The End of Illness: Natural Remedies & Holistic Healing for Chronic Diseases | Boost Immunity & Wellness at Home

I've never studied biology, so all of his explanations on cellular mechanics were deeply fascinating.His statistical analysis was thorough for debunking health myths. For example: vitamin supplements are either useless or potentially harmful. First world inhabitants don't die of scurvy. Most "studies" demonstrating the benefits of vitamin supplements don't correct for lurking variables like wealth and health-consciousness. Double-blind placebo-controlled large scale studies over long periods demonstrate most vitamin supplements to actually increase the risk of cancer.Unfortunately, his statistical analysis was much less thorough for supporting his own recommendations. The most difficult to swallow for me is that sitting still at a desk all day is more hazardous to your health than smoking -- and 30 min of vigorous exercise in the morning does not negate this. We need to move all day long. I trust him, but I'd like to see more data to back up the severity of this claim.More fascinating things I learned:Genes are static and proteins are dynamic, so studying proteins would be a much more effective method of diagnosing health issues than studying genes.There are more cells in our body that are not human than there are human. These "guest colonies" fall into distinct classes, differ from person to person, and are not correlated to race, sex, or geographic location. These organisms affect our digestion, and they may be as significant to our health as blood types.Our bodies are chemical factories that break down the incoming food and use it to rebuild ourselves constantly. We get new skin every month, a new liver every six weeks, and new bones every three months. All of this is literally built from the stuff we eat, so that forced me to really think differently about the purpose of food!Ten years ago, only two states had an obesity rate over 20%. Now it's 49 states plus DC. At no point in history have this many people been this overweight. We have no idea how bad of a heart-disease and diabetes epidemic is going to be upon us shortly.Our body can only handle so much inflammation before it stops working. Every flu, every bruise, and every cut adds to this lifetime inflammation tally (which can be read in the proteins). The recommendation: wear comfortable shoes.Cancer is a verb, not a noun. Cancer is not an invader to be carved out or radiated. Cancering is what your body does when the very normal and constant process of cell creation malfunctions. Therefore, it is not unreasonable to believe that the proteins (our body's internet) affect the rate of cancering. If this is true, the "cure for cancer" would be to read your very specific and always changing protein map, and alter your diet (with real foods -- not artificial supplements that are chemically altered and are not absorbed correctly by the body) to specifically meet the issues that you are facing right now. Rapid advances in technology provide hope that this cure is not very far into our future.