Health and the Body Politics
How do we evaluate the health of a society?
Society
An Argument for a Plant-based Diet
There is an increasing debate between those who believe meat is essential to human diet and health, and those who do not. One side believes we should not eat meat because it’s bad for our health, and many also use ethical and moral reasons to justify it. The ethics of killing animals is a very …
Uncovering The Truth behind Medical Myths
Popular myths, outdated or wrong information can keep people from knowing the truth. In the age of the internet its easy to be mislead and to have personal a bias confirmed. Accurate up-to-day information is essential to finding solutions to health and medical problems. We’ve got to go beyond the surface and popular consensus to …
The Globalization of Yoga
When I first began practicing yoga in the mid-1970s, it was considered an exotic practice from India, associated with Eastern religions and the ’60s counter-culture. It was just starting to find its way into mainstream Western cultures, with not a lot of places to learn it. There were a few popular yoga books and television …
Critic of the Contemporary
Beyond East and West Changing your perspective on health, social and personal transformation Something is desperately wrong. People in Western countries spend billions dollars on healthcare, therapy and drugs. France and the U.S. have the highest rate of antidepressant consumption. They spend even more on entertainment. The principle option in life seems to now be …
The Future is Here: Technology and Medicine in a “New Age”
“It is not the strongest…that survives…It is the one that is most adaptable to change” ~ Charles Darwin “What is now proved was once only imagined” ~ William Blake Ever since humans have had tools, the idea of controlling our environment has ignited our imagination. Basic technology, fire, and…