Jun 15, 2020
Beware of NUTRITION scams on the Social Media
It usually begins with a man and occasionally a woman, well dressed and well kempt, wearing surgical scrubs or a white coat with something like. DR…. embroidered on to it.…
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Medical Themes: <span>Metabolic Health</span>
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May 15, 2020
SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH: A CONCEPT WHOSE TIME HAS COME FOR DOCTORS TO UNDERSTAND
NEJM or New England Journal of Medicine or when in context of a medical conversation truncated to New England, is the leading medical publishing house in the USA. We are…
May 15, 2020
EAT ORGANIC WHEN YOU CAN.. IT WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE
The nutrition education in the USA has been guided by commercial interests and ignorance of the general public, reeling with so much information thrown at them in a haphazard fashion.…
May 15, 2020
OBESITY IN THE LAND OF THE YOGIS. INDIA HAS THE FATTEST AND THE LEANEST …
I have been lucky to include India in my wanderings around the world, despite the fact that my visits are always short lived, a matter of days and it is…
May 15, 2020
DONT KNOCK THE COCCONUT OIL .. JUST FIND OUT WHETHER IT IS GOOD FOR YOUR GENES ..
The Effect of Coconut Oil Consumption on Cardiovascular Risk Factors A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials When I first saw this article title, I thought of my Polynesian…
May 15, 2020
INFLAMMATION ASSOCIATED CHRONIC DISEASES: A TIME TO REEVALUATE OUR MEDICAL APPROACHES
I remember that day clearly, at a clinic for indigenous people. The doctor to whom I was speaking was a Pakistani, who was working in that remote location, fulfilling requirements…
May 15, 2020
SCIENCE IN THE TIME OF SOCIAL ISOLATION
We are in social isolation and the rhythm of life has changed. One of the advantages has been the time that has become available to read Scientific and Anthropological journals.…
Apr 15, 2020
TROUBADOURS OF TRAGEDY….. LISTEN TO THE DOCTORS WHO ARE LOOKING AFTER PATIENTS RATHER THAN NUMBER CRUNCHERS
American Epidemiologists, in anthropological parlance, are referred to as, those troubadours of tragedy. Always ready to incite fear, they might begin an article with” in 2040 there would be 500…
Apr 15, 2020
ARE THE MEXICAN AMERICANS BEING SAVED BY THEIR INDIAN BLOOD ADMIXTURE ? IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
ARE THE MEXICAN AMERICANS BEING SAVED BY THEIR INDIAN BLOOD ADMIXTURE ? IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 I have had the pleasure of visiting Indigenous groups in most of the…
Apr 15, 2020
HOW TO DETECT FAKE NEWS AT THIS TIME OF CORONA AND A BIT OF ADVICE FROM SADHGURU ABOUT SPENDING TIME ON YOURSELVES
HOW TO DETECT FAKE NEWS IN THE TIME OF CORONA I think the majority of what is being circulated as news and events in the internet, especially in the Social…
Apr 15, 2020
WHY ARE SO FEW IN INDIA DYING IN THIS PANDEMIC. AND SWEDEN WITHOUT LOCKDOWN. BE CAREFUL TO INTERPRET DATA
If you are used to reading scientific articles especially in Medicine, you can see the commentaries in the popular press distorting the data. At no time has it been true…
Apr 15, 2020
THRIFTY GENE, DR.MARCELA LeBEAU AND SNP ON ABCA1 GENE: A CENTURY OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND DIABETES
Thrifty Gene, Dr. Marcela LeBeau and SNP on ABCA1 gene. A century of American Indians and Diabetes When I first read about J.V.Neel’s Thrifty gene theory, I was immediately attracted…