Dec 15, 2020
THE PUZZLE OF VITAMIN D
THE PUZZLE OF VITAMIN D It was very exciting to study about Vitamin D metabolism while we were medical students. Called Sunshine Vitamin it was manufactured in the skin from…
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Nov 15, 2020
AN EXPERIMENT ON MYSELF: HOW MUCH DOES MY BLOOD SUGAR RISE ? RICE BAD FOR YOU? DOES IT MATTER WHO COOKS FOR YOU ? QUALITY OF FOOD?
Australia which gave us some excellent Nutritional leaders and pioneering research in Nutrition, lately has ben sending cut and paste articles on Nutrition on various websites. As Harari would say…
Nov 15, 2020
PLEASE DO NOT COME TO CAMBODIA AND TELL PEOPLE NOT TO EAT RICE… WITHOUT CONTEXT WORDS HAVE NO MEANING (MERLEAU-PONTY)
NUTRITIONAL EXPERTS AND LACK OF CONTEXT I am an Endocrinologist, educated in London, Melbourne and Miami and that doe not mean I would be very successful in Siem Reap, Cambodia…
Nov 15, 2020
WHEN WOULD BRAZILIANS BEGIN TO TREAT THEIR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AS EQUALS? WHOSE LAND IT IS ANYWAY?
The Video is Silent Killer Coronavirus in the Amazon I heard from my Ticuna friends that they were also relying upon the remedies from the Forest to fight this disease.…
Nov 15, 2020
WHAT BROUGHT THE MAGIC OF TRAVEL TO ME ?
En Akaba dejó la huella de su mano en la pared de los abrevaderos. En Gdynia se lamentó por haber perdido sus papeles en una riña de taberna, pero no…
Nov 15, 2020
AS WE BEGIN TO TRAVEL, IT IS GOOD TO AVOID PLACES WHICH ARE POLLUTED AND GO TO PLACES WHICH ARE LESS POLLUTED
The majority of the polluted CITIES in this world are either in INDIA, CHINA or PAKISTAN . That does not mean all of CHINA and INDIA are polluted. Of the…
Nov 15, 2020
NOVEMBER 2, 2020 DIA DE LOS MUERTOS. TOUSSAINT EN FRANCE. REMEMBERING DEAR DEPARTED ONES IN CUBA BRASIL
From the BBC: Three ideas for how to live a fuller life By Roman Krznaric 28th October 2020 By reimagining our relationship with time – and coming to terms with…
Oct 15, 2020
GO FORTH WITH THE MOUNTAINS AND THE WINDS, DEAR FRIEND AND TEACHER, MAY KNOWLEDGE COME TO YOU
I am very busy, is a refrain one often hears, then i wonder what are they busy with ? I can imagine you are running a big corporation or a…
Oct 15, 2020
IDENTITIES WITHOUT BORDERS: LESSONS FROM MALAYSIA WITH GRATITUDE TO MY FRIENDS IN KUALA LUMPUR
IDENTITIES WITHOUT BORDERS Borders is what we create so that we can cocoon inside it and then feel comfortable in them with our fellow travelers. Currently I am reading a…
Oct 15, 2020
OH. INDIA. WHO CAN KNOW THEE? NOT EVEN “INDIANS”. THE WONDER OF THE PAST
This is a quite an impressive book. There is a six part series of a BBC documentary that goes with it. Lots of research has gone into unearthing the history…
Oct 15, 2020
AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST ANTHROPOLOGIST IN THE DAYS OF SOCIAL ISOLATION 2020
Lately days are passing by as if covered in a veil of magic. I have seen so many happy people , and my own little island beckons me seductively. Reality…
Oct 15, 2020
OCTOBER 5 2019. TO OCTOBER 5 2020. GIVE ME THE EIGHTY DAYS OF LOVE
On the morning of October 5, 2019, I knew my. life was going to change, but did not expect so many changes. I am used to unexpected pleasures but this…