I spent a few days for Christmas with my sister in San Francisco. My sister and I have often had many heated arguments about dietary matters. Back when my mother was alive, both she and my sister would frequently go on the low carb, high protein Atkins diet in order to lose weight. The Atkins…
MY GREAT ODYSSEY
This article updates my readers on my latest travels and activities in the exploration of Greece Medicine and natural healing, and in the pursuit of happiness
PERSPECTIVES ON THE DR. OZ AFFAIR
Dr. Mehmet Oz is a name that is so trusted for health advice in our media these days.
REFLECTIONS ON ADDICTIVE DRUGS, SOCIAL SYMBIOSIS AND RECOVERY
Just yesterday, I was contacted by a drug treatment center called Steps to Recovery. Amy, one of their staff writers, had written an interesting and informative article about the prevalence of Adderall abuse and addiction amongst college students seeking to improve their mental, cognitive and athletic performance levels. Adderall, it turns out, is a psychoactive…
ALCHEMICAL REFLECTIONS
Alchemy is a very misunderstood and unappreciated art. When the word “alchemy” is mentioned, ,most people simply shrug it off as some sort of superstitious medieval hocus pocus about turning base metals like lead in to gold. But this notion is but a prejudicial caricature of an art and a science that was very influential…
GREEK MEDICINE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
On October 25th of this year, I saw, right here in Bucharest Romania, and extreme weather event that I never thought I would ever see. For two days straight, we were snowed in by a huge blizzard. My landlady here told me that she had been listening to the news, and that the blizzard came…
HEALING WONDERS IN THE SHADOW OF THE ACROPOLIS!
I just returned from a trip to Athens Greece, in which I ran across several interesting herbs, honeys and other healing wonders.