Sometimes you have to go full circle to really know where you started. It seems a bit that way with our understanding of how our bodies work and the approach we take to our gut health and medicine. Modern western healthcare is based on the understanding of cause and effect. It is a linear relationship and we cannot ‘fix’ an […]
Our Gut Health, Science and the Ancients
Cooked tomatoes may cut cancer risk
Scientists in Spain have found that cooked tomatoes boost the level of healthy bacteria in the gut and have a better probiotic effect rather than when eaten raw. The antioxidant lycopene is more readily available when the tomatoes are cooked and it is thought lycopene helps prevent some types of cancer such as prostrate cancer. Researchers from the Universitat Politècnica […]
Amputees can be ‘tricked’ into feeling sensations with virtual reality
Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have used prosthetic limbs and virtual reality technology to ‘trick’ amputees to feel sensations. The concept of phantom limbs has long been around, with some amputees claiming to feel sensations or pain where missing limbs should be. Almost as if the mind hasn’t registered that the limb is no longer there. The […]
Ghost captured on CCTV walking through traffic
A shop in the Phillipines has ‘captured’ a ghost walking through traffic on its CCTV. The footage, recorded in June (2018), show the ghost seemingly oblivious to oncoming traffic as it walks across the road. Locals now fear that a ghost is haunting the area and holding a grudge against residents. Another traffic ghost was caught walking across a road […]
Qi in the body – An Overview
The depths to which Traditional Chinese Medicine can go seem to have no end – It is a bottomless pit of interdependency, a roundabout which doesn’t really have a start or an end. Trying to pinpoint an exact position in TCM is a bit like trying to find a start to the yin-yang cycle – there isn’t one really, it’s […]
Court awards $289 million to man who says Roundup by Monsanto gave him cancer
A former school groundkeeper, Dewayne Johnson, has been awarded $289 million in damages against Monsanto, after suing the pesticide manufacturer in a Californian Court. Jurors agreed that Monsanto’s product, Roundup, had contributed to Johnson’s cancer in what was the first trial against the behemoth with potentially thousands of other lawsuits to follow. Monsanto, which was bought by pharmaceutical giant Bayer, […]
Sahasrara – Crown Chakra
The Crown Chakra, or Sahasrara, is located at the very top of the head and it is through this chakra that we connect with not just higher realms, but with the greater universe and humanity. It is our mental and spiritual energy and is connected to our pineal gland, the fabled gland with which we ‘see’ with our inner eye. […]
Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $4.7 billion in damages
Johnson & Johnson have been ordered to pay $4.69 billion in damages to 22 women in America who claimed the company’s talcum powder contributed to their ovarian cancer. Six of the women have since died of the disease. Their counsel, Mark Lanier, said Johnson & Johnson had covered up evidence of asbestos in their powder for over 40 years.
One week with No News!
Watching news and our wellbeing don’t really go hand in hand. Having a positive attitude to life while news bombards us with negative stories and emergencies just doesn’t seem to be a good kind of balancing act. Especially if you buy into the premise that our minds and what we think bring about our experiences, then watching the news seems […]
The Gospel of Mary
The Gospel of Mary is a fascinating Gnostic text discovered in 1896 by Dr. Carl Reinhardt who purchased it in Egypt and brought it to Berlin. It dates from the late fourth or early fifth century and wasn’t fully published until 1955. Later fragments of the script were discovered within the Nag Hammadi collection and Berlin Gnostic Codex leading scholars […]