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1.4 Billion Starving People and Counting
Dear Friends, We wish for all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! In this newsletter we will continue to discuss some of the key points from Dr. Eric Holt-Gimenez’s (Executive Director o...
Read moreFood Rebellions: Crisis and the Hunger for Justice
Dear Friends, As I promised in last weeks Newsletter, I will share the key points from the lecture Eric Holt-Gimenez, PhD, gave at the University of Washington, Nov 30, 2009, on the tenth anniver...
Read moreEast meets West: What about North meeting South?
Dear Friends, We like to say that holistic medicine is a merging of the medical philosophies and practices of the East and the West—and it is. I, myself, am a sanyasin, a Zen Buddhist, a Christian;...
Read moreHMP: Reductionist verses Holistic Thinking in Medicine
Dear Friends, The announcement by the National Institute of Health (NIH) that the NIH Human Microbiome Project (HMP) provides “opportunities to improve human health through monitoring or manipulati...
Read moreDear Friends, As the holidays approach and we are about to celebrate the Thanksgiving Holiday, we would like to thank you, our dear friends, for your dedication and courage in healing, supporting a...
Read moreInside the Human Microbiome Project
Dear Friends, Today, I will be taking you with me on a journey into the inner workings of the world of the Human Microbiome Project. When one dives into any new content area there is the requisite ...
Read moreDensest Microbiome: the Human GI Tract
Dear Friends, Over the last three weeks we have been begun our journey into the human microbiome using the roadmap set out for us by the HMP—the Human Microbiome Project. As we discussed last week,...
Read moreThe Human Microbiome Paradigm Shift
Dear Friends, There is a profound movement, a shift of knowledge that is occuring all over the world. Even as the citizens of the world are experiencing the worst of illnesses, even as governments,...
Read moreHMP: The Bugs Selected for Sequencing
Dear Friends, The collection of human and microbial cells in our body produce a vast milieu of proteins through their collective genomes. These proteins function as 3-D structures that are either n...
Read moreThe Roadmap for the Human Microbiome Project
Dear Friends, Happy Halloween! I know I am a bit early but I’ve got a great zoological marvel for you to enjoy in our “Can You Identify This Beautiful Creature?” segment. I think this one is an ama...
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