Gain and loss in every decision In one of the episodes of “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey”, Neil deGrasse Tyson said something interesting that I want to repeat to make a point. He said that when we turned on the electricity…
Let us tell an old story anew, and we will see how well you know it. Our story begins with a beloved US president Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower and the heart attack he suffered in September 1955. Pressure was put…
We have been through this fascinating journey of health via nutrition, Elinor (my partner) and I. It has changed our lives forever and we cannot look back. It is easy to dismiss someone asking what you eat and how you…
I decided to write this post after hearing many people describing themselves as ‘healthy’ without even understanding what a ‘chronic patient’ is. You see, as someone who, as a child, frequented the local family doctor and local pharmacy, I remembered…
I have spent more than half of my life being sick and an unfortunate recipient of our modern Healthcare system. This is what I’ve learned about it all: The Healthcare system is mostly about dealing with symptoms, not actual health…
Twenty years ago I was living my life the same as most people. I was waking up to a boring routine of fear and necessity most people live their entire lives in. There I was going to work and participating…
For years I agreed with this idiom and thought I knew why it made sense. Ignorant people spend less time worrying and more time enjoying life, or do they really? A change of heart A few years back I saw…
A short disclaimer This post is written around my opinions and I do not intend to bring evidence of any kind for what is written here. You may take it as an opinion but science exists to support most of…
It has become one of those things you just let pass you by because they are obviously a fact, aren’t they? Fitness equals health, it is written in all the papers. Now before I raise some serious issues with that…
