am adding a new first paragraph that includes the comments I just wrote in response to a reader on 2/11/19. How dare you eat meat? I know anger isn’t effective. I’m also sympathetic. There’s no shortage of things to be angry about. I have many friends and acquaintances who are vegan. Most are …
Do Vaccines Cause Cancer?
I know people will be immediately furious with the title — do vaccines cause cancer? Absolutely irresponsible! What’s wrong with you? This is why your movement will never get anywhere! You think everything bad is caused by vaccines! Be mad, if you must, but keep reading. Progress never happens by silencing contrarian voices. This post …
Imagine the Perfect Vaccine
Editor’s note: Perfect vaccine, eh? If you mutter something about the perfect oxymoron, I wouldn’t blame you. For the 70+ doses of 16 vaccines children receive today, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of health coming through that needle. Over half of US kids are chronically ill and parents are expressing a lot of concerns …