Alternative Doctor
Mar 12, 2021
Real Medicine Vs. Pretend Medicine
A sweet friend asked me for help with her mother today. It set me thinking a whole sequence of thoughts that it would be good to share. My friend thinks I’m a genius and therefore I would know just exactly what to suggest. How wrong she was! I may or may not be clever but […]
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Mar 8, 2021
Are There REALLY Fewer Cancer Deaths Occurring?
Orthodox cancer therapy is NOT winning the war against cancer. They like to claim that cancer deaths are decreasing (true for many common cancers) and immediately take the credit. The snapshot is that overall deaths from all forms of cancer went down by 1.8% per year among men and by 1.4% per year among women […]
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Mar 2, 2021
The Recreational Drugscape Problem
It’s no secret that I detest and despise street drugs. I am not impressed by the hogwash of “plant teachers” and pseudo-spiritual window dressing. I suppose there’s a bit of arrogance in this: I have to question why someone cannot find themselves without chemically disrupting their brain—or whether, indeed, that kind of nonsense can ever […]
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Feb 18, 2021
The COVID Blues: Let’s All Have A Belly Laugh It’ll Do You Good!
In response to these dire and miserable times, let’s do a belly laugh (no, it’s not a pathological coronavirus symptom! It’s feeling good) This email all started, in a way, with a message from my friend Dr. Sandy Schwartz in Bangkok (Yes, THE Dr. Sandy), with the heading “Crazy, silly, dumb news headlines”. It’s a […]
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Feb 11, 2021
The End of History and The COVID Dictators
In 1992 I read a great book by professor Francis Fukuyama titled The End Of History And The Last Man. It had a broad revolutionary concept: that more and more of the world was switching from fascism and dictatorships to liberal democracy. At the time it did seem to be true. It was shortly after […]
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Feb 4, 2021
The Germ Theory Of Disease – Once And For All
In medieval times, people were fearful of many things they felt were dangerous: incubi, goblins, the pox, witches, the Devil. They had all sorts of whacky explanations for disease and why things happened. Malaria was caused by “bad air”, they believed (hence the name mal – aria). Today we know these theories and “models” of […]
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Jan 27, 2021
Take An Afternoon Nap
For years I’ve been pointing out that taking an afternoon siesta has good science! It improves mental (cognitive) function, slows aging and extends memory. There are a whole raft of physiological benefits. I lived for years in southern Spain in the late 1990s (Marbella) and can attest to the benefits first hand, though I speculate […]
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Jan 22, 2021
76 Not-So-Sweet Ways Sugar Ruins Your Health
Why is it that sugar is bad for you? In this infographic we share with you some of the secrets behind the effects of sugar and the harm it does to your body and overall health
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Jan 22, 2021
The War Against Chiropracters
In the 1970s, when I was at work as a doctor specializing in occupational medicine (yes, I have many skills you don’t even know about!), I found myself at an OM conference in the Scottish Highlands. What was really good is that one of the “works visits” was to a nearby whisky distillery! I don’t […]
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Jan 12, 2021
Be A Grey Rock
Outwardly, not inwardly! OK, you ask: what the hell is Prof going on about now? Well, it is important, so let me explain… My friend Malcolm, a pal I’ve known for over 50 years (both of us lived originally in Manchester), got this expression from a friend: “Be a grey rock.” The friend meant just […]
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Jan 7, 2021
Understanding Detoxification
Toxicology is one area of medicine about which properly knowledgeable holistic doctors (clinical ecologists) are not in conflict with their more conventional colleagues. We share the same issues, pursue the same phenomena and agree on therapeutic approaches. Toxicologists tend to veer in the direction of epidemiological effects, studying whole-groups, whereas the clinical ecologist takes it […]
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Jan 1, 2021
JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE POWER OF MUSIC
Many years ago I conceived the idea of writing a book about the health-critical importance of beauty. It always struck me as obvious that if we surrounded ourselves with beautiful things—furniture, paintings, architecture, flowers, fabrics, sweet music and such like—then our lives would automatically be enhanced and many health benefits would accrue. I am still […]
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