by | Jun 6, 2015 | Diet, Food, Health, Nutrition
At home treatment for colds Almost all strains of the common cold-causing viruses are able to survive for considerable lengths of time in the generally cooler environments of the nose than the warmer lung environments. This occurs in part because immune system defence... 
by | Jun 6, 2015 | Health
Colds and influenza are generally regarded as a part of our everyday lives and are seen by many as an inevitable result of living in our modern world, particularly during the colder months. Although they are common in our communities, science has not been able to... 
by | Jun 6, 2015 | Health, Meditation, Mind, Personality, raja yoga, spirituality
Why does one person give their life for another, when another will take advantage of those around them just to feel significant? What is it that drives one person to higher purpose and another to depravity? What is the living urge that shapes our actions, thoughts,... 
by | Apr 20, 2015 | Diet, Ecology, Food, Health, Paleo
Biologists, evolutionary psychologists and anthropologists point to our hunter-gatherer ancestry to explain much of human behaviour today. But what if the roots of humanity lie not broadly in adaptation to nature but strongly influenced in adapting to a communal life... 
by | Apr 20, 2015 | allergies, Autoimmune Disease, Diet, Food, Gluten-free, Grain-free, Health, Paleo
There are more than 100 trillion microbes that are part of the ecology of the human body, and most have remained largely unstudied. It is now known that changes to the ecology of body organs, in particular the gastrointestinal tract, contribute to a variety of... 
by | Dec 19, 2014 | Health, Immune system
Most of us carry the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) but many have never heard of it and fewer still know what it actually is. You may know of it as the Glandular Fever virus. When I was at university in the 70s it was known as the ‘Kissing Virus’ or ‘College Virus’ because...