Always Learning Your body constantly updates the information it receives. It learns. Through that learning it regenerates itself, remaking itself constantly. Most of your heart is replaced in about three days. Change is the true constant. You’re never the same from second to second. For what you do is what you become. The experiences you […]
Should we pay for prevention? Making health the goal of health care (5/24/12)
Making Health the Goal of Health Care How much do practitioners get paid to prevent illness and regenerate people’s health? Most of the time – zero. How much do doctors get paid to treat long standing, chronic illness? Depending on health insurance – which prefers some illnesses to others – the sky’s the limit. Why […]
Getting healthy through nature (5/14/12)
Getting Well Naturally There are many different ways to get and feel well. One of the simplest is to spend time in nature. But why does it work? Perhaps because we’re hardwired to live and enjoy natural environments. Professor Catherine Ward Thompson recently explained to the BBC that one theory that “our whole neuroendocrine system […]
Social health – getting you and the economy better (4/24/12)
Health and Economics Out of 33 countries considered to possess a “developed” economy, there is one that does not have universal health coverage. That country is the US. Historians argue why we are such an outlier. Not only do we not possess universal health care coverage, but national policies rarely reward health as the goal […]
Is chocolate healthy for me? (4/16/12)
Is Chocolate Truly Healthy? Is what some Aztecs considered the “food of the gods” capable of making you live long and well? The answer so far is “definitely maybe.” Like coffee, tea, and alcohol, chocolate is a food-drug which has been around for thousands of years. It can do much for you – both well […]