by David Gumpert | May 15, 2007 | Uncategorized |
If you want a sense of just how strong the “germ theory” is in the medical profession, try engaging a physician about the subject of vaccination. It’s pretty much an ideological matter. Vaccination is beneficial, no matter how marginal the disease or...
by David Gumpert | May 14, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I appreciate all the interesting suggestions from my last post. I definitely will investigate goat’s milk, and see what my supplier options might be. Mary McGonigle Martin’s skimming idea is interesting, though then there’s the question of what I do...
by David Gumpert | May 12, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Part of the joy of drinking raw milk and partaking of other locally-produced and non-processed foods is being more a part of a natural system, a cyclical system that revolves around seasonal changes, old-fashioned grazing, and animal reproduction cycles. Well,...
by David Gumpert | May 11, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I went in to see my primary care physician today on a followup for a minor infection, and one of the first things she asked was, “Are you meditating twice a day?” She had recommended this when I had my physical last summer. I told her I was occasionally...
by David Gumpert | May 10, 2007 | Uncategorized |
A couple of years ago, a friend who is a social worker became very involved in learning about and eventually helping teach stress management techniques at a Boston hospital. She served as a volunteer in helping conduct classes, hoping to carve out a position...
by David Gumpert | May 9, 2007 | Uncategorized |
As I read Mary McGonigle-Martin’s poignant account of how the doctors blamed and humiliated her during Chris’ illness, and Anna’s account of how she refrains from telling her physician about her emerging dietary habits, I was reminded of the...
by David Gumpert | May 7, 2007 | Uncategorized |
About once a week, I read an article with a headline similar to the one in the Saturday edition of a suburban Chicago newspaper: “State Warns of Bad Milk”. It’s a report from the Illinois Department of Public Health that a batch of raw milk from a...
by David Gumpert | May 5, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I’ve long felt that, at their heart, large corporations most closely resemble the old Soviet Union (or the New Russia). As much as their leaders (even those featured in business magazine articles on "the best 100 companies to work for") may...
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