THE PRIMARY PURPOSE of this web is to call attention to conditions in the United States that are terribly wrong, and suggest possible ways to make improvements.
See the Health Notes page.
A SECONDARY PURPOSE is to share some memories that I treasure, both good and bad, in the hope that others may find benefit or pleasure.
"We have met the enemy, and they are us!" Here…
To give some background and why this subject is so important to me, I have always had health problems of one sort or another. The most serious was a severe case of hepatitis in 1971, followed by cancer in 1972. I had no treatment for the hepatitis; it just cleared up by itself. I had surgery and an initial round of chemotherapy for the cancer, but refused the rest of the planned chemotherapy, in favor…
This article first appeared in the January 2001 edition of VegNews, the monthly vegetarian newspaper with information on living a cruelty-free and healthy lifestyle.
Reprinted by permission
Mad cow disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy-BSE) has escaped from England and now is causing panic throughout Europe. The consumption of beef has fallen as much as eighty percent in some areas of France. In Germany, Chancellor Gerhard Schroder has suggested banning factory farms; his wife, Doris, has…
NOTE: This material is very likely superseded to some extent by The China Study, but is still very valuable.
by Hans Nieper, M.D.
I feel preventive medicine is the most important guideline at the moment to come to with less effort and less money to better results in the prevention and the protection of our health. So far as emerges out of my limited understanding of the American situation, my feeling is that if people…