Let's pretend for a moment that we live in 1469AD in a coastal village named Lisbon You have this great all around brother who is a man of the seas You'd take walks along the beach with him and look out over the ocean and muse with each other, "I wonder if what everybody says is true, I mean that the world is flat. That's what the paintings depict That we might sail to the edge of the table and go into an abyss" Well, Chris didn't think so He used to say(in Genoese, of course) "That's garbage! Academic scholars... Continue reading

There's a lot spoken these days about seeking your passion, developing your passion, , living your passion In other words living life with purpose Passion is like an insatiable furnace that has to be fed "Feed me, feed me", it says So today I'd like to address this passion from a health perspective Health as a Passion What? Health and passion? I believe we're all interested in living a healthy life Right? It's hardwired into us from birth as an aspect of survival of the species So it would be natural if we would be passionate about our own survival... Continue reading

“For diet, conventional wisdom often recommends ‘everything in moderation,’ with a focus only on total calories consumed,” says Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, an associate professor of medicine and epidemiology at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and lead author of the study. “Our results demonstrate that the quality of the diet — the types of food and beverages that one consumes — is strongly linked to weight gain.” This most recent nutritional study brings up for us some food for thought(no pun intended) Leisure Food There are foods that we use as comfort or snack foods that come up... Continue reading

Lifestyle is the buzzword these days as how to effect change and hence health in one's life I think that there are some important aspects before you decide to jump into this type of work of getting a coach to help you along your road to improving your health Choose the Philosophy First This blog is to introduce to those who are interested in a different way of seeing the human biology and its physiology The mindbody is both a matter and an energy field So the coach who has a matter(molecular) way of seeing the mindbody will carry that... Continue reading

From an energy science nutritional view coffee is not a healthy drink It provokes all three energy patterns, Vata(energy of movement), Pitta(energy of transformation), Kapha(energy of stability) Due to stimulant effect it provides too much mobility and hence provokes Vata and Pitta and the pungent post digestive effect provokes Pitta The sweetness(heavy, oily, static) usually associated with the drink provokes Kapha I know this is a debilitating thought for those of us who need our cup of Joe in the morning to get started And so what the heck go ahead and have it But for those interested in alternatives... Continue reading

Jeanne Calment holds the title of the eldest senior citizen on the planet who made it to 122 The energy sciences tell us that 120 should be the normal lifespan for us humans Not surprisingly many of us are not only interested in living long lives but in talking with friends and patients over the years we also want to see productive lives in our later years The current matter science medical discipline and its research has studied this issue molecularly but from an energy science view this whole thing about aging will defy the contemporary molecular probings You're Only... Continue reading

NBA playoffs Time to kick back and watch the game Oh, BTW how about a couple of frosties to go along with it Life is good! An Observation OK, the Mavs win and now I notice that I'm hungry Well having had my biggest meal of the day at noon I figure I should be a wee bit hungry at 83o at night But there was something more about this hunger that I have experienced before after drinking a couple of regular sized beers Needless to say with no food in the house(wife is out of town) I head to... Continue reading

Whole Foods has just been taken to another level!! With Pitta provocation in good fun Check this out Until tomorrow Ciao To health as a Skill Love DrBill Continue reading

It's never too late!!! to make lifestyle changes that can change your health Enjoy as you read about this research story Eyeballs and Health Quit smoking, and your eyes will thank you An in-depth study of smoking and eye health in Wisconsin, The Beaver Dam Eye Study, yielded some eye-opening results Those who quit smoking for at least five years had about the same risk of developing macular degeneration as those who had never smoked at all In another study, former smokers who had quit at least 10 years earlier had a risk of cataracts 21 to 17 percent lower... Continue reading

In September of 2010 medical talk show celebrity Dr Mehmet Oz was found to have a colonic polyp Since polyps can be premalignant Mehmet was shocked(healthy guy who tries to be healthy by matter science standards) and understandably grateful that his profession prevented a possible malignancy from occurring It was heralded as a significant event not only as colon cancer prevention but once again showed the matter science medical model's authentic value at finding disease in it's earliest stage Screening Works We may remember another celeb then President Ronald Reagan's colonic history in the 1980's He showed a couple of... Continue reading

The USDA recently revamped the public nutritional roadmap replacing the much maligned pyramid with a plate And while the plate removes some criticisms about the pyrimid it still raises in my mind the efficacy of nutritional advice in general The Need for a Standard Throughout human history there has always been the need to create standards by which a group operates whether it be nutritional science or any science for that matter The standard creation allows us to move along and build on our past data base No doubt the well meaning need for a standard in nutrition for its... Continue reading

An infographic that appeared recently shows the tremendous growth that has been going on over the last 50 years It's interesting for a number of reasons but to me the most salient aspect is that fast is getting faster Movement Is IN The term "fast food" actually says it all We are "on the run" and need that food FAST The visual I like is the runner in some form of race cruising by the water station, handed a paper cup of water It's enough to wet the mouth He quickly downs the water, throws the crumpled cup on the... Continue reading

"I can eat anything and as much as I want NO problem!" We may have heard friends when we were young relate that they had the proverbial "cast iron stomach" But Wait! Our friend, we should say, COULD eat anything but as the years go by the "cast iron stomach" melts There occurs days of reckoning where what once was strong digestion is no longer the case Nature catches up eventually and the good ole days are of the past The mindbody and its digestion can no longer handle the abuse Cast Iron Redefined What happened? How does the mindbody... Continue reading

If we're really hungry, so hungry that we'll just about eat anything, there is nothing better than the sweet taste Reach for the Snickers or any refined sugar and whew! relief Some of us may not have experienced this kind of appetite but I bring this up because from an energy science nutritional view it shows how the qualities of hot and cold work Hot and Hungry The appetite carries the hot quality When we get hungry from an energy science view our GI tract is hot and ready for the experience of food and the mindbody says, "Feed me,... Continue reading

Foods are healing, no doubt I think we have heard of some Cranberry juice for urinary tract infections, tomatoes for prostate health, whole grain bread for fiber, Starbucks for a pick me up, energy drinks for pep, and fast food, quick easy, and dependable Now some of these choices are considered healing but is that based on nutritional myths or sound science? But let's consider the present science of nutrition Contemporary View of Foods From a molecular or matter science way of viewing nutrition foods are less important than the "healing molecules"that foods bring based on a present biochemical understanding... Continue reading

You may have heard or experienced the traffic device called the roundabout Popular in Europe and worldover they are being used in the States now and they periodically show up in our communities as in mine over the last 5 years Direction of Flow The interesting thing about roundabouts is the guidance they provide for drivers to direct traffic But there is no person hired by the city to do this guidance It's done by us! We ourselves provide guidance for ourselves And we do it very efficiently As a matter of fact there have even been mathematical models studying... Continue reading

"Mildred, I've got some good news and bad news," said Dr Jones "The good news is that you don't have a urinary tract infection by your culture But the bad news is that I don't know why you have these symptoms of frequency and burning" But then Mildred proceeds tell Dr Jones that the antibiotic that he prescribed before the culture results were back actually made her feel better Now both are scratching their heads But in the end Mildred doesn't care because her symptoms are better And Dr Jones is happy his patient got better and that's all that... Continue reading

Food is considered medicine So said Hippocrates, one of the four founding fathers of the current matter science tradition practiced today As a matter of fact the energy science medical discipline relates that there is nothing on the planet that doesn't have medicinal value in small amounts Spices as Concentrated Food Foods such as spices are largely misunderstood since they are viewed as foods that make foods taste better or improve the interest of food But spices are very important from a digestive point of view They enhance digestive fire that helps our overall digestion, absorption, and elimination of the... Continue reading

The mindbody yearns to be in balance That is its natural state From an energy science view what interferes with that balance is our choices that create imbalance Heartburn For example if we carry too much of the hot quality in the stomach which results in heartburn(hot quality in the area of the heart) which is labeled as acid indigestion Of course we should be checked out to be sure that it's really not heart in origin with appropriate testing either at your doctor's office or in the emergency room If we continue to put more of the hot quality... Continue reading

Molecules even though we can't see them are measurable Our low cholesterol is reassuringly healthy The biological way we do our matter science healing is satisfying enough When we measure the protein, fat, and carbohydrates in our foods consumed we are reassured that we are maximizing healthy nutrition But nowadays it seems that it's the only way to view the world The world of form satisfies us Energy Science Nutrition and Less Form In a recent blog Seth Godin talks about the trust of the invisible Godin writes, "..just about every decision we make has to do with things that... Continue reading

The hardest thing we do in life is change our lifestyles to more health promoting ones But guaranteed if we do this kind of work we will save money by reducing our health care expense because one thing is certain right now just as inevitable as death and taxes Our health care costs will be going up, so get ready! Brushing Our Teeth-The Value of Ritual Probably the best way to captivate the mindbody's attention and get it to listen to a wanted change is to build it into our ritualistic sequence of the day Just like brushing our teeth... Continue reading

Is it possible we don't know how to eat? Really, did anyone instruct us on how to do it? It's one of those primal activities that we do but the model doesn't come with an instruction manual Supposedly our parents provide the manual Intentional Nutrition Well, the energy science of Ayurveda from which this wisdom of health comes makes a basic premise that at times is forgotten but stands at the heart of taking in food It's not surprising that intention plays a pivotal role in nourishing the mindbody Intention excludes a lot of what nourishment is not Intention means... Continue reading

We may have heard that aluminum pots and pans may be associated with Alzheimer's but that link has been debunked Like many myths that occur in our lifetimes they die hard but nonetheless there are many myths that get started by well meaning matter scientists but often we grab at them and make them fact Cell phones and brain cancer; cell phones and memory loss in elderly; recently covered autism and vaccinations("the vaccine injured"); megavitamins prevent all forms of diseases Limitations of Matter Science Measurement is king in the matter science world How do we choose anything these days but... Continue reading

Well known author Steve Pressfield recently completed Do the Work and was interviewed about his lifetime journey with his struggle with the resistance field that we call the mind What I find intriguing about Pressfield's comments about writing and finding one's purpose in life is that it applies in all areas of our lives whenever we are "up against it"(resistance = mind field) Pressfield's Life Observations "I just ran away from it for so long and in so many different avenues that proved to be dead ends, that I just ran out of places to run to So the pain... Continue reading

How does a celebrity become a star? What characteristics do they have that we don't? How does a person rise to "stardom"? I'm sure that all of us, even stars themselves, ask these questions In watching interviews occasionally on CNN with Piers Morgan, the typical response to the question "What happened to lead to your success?" The answer usually is, "Gosh, I'm just a very lucky person" Is It Really Luck? Some people would say it isn't really luck The person brings to life certain qualities such as looks, acting, singing, dancing, speaking talent that allows popular performance in the... Continue reading