In our busy world of blaring alarm clocks, austere lighting, constant notifications and endless to-do lists, it’s small wonder that we often feel fatigued. After all, we are living in a world where terms like ‘three thirtyitis’ are coined by the millions of people who experience exhaustion around the mid-afternoon. However, there are much deeper […]
Category Archives: Understanding Physiology
Sleep is an essential pillar of human health. It is the time our bodies require to rest and rejuvenate. However, waking up feeling energised and refreshed has become somewhat of a distant memory for many of us. With jarring alarm clocks, restless nights and such busy early morning (and evening) schedules, it’s no wonder we […]
Unless you are super interested in your body’s anatomy, it may seem tedious and boring to learn about your physiology. However, even a basic understanding of your body’s systems is a fantastic first step at taking control of your health. When you begin to understand your body’s processes you are far better equipped to address any […]
What Kills 4.9 Million People Each Year? The Global Burden of Disease Study published in 2012, is the most comprehensive and systematic analysis of causes of death undertaken to date. It involves nearly 500 researchers from more than 300 institutions in 50 countries, with almost 100,000 data sources. What did the researchers find? Here in […]
“What is true in your home is also true in your body” The natural world is simply one of patterns. The entirety of the observable universe such as tables, chairs and stars are simply a patterning of energy in space in much the same way that a whirlpool is a patterning of energy within water. […]
It’s a stunning discovery that overturns decades of textbook teaching: researchers at the School of Medicine have determined that the brain is directly connected to the immune system by vessels previously thought not to exist. “I really did not believe there were structures in the body that we were not aware of. I thought the […]
Bacteria Live Everywhere Bacteria live in your body, they live in your house, they live in your dog, on your food, and in your office ~ in fact, bacteria live and proliferate pretty much everywhere, and they do so because they exist to perform a very important role. However, these omnipresent little beings have for […]
When I was first learning about the whole Dr Robert Morse approach to health I was struggling to put all the pieces together in a way that my simple mind could grasp. I kept bouncing it around in my mind and trying to come up with a metaphor that made sense. I learnt long ago that […]
When we explore animal populations living in their natural environments, one of the most striking differences between them and the western human being is that chronic and degenerative ‘diseases’ do not flourish in them as they do in us. We see this difference in the frequency of chronic and degenerative ‘disease’ also in the few […]