If you are not familiar with the phrase “yo yo dieting” it means the tendency to start a diet, often with great enthusiasm, to lose weight for a while, then to stop the diet and regain the weight lost, often … Continue reading
Nausea is a frequent symptom of women who are in their first three months of pregnancy. It is often called “morning sickness,” although it can happen at any time of day. Some estimate that it happens in over half of … Continue reading
Today I am going to present three items that you can use to begin to manage weight control problems more effectively. They will include another concept to help orient you, a powerful tool to help uncover causes and a list … Continue reading
There is a stereotype in the US that everyone who is overweight is an over-eater. The more overweight a person is, the more of a glutton he or she is judged to be. While I see this as pervasive in … Continue reading
For about thirty years, now, I have been treating people with weight control problems. This is a lot of folks. Thousands. I started treating this health problem as a dietitian before going to medical school. In fact, one of my … Continue reading
Looking back, the first indications we had that the scientific assumptions that underlay modern healthcare were limiting us were not seen in medicine, they became apparent in the physics lab. In the early twentieth century, research findings began to be … Continue reading
What we know today as western medicine began to dramatically diverge from the rest of the world’s healing traditions about three centuries ago. The main changes did not start within the existing traditions themselves, though, they began as a response … Continue reading
Inflation is nearly guaranteed as a consequence of the worldview of modern medicine. I believe this is true of all modern medicine worldwide, but I will be focusing on how this applies to the US for now. Our current medical … Continue reading
This is the first article of another new series about the problems that modern healthcare creates for both the economy of a western country like the US and the citizens who ultimately foot the bill for this healthcare. I have … Continue reading
Science and Spirit 