Medicine, culture, travel, food, healing, and human stories from my archive. Start with a trail, search for a memory, or move by year.
Roads, meals, clinics, and human encounters.The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Everyone knows of my obsession with Persia IRAN, something dating back to the time when we had some family connection to that land. As I grew up I became enchanted…
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…
When I discuss the inhuman US blockade of Cuba for the past sixty years, many naive americans would say including the cunning politicians of miami fascist front that Cuba is…
A FANTASTIC DAY IN SOCIAL ISOLATION ? NO ANXIETY NO FEAR BUT SHEER JOY OF FRIENDS FROM NEAR AND FAR. 30 APRIL 2020 IN MIAMI WHICH IS UNDER LOCKDOWN The…
Para escapar do coronavírus, Yanomami se refugiam no interior da Floresta To escape the Coronavirus, Yanomami take refuge in the Interior of the Forest My Heart is Broken tonight It…
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…
COORS BELLY OR CORONA BELLY ? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE When I was growing up in Australia, BEER BELLY was a common phenomenon to be seen as this photograph by…
I am in the USA at the moment and the Corona virus has caused a panic in like many parts of the world. While they claim that they are doing…
ENTOMOLOGY would have been one of the first words in my vocabulary that I could remember as a child. But what was the path to that knowledge? What language did…
I am an Endocrinologist, a physician who studies the function and dysfunction of various hormones in our body. Most people would have heard of Oestrogen, Testosterone, Thyroid hormones at least,…
The first ever indigenous group that I worked with was a traditional group of American Indians who lived in their own little territory deep inside the USA. I was completely…
I had a trip planned to South East Asia, and anyone who has read the News would admit that this is not the time for frivolous travel to the East.…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE I am a Physician specializing in Endocrinology, which is a specialty which has always been micro-molecular in its outlook and depth. As…
Today is a Saturday, 11.1.2020 and the morning is lovely and tender here in Miami. I arrived here yesterday evening after a long and tedious flight on American Airlines (on…
The sultanate of Oman is without doubt my favourite Muslim country, the friendliest Arab country that I have visited. The Omani people are just friendly open humble and very hospitable.…
In this crazy world we are living in at the moment, whether large scale demonstrations in India or mass slaughtering of the protesters in Iran or jihadists knifing non believers…
I enjoy my visits to Siem Reap. Long gone are the days of looking at the archeological ruins which i have visited numerous times. This year 2019 I think I…
When I began working with the Indigenous people, I noticed that their metabolism of certain foods differed from their fellow countrymen of European origin. At the same time, observations had…
