The History of Medicine

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Adaptability?Frequency vs. Content
I had the following conversation with my wife yesterday. What matters more (in terms of overall health and well-being): the frequency of eating OR the content of the food we eat? Obviously BOTH matter, but here is the argument for if you had to either have control over one (frequency of eating) vs. the other (content [...]
Two quick hormone thoughts
1.) In a recently published study, low Vitamin D levels were associated with higher rates of heart disease and heart attack. Bottom line, this is more proof that getting Vitamin D3 (25-OH) levels to greater than 60 is a worthwhile goal. 2.) Low testosterone levels in men have been found to increase the chances of getting [...]

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2000 BC

Here, eat this root.

1000 BC

That root is heathen. Here, say this prayer.

1805 AD

That prayer is superstition. Here, drink this potion.

1940 AD

That potion is snake oil. Here, swallow this pill.

1985 AD

That pill is ineffective. Here, take this antibiotic.

2000 AD

That antibiotic doesn’t work anymore. Here, eat this root….

–Unknown

Happy Monday! I would add (quite literally):

2010 AD

This root, that root, how do we know what works for me? Here, take this test and we can tell you

Diane Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 11:48 am
“On the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food….Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing” (Ez 47:12)

This is an interesting article about healing plants:
http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/SFS/an0304.asp
Carole Wayne King Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
There was no test at the end — it would have been interesting!